Crimes of Passion: The Hot Blood Series [Paperback]

Jeff Gelb (Author), Michael Garrett (Author)

Book Description

Series: Hot Blood | Publication Date: September 1, 2005

Crimes of Passion, ninth in the multiple award-winning Hot Blood series of erotic horror, has a criminally good array of talent -- 14 stories by such authors as diverse as literary giant Joyce Carol Oates, mystery giant Lawrence Block, horror giant Ramsey Campbell, musician Greg Kihn, and the stunning Stoker Award finalist Madame Babylon by Brian Hodge.  Its like a powerful handgun being cocked in your ear (award-winning author Edward Bryant for Locus) and should serve to warm your veins quite nicely during the long winters night (Booklovers) Your eyes will be cuffed to the page until you finish this inescapable, essential volume.  With some of the biggest authors and best stories, Crimes of Passion is erotic horror at its sinful, wonderful best.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Amazon.com Review

This ninth installment in the Hot Blood series shows no sign of flagging imagination on the part of the contributors--not surprisingly, because the concept of erotic horror encompasses everything dark and sensual that can happen between two beings (human or otherwise). In fact, in a time when only a few original (or mostly original) anthologies are published each year, Jeff Gelb's and Michael Garrett's has become one to bank on. The 13 stories in Crimes of Passion include three reprints (all from relatively obscure publications such as The Ontario Review) and 11 original tales, by such authors as Ramsey Campbell, Greg Kihn, Lawrence Block, Brian Hodge, Brian Lumley, Tom Piccirilli, and Joyce Carol Oates. There's not a bad story in the bunch, and several are strikingly effective--such as Kihn's acid-tripping nightmare in late '60s San Francisco, Hodge's Bram-Stoker-nominated tale about a woman who dives so far into submissive prostitution she seems to break through into an alternate reality, and Oates's superb portrait of a promiscuous drifter on a mission from God. --Fiona Webster --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Pinnacle (September 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786016507
• ISBN-13: 978-0786016501
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,602,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't wait for this one!, November 24, 1997

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This review is from: Crimes of Passion [Hot Blood Series] (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read all of the books in this series. However, I was "dying" to read this one, specifically because of Greg Kihn's and Brian Lumley's stories. Kihn mixes horror, erotica and the Summer of Love in the Haight perfectly for his freaky concoction. Brian Lumley did not disappoint either. I can always see what he has written, and he never fails to give me the chills. Of the others: the longer stories will entice you along with a lump in your throat and the shorter ones will surprise you with their twisted endings. A must read for fans of the series (no arm twisting here), and a good one for "beginners". Enjoy.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Erotic horror so good it's criminal!, April 22, 2003

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Madelyn Pryor "Goblyn Queen" (Mesa, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crimes of Passion [Hot Blood Series] (Mass Market Paperback)

Hot Blood: Stranger By Night is Gelb and Garrett's 9th book in the Hot Blood series, but it is by no means stale, or stories you've read before. Where most of the other Hot Blood books sample a variety of erotic horror, this volume leans more towards crime mixed with sex and violence, and probably served as a model for the current Flesh and Blood series.

This volume sports stories from such noted authors as Brian Lumley (Necros), Mike W. Barr (A Real Woman), Jeff Gelb (Tricks or Treat), and Ramsey Campbell (The Limits of Fantasy).

So if you feel like an demonic roller coaster ride into the nights and lows of human depravity, if you want a sexual charge on the way, then get in line to ride the Hot Blood: Crimes of Passion express.

2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too weird for me, March 6, 2006

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Pam (Upland, Ca United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Crimes of Passion: The Hot Blood Series (Paperback)

I stopped reading this book at the 2nd story. I just couldn't get into the stories.