The anthology of women mystery writers I've been reading is interesting. There is quite a variety of styles and approaches to the whodunit genre represented there. One thing I like is that some of the writers are new to me, and of those, some are quite good. I'll be checking those women out in the future, I think.
One thing I've concluded from reading this anthology is that it isn't easy to write a mystery in the short form. Some of the stories seem to be wrapped up a bit too abruptly, featuring the Deus Ex Machina type ending, or so it seems to me. The two who are already my favorites, Sara Paretsky and Nevada Barr, have done the best job of writing a good, short mystery, not surprisingly. Both are accomplished writers.
I've already started another book in between stories, a novel by Matthew Pearl, The Last Dickens, also a mystery. It's very interesting, but then I like a book with a literary historical point of view!
One thing I've concluded from reading this anthology is that it isn't easy to write a mystery in the short form. Some of the stories seem to be wrapped up a bit too abruptly, featuring the Deus Ex Machina type ending, or so it seems to me. The two who are already my favorites, Sara Paretsky and Nevada Barr, have done the best job of writing a good, short mystery, not surprisingly. Both are accomplished writers.
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