Women of Mystery II Author: Cynthia Manson (Editor), Antonia Frasier, Amanda Cross, D.L. Richardson, Gillian Roberts, Patricia McGerr, Ruth Rendell, Joan Hess, Marcia Muller, Margaret Maron, Mary Higgins Clark, Sara Paretsky, Sharyn McCrumb, Anne Wingate, B. K. Stevens, S. J. Rozan
	Book Information Publisher: Book Sales Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 1 Rating: 3 ISBN-13: 9780785814856 - ISBN-10: 078581485X Publication Date: 4/2002 Pages: 336

These 15 short stories by women writers about women detectives have previously appeared in either Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine or Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Such established authors as Antonia Frasier and Amanda Cross offer further adventures of their widely recognizable heroines (Jemimah Shore and Kate Fansler, respectively) as lesser-known writers introduce hopeful candidates, e.g., D.L. Richardson tells of ex-cop Cass Dillon's reluctant attempt to recover a stolen police badge for a friend. Gillian Roberts's Amanda Pepper discovers the body of a weight-obsessed friend and figures out how the time of death was distorted. A layover in Cold War Berlin stirs up the mundane life of an American college grad when she finds herself mixed up in espionage in Patricia McGerr's riveting tale. Ruth Rendell, Joan Hess, Marcia Muller and Margaret Maron are among other contributors.

includes:
Emerald Hookers and Gold Shields · D. L. Richardson
One Beautiful Body · Gillian Roberts
Not All Brides Are Beautiful · Sharyn McCrumb
Evelyn Lying There · Anne Wingate
Sideshow · B. K. Stevens
Body English · S. J. Rozan
The Maggody Files: D.W.I. · Joan Hess
Arrie and Jasper [Kate Fansler] · Amanda Cross
Deadly Fantasies [Sharon McCone] · Marcia Muller
Cop Groupie · Joyce Harrington
Match Point in Berlin [Selena Mead] · Patricia McGerr
Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave · Antonia Fraser
Mrs. Howell and Criminal Justice 2.1 · Margaret Maron
The Orchard Walls · Ruth Rendell