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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A Few Good Stories But an Average Overall Collection,
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This review is from: Show Business Is Murder (Hardcover)
Mysteries Writers of America have put out some good collections in their time but Show Business is Murder is not in the top league of collections that most of the others are. There are a lot more less well known authors in this collection and it is pretty obvious that a lot unless they had one of shockers will not be well known names in years to come.
Saying that though there are a few good stories which would rate five starts. I will go into detail with them at the bottom of the list of stories. Since there's no information at all on this book on Amazon I've listed them all and their authors. These stories are based around the entertainment industry from TV film, busking, Elvis impersonators to talking dogs. It's a pretty wide field of stories under the Show Business is Murder theme. Small Time in His Heart - Carolyn Wheat Money on Red - Edward D. Hoch Razzle Dazzle - Annette Brafman Meyers Arful - John Lutz Blonde Moment - Elaine Viets Lah Tee Dah - Angela Zeman Just Another Hollywood Ending - David Bart The Search of Robert Rich - Bob Shayne Murder at the Heartbreak Hotel - Mark Terry Bring Me the Head of Osama bin Laden - Gary Phillips Line Reading - Parnell Hall Arrangements - Susanne Sharphren A Berlin Story - Libby Fischer Hellmann Goin' West - Charles Ardai All Said and Done - Gregg Hurwitz Fred Menace, Commie for Hire - Steve Hockensmith The Dying Artist - Shelly Freydont On the Bubble - Ropert Lopresti Slap - Mat Coward Break a Leg - Double Tiger Productions Inc. The best of the above stories are Arful by John Lutz about a guy who buys a secret talking dog of a dieing star then regrets his purchase. Blonde Moment by Elaine Viets about an aging TV journalist, jealous of her much more attractive and younger co-worker who she knows will replace her, the ageing one plans to get rid of the competition one way or the other. Slap by Mat Coward about a slapping mugger who assaults women and steals there handbags who suddenly gets his Hollywood break but has to constantly worry he will be recognised by one of his victims. Recently I read another Mystery Writers of America short story collection titled Mystery Writers of America Presents Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder which was just about full of five star worthy rating stories. My advice would be to get that one instead |
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Show Business Is Murder by Stuart Kaminsky
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