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Many Deadly Returns by Martin Edwards
5.0
I picked up this eARC mostly because it contained three short stories by one of my favourite crime authors Ann Cleeves, and I am so glad I did because I have discovered so many more crime authors I would love to read more of. I was also curious as to how these authors could fit a crime story that would usually require so much detail and backstory into the short-story style. As I soon realised, this could be done, and could be done very well at that.
Each of these pocket size crime stories managed to surprise me in ways I wasn’t expecting. This was something I loved. The twists and surprises that mystery and crime novels offer is what draws me back to this genre time and time again. So to read exactly that in a different form was great.
As always with a collection of short stories there will be some I loved and some that I didn’t quite as much. When I pick a collection that is right for me, I find myself really enjoying most of them, but the odd few that I didn’t as much are still a great read. That was the case here which was so good.
My favourites were easily the three by Ann Cleeves – Wild Swimming, The Queen of Mystery, and A Winter’s Tale. I also loved The Fox and the Hens and The Confessions of Edward Prime by Kate Ellis. Those are the ones that come to mind for me, but there weren’t any I didn’t enjoy.
I highly recommend this as a quick read with many twists and turns throughout. If you’re deterred by the format there’s no need, while the pieces are short and have no connection to each other, they work as a collection wonderfully. If you’re a murder mystery fan, this is for you!
Thank you to NetGalley, the authors, and the publisher for sending me this free eARC (eAdvanced Reader Copy), I am leaving this review voluntarily. This title was published 2nd November 2021.
Each of these pocket size crime stories managed to surprise me in ways I wasn’t expecting. This was something I loved. The twists and surprises that mystery and crime novels offer is what draws me back to this genre time and time again. So to read exactly that in a different form was great.
As always with a collection of short stories there will be some I loved and some that I didn’t quite as much. When I pick a collection that is right for me, I find myself really enjoying most of them, but the odd few that I didn’t as much are still a great read. That was the case here which was so good.
My favourites were easily the three by Ann Cleeves – Wild Swimming, The Queen of Mystery, and A Winter’s Tale. I also loved The Fox and the Hens and The Confessions of Edward Prime by Kate Ellis. Those are the ones that come to mind for me, but there weren’t any I didn’t enjoy.
I highly recommend this as a quick read with many twists and turns throughout. If you’re deterred by the format there’s no need, while the pieces are short and have no connection to each other, they work as a collection wonderfully. If you’re a murder mystery fan, this is for you!
Thank you to NetGalley, the authors, and the publisher for sending me this free eARC (eAdvanced Reader Copy), I am leaving this review voluntarily. This title was published 2nd November 2021.