A brand-new anthology of crime stories written by masters of the genre. Featuring both original in-universe stories and rarely seen reprints, this collection of nineteen masterful short stories brings together some of the genre's greatest living authors. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan take on a delightfully twisted killer in Val McDermid's 'Happy Holidays'. In Fiona Cummin's 'Dead Weight', an overbearing mother resorts to desperate measures to keep control of her teenage daughter. And in Dean Koontz's 'Kittens', a young girl learns the truth about how her pets have been dying, and devises a horrible revenge. Tense, twisted and disturbing, Exit Wounds is a visceral and thrilling collection showcasing the very best modern crime fiction has to offer.
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[He's here - BULLY BY JEFFERY DEAVER]***
(@TitanBooks, 21 May 2019, 400 pages, ebook, copy from @TitanBooks and voluntarily reviewed)
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I love crime fiction and read dozens of story collections every year so I was really looking forward to this especially as it contains work by some amazing writers including Val McDermid and Dean Koontz. This collection never quite reaches its potential. It's a very mixed bag of tales; some are great and some just okay which makes the overall collection less enjoyable than it should be. I felt like too many stories don't seem to go anywhere as if they are snippets that have been cut from something much bigger. The best stories are The Bully by Jeffrey Deaver, Happy Holidays by Val McDermid, and The Pitcher by Sarah Hilary. I did enjoy each story but not as much as I expected to.
