Reviews

Dead Simple by Angela Marsons, Jane Casey, C.L. Taylor, Clare Mackintosh, Mark Billingham, Harry Bingham, Antonia Hodgson, James Oswald

penguin25's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

tracey09's review

dark tense

3.5

niamhmc23's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

chelsssssh's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

lucyroberts's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

chelseamayxxx's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Didn’t really like any of these short stories. Xx

cj_mo_2222's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This is a collection of eight crime stories by different bestselling authors. Of course, there are some stories I enjoy more than others, as is expected in a collection with a variety of stories. Many have surprising, twist endings. Standout stories for me are the ones by Clare Mackintosh. Angela Marsons, and Harry Bingham. This book is great as a introduction to some of these authors you haven't read before or as a way to get t oread more works by authors you're already familiar with. Overall, it's a good collection for crime fiction fans. 

shahrun's review

4.0

Pretty solid collection of short stories. The stand out ones for me are (basically all of them):
Hardscrabble was very nice. Good twist at the end.
The Funeral was a real oops moment.
Dead Men Tell No Tales I really loved.
Old Tricks was simply brilliant!
Tell No Lies - absolutely brilliant. Right till last line
The Perfect murder was perfect. Even though I had an idea of the outcome, the journey there was fab
Bird In A Cage was very creepy and sinister - nice!

nattly's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

gouldingherringreads's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

They were okay short stories. Only 20 pages each or so. Cannot really expect much in those little pages. My favourite story was The Perfect Murder. I would like more from that story