MURDER BY 13- P [Paperback]

Sisters in Crime Los Angeles Chapter (Author), Lisa Seidman (Editor), Priscilla English (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Intrigue Press (November 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890768154
• ISBN-13: 978-1890768157
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,348,671 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul D. Marks is the author of over thirty published short stories, including several award winners:

* Endless Vacation received Honorable Mentions in the Glimmer Train
Very Short Fiction Competition and the prestigious Lorian Hemingway
International Short Story Competition.

* His novel White Heat took second place in the Mystery-Suspense-
Thriller-Adventure category of the SouthWest Writers Annual
Writing Contest.

* Netiquette won First Place in the Futures Short Story Contest.

* Dem Bones was a finalist in the Southern Writers Association Contest.

* Poison Heart was a finalist in the Deadly Ink Competition and
appears in their 2010 Short Story Collection.

A Los Angeles native, Paul loves the city that LA was. Dodging bullets he's not so sure about the city it is today. Of course, he's one of the few people to have pulled a gun on the LAPD and lived to tell about it - see the story on his website: www.PaulDMarks.com

His stories run the gamut from serious fiction to mystery and satire. Continental Tilt is the lead story in the Murder in La-La Land anthology. Almost, Almost Famous appears in Mysterical E. His story Terminal Island appears in Weber: The Contemporary West. His stories have also appeared in The Story Teller, Penny-A-Liner, Dave Zeltserman's lauded HardLuck Stories webzine and Futures magazine, as well as the anthologies Fiction on the Run, Murder on Sunset Boulevard, Dime and others. For a complete list see his website.

Paul is one of the last, if not the last person, to have shot a film on the famous MGM backlot before it was torn down. According to Steven Bingen, one of the authors of the well-received book MGM: HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST BACKLOT: "That 40 page chronological list I mentioned of films shot at the studio ends with his [Paul D. Marks'] name on it."

Bobby Saxon, the unique, recurring character, who has appeared in three of Paul's published stories - Sleepy Lagoon Nocturne, from the Landmarked for Murder anthology, The Good Old Days, which appears in the Murder Across the Map anthology, and Santa Claus Blues, from Futures Magazine - is the protagonist of his novel-in-progress The Blues Don't Care. He is also currently revising White Heat, which will hopefully be available in the near future.

Paul studied with award winning novelist T. Coraghessan Boyle. His former day job was as a screenplay "script doctor". He has also published many non-fiction articles in various newspapers and magazines and has lectured on writing at UCLA, Cal State San Bernardino, Learning Tree, as well as various writers' organizations. He can be reached through his blog: http://pauldmarks.blogspot.com/ or website: www.PaulDMarks.com

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4.0 out of 5 stars Thirteen best of the best, March 29, 2000

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Charlotte Austin (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MURDER BY 13- P (Paperback)

The LA Sisters in Crime group is a talented bunch. MURDER BY 13 is their first published collection of mystery shorts, many of them award winners. It's a potpourri of offerings that span the spectrum of the mystery genre.

Angels Flight by Merks, has a hard-boiled flavor, with a hint of voodoo thrown in for fun.

Everything Is a Matter of Timing by Beers, also has an edge - short and sharp with a twist.

Nothing Now Can Ever Come to Any Good by Svitil, takes a more traditional approach at the whodunit, tying up loose ends concisely.

LA Justice by Kris Neri, is the introduction of amateur sleuth Tracy Eaton and a lighter mystery that continued in her first full-length novel, Revenge of the Gypsy Queen.

Angel of Mercy by Rosen, takes a darker turn and demonstrates that a tight, well-developed tale doesn't require a lot of words.

House of Dreams by Mouchet, is a great, condensed version mystery with a surprise ending. Very satisfying.

Speak No Evil by McGary, is a little more avant-garde, but no less enjoyable.

The Shakedown by Gillogly, is short and sweet - justice gets a final say.

Traveling On by Alam, has a Bronte flavor.

Never Heard the Shot that Killed Him by Hill, is another tense, hardboiled police procedural.

Dying to Exhale by Siegel, is the shortest selection, but it packs a powerful punch.

Trickery by Smith, takes murder into the Rabbi's office and does it delightfully.

If Thine Eye Offend Thee by Roland, rounds out the collection with another hard hitting tale of a citizen taking justice into her own hands.

MURDER BY 13 is an exemplary collection - the best of the best. It offers a wide variety of lengths and styles, but all exhibit polish and skill that exceed what is often found in typical mystery magazine pages.