Suitable for Hanging: Selected Stories [Paperback]

Margaret Maron (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 24, 2004

MYSTERY & SUSPENSE FROM AN EDGAR WINNER

The creator of Judge Deborah Knott and Lieutenant Sigrid Harald and the winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, Margaret Maron is one of the finest contemporary mystery writers. Maron has a sensitivity about how time and place influence people and events. In Maron’s work the mystery story is as concerned with people as well as with puzzles.

Suitable for Hanging contains twenty of Margaret Maron’s best uncollected short stories, beginning with an early tale of a hitman trying to escape from the mob, to her newest stories about Deborah Knott and other mysteries set on Knott’s Colleton County. And one, featuring Roman Tramegra from the Lt. Sigrid Harald novels, takes place in Venice.

The book includes two new short stories, and an introduction and prefaces to each story by the author as well as a complete checklist of Margaret Maron's writings in the mystery field.

Cover painting, illustrating"The Dog That Didn't Bark," by Carol Heyer.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

The award-winning Maron, creator of the Lieutenant Sigrid Harald and Judge Deborah Knott series, is also the author of an impressive assortment of short fiction, much of which is collected here. Maron's concern with the dynamics of time, place, and relationships is especially evident in these stories about how people try to deal with situations that may be beyond their control. A hit man trying to escape from the Mob is not as clever as he thinks he is. A family croquet match turns out to be much more than a game, and a stupid pet trick reveals sordid events. Some of the stories feature Deborah Knot and her Colleton County, North Carolina, home. Sigrid Harald doesn't appear, but Roman Tramegra, a supporting character from the Harald novels, stars in one story set in Venice. Most of the stories have been published elsewhere, but two are new. Maron has written an introduction to the collection as well as a brief preface to each story. Barbara Bibel
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Product Details

• Paperback: 210 pages
• Publisher: Crippen & Landru; X edition (January 24, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932009116
• ISBN-13: 978-1932009118
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #655,262 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suitable for Hanging Review, January 9, 2007

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Dale Reichard - See all my reviews
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As usual, Margaret Maron has done a splendid job. I would like to see more mysteries featuring Judge Knott in the future.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful stories!, April 18, 2010

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Susan A. Titus "Grey Hound Mom" (Detroit, MI) - See all my reviews
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Margaret Maron has a wonderful voice that these stories show as much as her Deborah Knott series shows. The stories are about relationships, and in the voice of the south. I mean the south that that includes "newcomers" as well as people who have lived through the changes brought about by the civil rights activities and laws of the late 20th century. She is an author which brings joy, and pain and self reflection as well as a good mystery!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great collection of short story who-dunnits, June 13, 2009

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T. Osgood (Detroit suburb, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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I'm a big fan of the Deborah Knott series, so thought I would read something else from her. I was not disappointed! Easy reads. Would make a nice gift.