I just finished reading an ARC of the above book. It's a
collection of Schutz's short stories, several of which have
won well deserved awards. I'm on record for being a novel
person who's not a particular fan of shorts, but I really
enjoyed this anthology. I had only read two of the stories
before (had bought both Deadly Allies anthologies for that
very reason), two of the three featuring private eye Leo
Haggarty. The third, Lost and Found, which I hadn't read,
tied together some threads left hanging at the end of that
lamented series of novels. Damn, I miss that series.
There are two more PI stories, both featuring Matt and Sean
Ellis, who skip trace on college breaks, three forensic
psychologist stories
(Schutz's professional work in this area lends these an
obvious verisimilitude), two cop stories, all capped with a
story of serial killers. I usually take a long while with
short story collections, reading one or two at a time between
novels. I plowed right through this one.
The only problem is, now I want novels featuring all of these
characters so I can get to know each of them better.
Mark
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