Found Dead in Texas (Five Star First Edition Mystery) [Hardcover]

Jan Grape (Author), Marcia Muller (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2002 | Series: Five Star First Edition Mystery

A collection of mystery short stories.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 233 pages
• Publisher: Five Star (ME) (December 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786248416
• ISBN-13: 978-0786248414
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,326,366 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars appealing crime dramas, December 17, 2002

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Found Dead in Texas (Five Star First Edition Mystery) (Hardcover)

This crime anthology consists of nine tales, of which five star the wonderful female investigative partners C.J. Gunn and Jenny Gordon. The G&G quintet are all quite good and in some ways overwhelm the remaining four contributions though they are also entertaining tales. Still the key to this book is that the prime players in this anthology are all strong cast members for the most part performing reasonable sleuthing tasks. However it is the G&G duo that stands out but not because they are starring in over half the stories. They are the most developed of the characters and could easily be transferred into a novel as lead protagonists (not so subtle of a hint that hopefully the author hears through the grapevine). Each of the stories are creative and refreshingly plotted but they are not clones of one another. They are unique in their own right and even the non-G&G stories can be expanded into a good novel. Readers will find the G&G so unbelievably good that they will be enthralled by each story and wish that there were more of them to read in this surprisingly good anthology. FOUND DEAD IN TEXAS is a wonderful collection that showcases the talent of Jan Grape who relates appealing crime dramas to the mystery crowd.

Harriet Klausner