The Silence of the Loons: Thirteen Tales of Mystery By Minnesota's Premier Crime Writers [Paperback]

M. D. Lake (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Nodin Press (1980)
• ASIN: B000N7AB8G
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Stories I Could Not Put Down, September 9, 2005

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Marie Williams "mariawilliams2003" (Chicago, IL who reads a lot of lesbian fiction) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silence of the Loons: Thirteen Tales of Mystery by Minnesota's Premier Crime Writers (Paperback)

What a cornucopia of terrific stories! I highly recommend all of them, but the ones by Judith Guest, Ellen Hart, MD Lake, Lori L. Lake, and Pat Dennis were particularly good. I had heard of most of these authors, but I hadn't read works by all of them, and this collection whets my appetite to go and look up books, especially by authors like William Krueger, Keri Miller, and Mary Logue. The Minnesota connection is well done, and the 8 clues they selected were ingeniously used by all of the 13 authors. Here's hoping for another collection soon.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A satisfyingly intriguing, varied collection, April 20, 2006

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D. Donovan, Editor/Sr. Reviewer "California B... (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silence of the Loons: Thirteen Tales of Mystery by Minnesota's Premier Crime Writers (Paperback)

Thirteen tales of mystery come from Minnesota's best crime writers: while some will be familiar names, such as Ellen Hart and Judith Guest, others will be newcomers to mystery fans outside of the region. These come from a local writer's club which promotes their publications and unites the contributors in an enjoyable pursuit: each received a set of eight clues to serve as a pool, and they were asked to include at least four of these clues in their story. The creative results are wonderfully intriguing and varied.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars collection of minnesota stories, April 16, 2008

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David Brockert "constant reader" (Madison, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silence of the Loons: Thirteen Tales of Mystery by Minnesota's Premier Crime Writers (Paperback)

"The Silence or the Loons" © 2005

These are a bunch of stories by Minnesota authors (where else do you find loons but Minnesota?). It is a structured story set up: the authors had to put in some reference to a pink ballet sipper and lutefisk or something else like that, so that all the stories had a sort of, tenuous, connection. They were all very interesting. There was the one of the cop who was having fun with a farm wife, who needed the fun. The odd one from Le Seuer, Mn., where she missed 'Wednesday night bingo at the Lutheran Church!' Who ever heard of bingo in a Lutheran church?