Larger	Sisters in Crime 2 (Sisters in Crime) Author: Marilyn Wallace
	Book Information Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Book Type: Paperback Rating: 9 ISBN-13: 9780425119662 - ISBN-10: 0425119661 Publication Date: 2/1/1990 Book Reviews

This worthy successor to Wallace's superb first collection contains 21 previously unpublished stories from American women mystery writers, each possessing a shrewd eye for human idiosyncrasy.

Susan Dunlap sends a deceased woman to "The Celestial Buffet" -- after giving her one last glance at her body sprawled on the floor: "It could have stood to lose five pounds." A lonely woman ignores "Storm Warnings" in Nancy Pickard's tale when she helps set up a scam only to find herself its victim. In Jean Fiedler's "The Snake Plant," a devious husband mounts a psychological attack on his ailing wife by exploiting her identification with the health of a plant given to her as a gift. During Sharyn McCrumb's "The Luncheon," a "meek and courteous" woman makes wickedly humorous observations about her high-powered friends and, incidentally, plans her husband's murder.

Series characters also appear; for example, Carolyn G. Hart's Laurel Darling Roethke attends a mystery weekend and uncovers a murder plot not listed on the program.