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A review by catherine_t
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives by Otto Penzler
3.0
The title really says it all in this case. Panzler recruited many well-known crime-fiction writers to write about their most well-known characters. Some are essays on the characters; some are "interviews" between author and creation; and in a couple of cases, the pieces are short stories.
The book was nominated for (and won? I can't remember) an Edgar award a few years ago, which is when it made it to my "want to read" list. Mostly entertaining, the essays provide an entree into some characters/authors you may not have read (I think I'm going to have to add Laura Lippman and Robert Crais to my list of authors to read) and give insights into others you have read (I especially liked the pieces by Alexander McCall Smith and Ian Rankin).
The book was nominated for (and won? I can't remember) an Edgar award a few years ago, which is when it made it to my "want to read" list. Mostly entertaining, the essays provide an entree into some characters/authors you may not have read (I think I'm going to have to add Laura Lippman and Robert Crais to my list of authors to read) and give insights into others you have read (I especially liked the pieces by Alexander McCall Smith and Ian Rankin).