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A review by corrie
Women of the Mean Streets by Ali Vali, Jeane Harris, Anne Laughlin, Carsen Taite, Victoria A. Brownworth, Miranda Kent, Laura Lippman, Clifford Henderson, Diane Anderson-Minshall, J.M. Redmann, Lori L. Lake, Lindy Cameron, Greg Herren, Kendra Sennett
4.0
Women of the Mean Streets, put together by J.M. Redmann (of Mickey Knight fame) and Greg Herren promised tough women in hard places and we certainly got that.
I was lured to this anthology because of the J.M. Redmann short that was included and to my utter joy it was one starring Mickey Knight. Mickey somewhere after hurricane Katrina. We follow her looking for bad seed cousin Bayard (remember him?) who has disappeared and let me tell you it is a highly satisfying tale.
The stories are not really noir, at least I didn’t get that noir feeling. It was tough and the women didn’t always met a happy end. Don't expect warm fuzzies anytime soon.
Contributing to this anthology were: Laura Lippman, Lori L. Lake, Carsen Taite, Jeane Harris, Miranda Kent, Clifford Henderson, Kendra Sennett, Ali Vali, Victoria A. Brownworth, J.M. Redmann, Diane Anderson-Minshall, Annie Laughlin and Lindy Cameron.
I basically loved all stories but some really stood out, like Lori L. Lake’s tale of sweet revenge, Carsen Taite’s introduction to bounty hunter Luca Bennett pointing me to a series of books about the same character I bookmarked straight away (yay!), Miranda Kent’s story almost brought me to tears, Diana Anderson-Minshall is another author I need to read more off. Victoria A. Brownworth's story made me shiver. I will never look at duct tape the same way! The only sci-fy dystopian story (by Lindy Cameron) was the odd duck in this mix. I’ve read it before but don’t remember where or when.
As always, reading an anthology proves to be fruitful for my to-read pile as I usually discover new authors (or authors I forgot about). If you like crime this is certainly a book you want on your shelf.
f/f
Themes: bad girls, betrayal, revenge, being at the wrong place at the wrong time, no happy ending for everyone, high quality writing.
4 Stars
I was lured to this anthology because of the J.M. Redmann short that was included and to my utter joy it was one starring Mickey Knight. Mickey somewhere after hurricane Katrina. We follow her looking for bad seed cousin Bayard (remember him?) who has disappeared and let me tell you it is a highly satisfying tale.
The stories are not really noir, at least I didn’t get that noir feeling. It was tough and the women didn’t always met a happy end. Don't expect warm fuzzies anytime soon.
Contributing to this anthology were: Laura Lippman, Lori L. Lake, Carsen Taite, Jeane Harris, Miranda Kent, Clifford Henderson, Kendra Sennett, Ali Vali, Victoria A. Brownworth, J.M. Redmann, Diane Anderson-Minshall, Annie Laughlin and Lindy Cameron.
I basically loved all stories but some really stood out, like Lori L. Lake’s tale of sweet revenge, Carsen Taite’s introduction to bounty hunter Luca Bennett pointing me to a series of books about the same character I bookmarked straight away (yay!), Miranda Kent’s story almost brought me to tears, Diana Anderson-Minshall is another author I need to read more off. Victoria A. Brownworth's story made me shiver. I will never look at duct tape the same way! The only sci-fy dystopian story (by Lindy Cameron) was the odd duck in this mix. I’ve read it before but don’t remember where or when.
As always, reading an anthology proves to be fruitful for my to-read pile as I usually discover new authors (or authors I forgot about). If you like crime this is certainly a book you want on your shelf.
f/f
Themes: bad girls, betrayal, revenge, being at the wrong place at the wrong time, no happy ending for everyone, high quality writing.
4 Stars