Review: Lots Of Fun Stories
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2013
This is a collection of stories from various authors.  Harry Shannon's Night Nurse is a good tale that puts you right into the main character's head.  The best stuff is from the middle of the book to the end.  Angie by Ed Gorman is a masterpiece of noir fiction.  You would swear one of the greats from the forties wrote it.  Knife Fight by Joel Goldman is one I reviewed separately.  It is a legal thriller.  Remember every day is a knife fight. Jack Webb's Star by Lee Goldberg is a more modern piece.  It is humorous rather than dark and gritty, but definitely well written.  Restraint by Stephen Gallagher is a Picasso. It is a mystery or perhaps horror piece that is just perfect.  Yeah, there is something odd about how her car ended up off the road.  Maybe daddy knows the answer if he's still talking.  Top of the World by Bill Crider is great old fashioned sleaze pulp.  I don't know If Crider's other work is this good but one can only hope.  Finally, A Matter Of Principal by Max Allan Collins.  A great introduction to Quarry, a Chicago hit man.  All in all , a great collection.  Not a bad apple in the bunch but these are my favorites.