Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder [Paperback]

Nancy Pickard (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1999

Joan Hess, Lia Matera, Nancy Pickard, Margaret Maron, Susan Dunlap...all that and apple recipes too! Anyone who's ever had a mother will love these delightful, all-new mystery stories with a maternal twist...from such stellar names as Carolyn Wheat, Nancy Pickard, Linda Grant, and plenty of others who finally prove that you can balance motherhood with murder. As a bonus, a sampling of apple recipes are included-making this delicious anthology all the sweeter. Includes stories by:
--Susan Dunlap
--Pamela Fassler
--Linda Grant
--Jeremiah Healy
--Joan Hess
--Margaret Maron
--Lia Matera
--Nancy Pickard
--Gillian Roberts
--Sarah Shankman
--Marilyn Wallace
--Carolyn Wheat
--A collection of apple recipes included as well
--All-new stories-first time in print

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The former president of Sisters in Crime serves up 16 original stories that involve mothers and apple pies, plus 10 recipes featuring apples. One of the best entries is Margaret Maron's haunting "Growth Marks," in which a woman and her married son reconcile an old sorrow when she moves to a new home. Ed Gorman also makes a notable contribution, with "Mom and Dad at Home," an eerie story about a boy who discovers the grim secret behind his parents' difficult marriage. A lonely, handicapped woman becomes phone pals with a charming killer in Angela Zeman's magical "Hello?" and Pickard herself pens a poignant tale about a nurse's aide who suspects a patient's family of foul play in "Out of Africa." A few of the stories, however, such as Joan Hess's lackluster "The Maggody Files: Death in Bloom," slip below par, and many of the tales rely more on trick endings than on smart suspense. This isn't the sweetest showing, then, but the recipesAincluding for Mom's Brandied Apple BabiesAprovide a nice bonus.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Kirkus Reviews

Mom, Apple Pie, And Murder ($13.00 paperback original; May; 320 pp.; 0-425-16890-5): Rising to the challenge of giving mom and apple pie a `90s edge, this collection of 16 new stories (by Susan Dunlap, Ed Gorman, Linda Grant, Jeremiah Healy, Joan Hess, Margaret Maron, Gillian Roberts, Sarah Shankman, Marilyn Wallace, Carolyn Wheat, editor Pickard, and other sons and daughters)and ten appended apple recipeshas arrived just in time for Mother's Day, though not in time for a proper review. Sorry, Mom. -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425168905
• ISBN-13: 978-0425168905
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,159,013 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A really great collection of short stories, May 2, 2002

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This review is from: Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder (Prime Crime Mysteries) (Paperback)

The title says it all. The short stories in this book all contain, mothers, apple pie and most of all murder. I can't pick out a favorite having enjoyed them all. I recommend this book highly.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Publisher's Weekly gives rave mentions of four contributors:, May 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder (Paperback)

The April 12th issue, page 57, in a much abridged quote: Margaret Maron's "Growth Marks"--haunting; Ed Gorman's "Mom and Dad at Home"--eerie; Angela Zeman's "Hello?"--magical; and Nancy Pickard's "Out of Africa"--poignant.

"...the recipes--including for Mom's Brandied Apple Babies--provide a nice bonus."

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Publisher's Weekly gave it a so-so review, May 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mom, Apple Pie, and Murder (Paperback)

A more complete quote from P.W. would be "A few of the stories, however, such as Joan Hess's lackluster 'The Maggody Files: Death in Bloom,' slip below par and many of the tales rely more on trick endings than on smart suspense."