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A Woman's Eye: Stories
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A Woman's Eye: Stories Mass market paperbound - 1992

by Sara Paretsky

This all-original collection features works by today's most celebrated women crime writers, including Susan Dunlap, Sue Grafton, Julie Smith, Marcia Muller, Amanda Cross, Antonia Fraser, Mary Wings, edited by Sara (V.I. Warshawski) Paretsky. Selections.


Summary

Crime is common ground for the twenty-one women writers in this extraordinary collection of contemporary mystery fiction. 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 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.From the Paperback edition.

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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!

First line

He was sitting against a bit of broken wall, looking almost normal.

From the jacket flap

Crime is common ground for the twenty-one women writers in this extraordinary collection of contemporary mystery fiction. 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 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.

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  • Title A Woman's Eye: Stories
  • Author Sara Paretsky
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 464
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dell, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date September 1, 1992
  • ISBN 9780440213352 / 0440213355
  • Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.78 x 4.11 x 1.05 in (17.22 x 10.44 x 2.67 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Women detectives, Detective and mystery stories, English
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

"All new stories...all women writers...all  female sleuths" --Booklist.

Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 08/03/1992, Page 0

About the author

Sara Paretsky is the author of many novels, including her V. I. Warshawski series, which began with Indemnity Only. She lives in Chicago.
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