About this title: This follow-up to "Powers of Detection" showcases bestselling and award-winning names from Simon Green to Laurie King to Sharon Shinn--with original stories featuring otherworldly investigators trailing uncanny criminals across fantastical realms.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ace Trade
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780441016372ISBN:0441016375
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ace Trade
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780441016372ISBN:0441016375
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ace Trade
Date Published: 2008-12-02
ISBN-13:9780441016372ISBN:0441016375
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Ace Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780441016372ISBN:0441016375
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. VG+, bit of spine lean; wraps have fore edge lift. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 306 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Good intro to each of these series...the Butcher story is the star, but the others have great merit, too. Loved Richardson's offering. Green's was fun, but a little heavy on the "paint the Nightside world" imagery."
"This anthology includes twelve stories from well-known authors such as Charlaine Harris and Simon R. Green, two of my favorite authors. I have never read anything by the others - Carole Nelson Douglas, Laurie R. King, Michael A. Stackpole, Sharon Shinn, Mike Doogan, Donna Andrews, Michael Armstrong, John Straley, Anne Gilman, and lastly, Dana Stabenow. Charlaine's story, Lucky, features the heroine of her popular series, Sookie Stackhouse which coupled with her housemate do some detective work for her insurance agent. Douglas' Bougieman is about Delilah, a PI, solving the mystery of who stuck a corkscrew in the chest of a CinSim; Stackpole's Looks Are Deceiving, Primin has been called to found out who's trying to poison the king, even though he wouldn't lose asleep over him dying. The House of Seven by Shinn features Erica, a writer in the middle of a divorce who moves into a haunted house and becomes friends with the ghosts. Doogan's Glamour was one of the ones I really enjoyed, it's about Alf trying to find his missing daughter with the help of some pretty strange character.
Those are just a few of the stories featured in this anthology. I very much enjoyed each one and I've found a lot of new authors that I will definitely check out more of their works. I just wish some of the stories would have been longer, like Illumination by Laura Anne Gilman which was about Bonnie trying to find her dad, Zaki, who has gone missing. I really enjoyed it and would have loved it there was a bit more but that's the end with anthologies, they're short stories. Green's Appetite for Murder was also a great one, but I'm a big fan of his Nightside series.
Unusual Suspects is fill with exciting, mysterious, funny stories that will please fans of both mystery and fantasy. It will introduced readers to great new authors and help them revisit the worlds they already loved."
This was a fun short story. Erica has rented a haunted house for the summer while she goes through a nasty divorce, living with seven ghost's sounds a lot more inviting then dealing with her soon-to-be ex. As she settles in she realizes that not everything is as it seems and soon discovers a mystery that needs to be solved in order to release the seven ghosts from their eternal prison. I really enjoyed this story, although it was mainly about murdered ghosts, it wasn't scary or depressing. Once again, I could easily see this story being a full novel and a part of me wishes it was. It was a nice quick read and I can't say how much I enjoy Sharon Shinn's work.
I only read Sharon Shinn's story, so I can't say if the other stories are as good."
"There were some good stories in this one, some of my favorites...
Lucky by Charlaine Harris Sookie and a Amelia team up to solve a mystery.
The House of Seven Spirits by Sharon Shinn A really good story about a woman who moves into a house that is haunted by seven spirits and must solve the mystery as to why they are still around.
Spellbound by Donna Andrews A mystery set in a school of magic-good story.
The House by Laurie R. King A very interesting story about an abandoned house that has more than meets the eye. This was really good and the ending was great!!"
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