Crime in Short

摘要

Short mystery fiction, anyone? There's a bumper crop of anthologies this fall, so readers can sample favorite authors or discover new ones.rnBlues can evoke music, mood, and more, and the 21 stories in Chicago Blues display the work of some of Chicago's finest mystery writers. Most haunting are those that celebrate the blues as music, including Stuart Kaminsky'srnand/or city residents. A PI looking for a missing teen discovers—and solves—a multiple murder in Loren Estleman's "Kill the Cat." In "Pride" by PJ. Parrish (actually sisters Kris Montee and Kelly Nichols), a female police detective finds her own justice. A man driving his family behind a school bus in Joyce Carol Oates's "Panic" learns that potential violence can be life-changing as well. As these tales reveal, there is murder in even the best neighborhoods. But one of the most memorable entries—"Hey Love" by Detroit middle school teacher Roger K. Johnson—celebrates the Motown label.