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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 813.087208 EAN 9780316012652 ISBN 0316012653 Manufacturer Back Bay Books Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 384 Publication Date April 14, 2008 Publisher Back Bay Books Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description Nineteen original stories--including a new contribution by New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly--about riveting showdowns between cops and criminals. From Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post-Civil War frontier, from smoggy Los Angeles to the woods of Idaho, these gripping stories trace the perils and occasional triumphs of lawmen and -women who put themselves in harm's way to face down the bad guys. Some of them even walk the edge of becoming bad guys themselves. In T. Jefferson Parker's 'Skinhead Central,' an ex-cop and his wife find unexpected menace in the idyllic setting they have chosen for their retirement. In Alafair Burke's 'Winning,' a female officer who is attacked in the line of duty must protect her own husband from his worst impulses. In Edward D. Hoch's 'Friday Night Luck,' a wanna-be cop blows his chance at a spot on the force--and breaks his case. In Michael Connelly's 'Father's Day,' Harry Bosch faces one of his most emotionally trying cases, investigating a young boy's death. The magnificent and never-before-published Connelly story is alone worth the price of admission, and-combined with 18 unexpected tales from crime's modern masters-makes this an unmissable collection. Mystery Writers of America presents a high-quality anthology of 19 original stories that explore a wide range of police experiences, from newcomer Polly Nelson's superb tale set in 1864 Kansas, Burying Mr. Henry, to editor Connelly's powerful and grim Harry Bosch investigation into a young disabled boy's death, Father's Day. The sordid mean streets, depicted in Persia Walker's Such a Lucky, Pretty Girl, are nicely balanced with the lighter touches of Jon Breen's Serial Killer, a darkly comic tale in which two police detectives recount one of their cases to a community college writing class. TV writer Paul Guyot contributes one of the volume's strongest selections, What a Wonderful World, about a cop's obsessive search for the killer of a hot dog vendor. This is one of those rare themed anthologies that can be enjoyed at one sitting. (Apr.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Nineteen original stories--including a new contribution by New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly--about riveting showdowns between cops and criminals. From Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post-Civil War frontier, from smoggy Los Angeles to the woods of Idaho, these gripping stories trace the perils and occasional triumphs of lawmen and -women who put themselves in harm's way to face down the bad guys. Some of them even walk the edge of becoming bad guys themselves. In T. Jefferson Parker's 'Skinhead Central,' an ex-cop and his wife find unexpected menace in the idyllic setting they have chosen for their retirement. In Alafair Burke's 'Winning,' a female officer who is attacked in the line of duty must protect her own husband from his worst impulses. In Edward D. Hoch's 'Friday Night Luck,' a wanna-be cop blows his chance at a spot on the force--and breaks his case. In Michael Connelly's 'Father's Day,' Harry Bosch faces one of his most emotionally trying cases, investigating a young boy's death. The magnificent and never-before-published Connelly story is alone worth the price of admission, and-combined with 18 unexpected tales from crime's modern masters-makes this an unmissable collection. Michael Connelly, a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist and a former journalist, has won numerous crime fiction prizes. He lives in Florida. Bestselling novelist Michael Connelly collects 20 stories about police work for the latest anthology presented by the Mystery Writers of America. Each of these stories explores not so much 'how a cop works a case' as 'how a case works on the cop.' Alan Sklar puts his smooth edginess to work on the bulk of these works. Karen White reads six of the stories, including Laurie R. King's 'The Fool' and Alafair Burke's 'Winning.' John Lee provides narration for the two stories set in Britain. Particularly memorable are John Buontello's 'A Certain Recollection,' about a retired cop suffering Alzheimer's, which Sklar reads with profound sensitivity, and the equally touching 'What a Wonderful World' by Paul Guyot, about a detective obsessed with the murder of a pretty street vendor. One frustrating element is the absence of a table of contents or a track listing. S.E.S. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine Customers who bought this item also bought The Brass Verdict: A Novel Hollywood Crows: A Novel Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher, No. 12) Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport Mysteries) Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel Customer Reviews for: Mystery Writers of America Presents The Blue Religion: New Stories about Cops, Criminals, and the Chase Rating - More than the usual mixed bag With 2 very good stories (by Michael Connelly and Edward D. Hoch), three excellent ones (by John Harvey, Persia Walker and Paul Guyot) and quite a few other decent ones, this anthology is far better than average. Recommended. Rating - Cop Stories Presented under the auspices of the Mystery Writers of America, this novel contains 19 intriguing short stories, with a common theme: cops. There are police procedurals and mysteries, but more important, the stories reflect on the live of cops--as persons, on their jobs, how they perform their duties, their sense of right and wrong, and, of course, as Michael Connelly says in a short introduction, "How are we to weigh the burden of the badge if we do not carry the badge?" The stories range from T. Jefferson Parker's story about a retired cop and how he handles a juvenile delinquent, to Alafair Burke's take ... Read More Rating - concentrate on the "world of the cop" These entertaining nineteen tales focus on the police procedural theme. However, as Mr. Connolly explains in his introduction, for the most part the entries concentrate on the "world of the cop" as the stories "explore the burden of the badge" more so than investigative procedures. The contributions run the gamut with a strong historical by Polly Nelson to the return of Harry Bosch to a retired cop and his wife running into trouble (T. Jefferson Parker's "Skinhead Central). There are no clinkers yet the range is vast from a dark tale of a selected amnesiac ("Such a Lucky, Pretty Girl: by Persia Walker) to amusingly light ... Read More see more reviews See all books by author Inc. Mystery Writers of America

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