Reviews for A modern treasury of great detective and murder mysteries

The average rating for A modern treasury of great detective and murder mysteries based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-11-02 00:00:00 Jamie Gates Read it if only for two stories- they're all great, btw, Gorman did a great job of picking out crime stories- The Second Coming by Joe Gores and While She Was Out by Edward Bryant. The first is by a master writer (Hammett and the DKA Files series)writing about faux hipsters getting themselves in to an execution as witnesses and how it changes them. The second was adapted as a decent Kim Basinger vehicle, but you should really read the story. Tightly plotted, with one of the best endings I have ever read- the last sentence could've been written by Spillane, which is high praise from me. Long out of print (I first read it in the nineties and have recently found a copy to read again), it is well-worth a search for 2nd hand copies.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-10-21 00:00:00 Keli Ugalde This collection consists of 25 mystery stories by a "storied" group of outstanding writers. All 25 were first published in the second half of the 20th century (1954-1991) with most in the 1990s. A fine collection that I have "dipped into" over the years. Editor's notes add commentary and context.