num_pages: 224
description: Tales of Murder from Los Angeles. The new mystery anthology featuring crime fiction from members of Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles. They're seedy or glamorous ... Hollywood or Malibu ... cool, enraged, or totally fed up--meet a collection of fascinating culprits plotting deadly deeds in this anthology of gripping crime fiction from a thrill-minded group of Los Angeles writers. Includes "Sentence Imposed" by Kris Neri, "Wifely Duties" by Cory Newman, "Push Comes to Shove" by Nathan Walpow, "Fatal Tears" by Ekaterine Nikas, "Miss Parker &amp; the Cutter-Sanborn Tables" by Gay Toltl Kinman, "Driven to Kill" by Jamie Wallace, "Touch of a Vanish'd Hand" by Phil Mann, "Ai Witness" by Kate Thornton, "Over My Shoulder" by Lisa Seidman, by "The Cats and Jammer" Gayle McGary, "Copycat" by Joan Myers, and "Midnight" by Dorothy Rellas. What these mysteries are To save a life, an athlete must take a treacherous trip through her past and confront her darkest fears in "Sentence Imposed." A woman takes extra care in preparing the evening meal in "Wifely Duties." A wrestler has bigger problems than whether to throw a match in "Push Comes to Shove." Two sisters sip a bitter brew from their fine china tea cups in "Fatal Tears." Two librarians-in-training use their expertise to solve a baffling murder in "Miss Parker &amp; the Cutter-Sanborn Tables." An attention-hungry sycophant is ... "Driven to Kill." A wily East Coast mathematician takes up the challenge of solving the perfect West Coast murder in "Touch of a Vanish'd Hand." There's another reason besides raw fish to visit a sushi bar in "Ai Witness." A young girl takes drastic measures to stop a stalker in "Over My Shoulder." In "The Cats and Jammer," a teenage detective finds a body--and too many suspects--in a Hollywood bungalow court. In "Copycat," a practical joker turns up dead ... and with no end of suspects. High stakes and high technology put two old friends at odds ... at "Midnight."
language: English
title: A Deadly Dozen
titlecomplete: A Deadly Dozen
genres: Short Stories
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Uglytown Productions