Cat Crimes for the Holidays [Hardcover]

Martin Harry Greenberg (Editor), Edward Gorman (Editor), Larry Sergriff (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 310 pages
• Publisher: Booksales (December 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762843535
• ISBN-13: 978-0762843534
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,815,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ed Gorman is an award winning American author best known for his crime and mystery fiction. He wrote The Poker Club which is now a film of the same name directed by Tim McCann.

He has written under many pseudonyms including "E. J. Gorman" and "Daniel Ransom." He won a Spur Award for Best Short Fiction for his short story "The Face" in 1992. His fiction collection Cages was nominated for the 1995 Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection. His collection The Dark Fantastic was nominated for the same award in 2001.

He has contributed to many magazines and other publications including Xero, Black Lizard, Cemetery Dance, the anthology Tales of Zorro, and many more.

Visit his blog at newimprovedgorman.blogspot.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Read, February 6, 2002

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Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cat Crimes for the Holidays (Mass Market Paperback)

From Christmas to New Year's this book has stories for all of them. Even the holidays less known, such as Boxing Day. Some of the stories are written by famous authors such as Carole Nelson Douglas the author of the Midnight Louie series. While others are written by unknowns.

This was an enjoyable book, but slacked off at times, producing somewhat boring stories. I recommend this book to any fans of mysteries, and cat lovers.

4.0 out of 5 stars 'Purr-fect' for the holidays!, October 8, 2004

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Billy J. Hobbs "Bill Hobbs" (Tyler, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cat Crimes for the Holidays (Hardcover)

Probably one has to be a cat lover-at least to a certain extent-to appreciate the full impact of "Cat Crimes for the Holidays." And, yes, this is another collection of cat stories, but this anthology purports to reveal how cats can relate to the holidays!

That said, it's an easy read, and one that is a bit of fun. There are 19 stories here, exploring the gamut of the holidays with kitty lit (sorry!). My favorite is Jon L. Breen's
cat story for Martin Luther King Day! Jeremiah Healy's Valentine's Day and Bill Crider's Easter stories are also top notch.

Funny and sometimes not, these stories offer a literary diversion that's fun to appreciate! ([e-mail])

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cure and entertaining, December 6, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Cat Crimes for the Holidays (Hardcover)

The seventh entry in the short story series starring feline detectives overall is very good, but has some disappointing tales. Each of the stories involve a crime occurring on a different holiday. The holidays range from the obvious such as Christmas and New Years Day to the less celebrated (at least in America) such as Arbor and Boxing days. Some of the most renowned cat detectives,d including the world famous Midnight Louie, are featured.

This collections is well written, but some of the more famous cats like Louie only whet the audience's appetitie for the longer full length novel format. Still, fans of the sub-genre or just cat fans in general will enjoy this and the previous six cat crime books.

Harriet Klausner