Hook, Line & Sinister: Mysteries to Reel You In [Hardcover]

T. Jefferson Parker (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 19, 2010

Original short stories by best-selling mystery writers about their favorite pastime—fishing.

Sixteen of America's favorite author-anglers spin tales of mystery and fishing in this collection. From the tragic to the comic with many stops in between, these stories reflect the authors' passions for both making stories and catching fish. Michael Connelly, Ridley Pearson, John Lescroart, Don Winslow, Melodie Johnson Howe, Victoria Houston, and others all share a mysterious affection for things piscatorial when not busy writing best-selling books. This collection of all-original short stories will entertain even the most discriminating mystery reader.

Proceeds from this book will help support two charitable groups, Casting For Recovery, which helps women cancer survivors to heal body and soul through fly-fishing, and Project Healing Waters, which does the same for our returning veterans.

Contributing authors include • Ridley Pearson • Mark T. Sullivan • Michael Connelly • John Lescoart • Andrew Winer • Dana Stabenow • Don Winslow • Melodie Johnson Howe • James W. Hall • C.J. Box • Victoria Houston • William Beall • Spring Warren • Brian M. Wiprud • William Tapply • T. Jefferson Parker

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Fishing can be murder both literally and figuratively, as shown in this rich string of 16 original stories caught and displayed by bestseller Parker. Not all are trophy worthy, but most are keepers, like Mr. Brody's Trout by the late William G. Tapply, in which bait shop owner Stoney Calhoun guides an elderly fisherman on a monthlong quest for a ten-pound native Maine brook trout. Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak solves a missing person case and metes out poetic justice in her Alaskan village in Cherchez La Femme. In John Lescroart's clever Unsnaggable, a Yellowstone fishing trip offers a spouse the chance to exit a marriage. Three brief fishing lessons from a hit man teach a suicidal man a life lesson in Brian M. Wiprud's provocative Granite Hat. Other contributors include Michael Connelly, Ridley Pearson, C.J. Box, and James W. Hall. This solid anthology demonstrates that a passion for fishing and a passion for writing can hook a reader and reel him in. (Apr.)
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About the Author

T. Jefferson Parker is the best-selling author of Iron River and California Girl. He lives in San Diego, CA.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Countryman Press (April 19, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881508667
• ISBN-13: 978-0881508666
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #899,158 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Different Angles, May 30, 2010

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Ted Feit (Long Beach, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hook, Line & Sinister: Mysteries to Reel You In (Hardcover)

This book is a collection of 16 short stories edited by Mr. Parker, each with a separate story ranging from murder to suicide, sex to subterfuge, but with one thing in common: fishing. Authors include Michael Connelly and Dana Stabenow, John Lescroart and the late William G. Tapply, among others.

The title was contributed by Ridley Pearson, so to him went the honor of opening with the first tale. And Parker, as editor, chose to conclude the volume. Only Connelly and Stabenow relied on their signature characters, Harry Bosch and Jim Chopin/Kate Shugak, the other authors creating their stories out of whole cloth.

All the authors have donated their royalties, and the publisher a portion of the proceeds, to two charitable groups: Casting for Recovery, which helps women cancer survivors to heal through fly-fishing, and Project Healing Waters, which provides the same to returning veterans.

Recommended.

2.0 out of 5 stars Not very mysterious, November 25, 2011

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SafeCop "Joe P." (NJ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hook, Line & Sinister: Mysteries to Reel You In (Hardcover)

The mysteries in the book are not very mysterious. Maybe I'm just not a very good judge of great mystery stories but no story in this collection had me waiting with bated breath for the conclusion. The stories were interesting and well-written, just not very good.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hook Line & Sinister, September 18, 2011

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Peter J Sciortino (Charnwood Australia) - See all my reviews

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I ordered this book a month ago on 17AUG and it still hasn't arrived therefor I can't comment on the service.