Murder by the Tale Author:Dell Shannon Jacket excerpt: "Murder by the Tale is the perfect short-story collection for her [Dell Shannon's] thousands of fans because it gives them eight never-before-published stories featuring the popular Lieutenant Luis Mendoza of the Los Angeles Police Department as well as six fine nonseries tales. We see the full range of Dell Shannon's diabolical ... more »talent as a writer of crime fiction--from the nitty-gritty realism of the Mendoza stories to creepy supernaturalism."« less