A moment on the edge : 100 years of crime stories by women
Title:
A moment on the edge : 100 years of crime stories by women
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Elizabeth George.
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Publication Information:
New York : HarperCollins, [2004]
Physical Description:
xviii, 540 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780060588212
9780060588229
General Note:
Originally published under the title: Crime from the mind of a woman.
Abstract:
A collection of twenty-six crime stories, written by top women authors during the past century, includes pieces by Dorothy L. Sayers, Sara Paretsky, Shirley Jackson, Ngaio Marsh, Ruth Rendell, J.A. Jance, and other notables.
Added Author:
Added Uniform Title:
Crime from the mind of a woman.
Variant Title:
One hundred years of crime stories by women
Portion of title: 100 years of crime stories by women
Contents:
A jury of her peers / Susan Glaspell -- The man who knew how / Dorothy L. Sayers -- I can find my way out / Ngaio Marsh -- The summer people / Shirley Jackson -- St. Patrick's Day in the morning / Charlotte Armstrong -- The purple is everything / Dorothy Salisbury Davis -- Money to burn / Margery Allingham -- A nice place to stay / Nedra Tyre -- Clever and quick / Christianna Brand -- Country lovers / Nadine Gordimer -- The irony of hate / Ruth Rendell -- Sweet baby Jenny / Joyce Harrington -- Wild mustard / Marcia Muller -- Jemima Shore at the sunny grove / Antonia Fraser -- The case of the Pietro Andromache / Sara Paretsky -- Afraid all the time / Nancy Pickard -- The young shall see visions, and the old dream dreams / Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- A predatory woman / Sharyn McCrumb -- Jack be quick / Barbara Paul -- Ghost station / Carolyn Wheat -- New moon and rattlesnakes / Wendy Hornsby -- Death of a snowbird / J.A. Jance -- The river mouth / Lia Matera -- A scandal in winter / Gillian Linscott -- Murder-two / Joyce Carol Oates -- English autumn--American fall / Minette Walters.