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Crime is common ground for the twenty-one women writers in this extraordinary collection of contemporary mystery fiction, introduced and edited by Sara Paretsky The voices here include professional crime solvers who take you from the mean streets of V.I. Warshawski's Chicago in a case of music and murder . . . to the California freeway where Kinsey Millhone's beloved VW skids into a shooting . . . to the gang-held turf of Sharon McCone's San Francisco, where an eye witness to a slaying says mum's the word. And then there are mothers, grandmothers, battered wives, and social workers--ordinary women in extraordinary situations whose voices reveal contemporary life as seen through a woman's eye. From the opening tale of a girl down-and-out in London and what she steals from a corpse . . . to the final story of a summer vacation in the Berkshires, complete with romance and sudden death . . . this unique collection brings us great mystery writing that engages both our intellects and our hearts. This collection features stories from twenty-one authors, including: Sara Paretsky - Sue Grafton - Marica Muller - Susan Dunlap - Carolyn Hart - Antonia Fraser - Dorothy Salisbury Davis - Amanda Cross - Nancy Pickard - Dorothy B. Hughes - Faye Kellerman - Julie Smith - Barbara Wilson - Mary Wings - and more!

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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100440213355

ISBN-139780440213352

eBay Product ID (ePID)391526

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Publication Year1992

TopicMystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators

Book TitleWoman's Eye : Stories

LanguageEnglish

FeaturesReprint

GenreFiction

AuthorSara Paretsky

FormatMass Market