http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/alfred-hitchcock-fifty-years-crime-suspense/ reading material to get excited about Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:11:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/alfred-hitchcock-fifty-years-crime-suspense/#comment-11271 Bookgasm: Reading Material to Get Excited About » Blog Archive » BULLETS, BROADS, BLACKMAIL & BOMBS >> E Is for Evil (That’s Good Enough for Me) Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:00:09 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=781#comment-11271 [...] HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: 14 OF MY FAVORITES IN SUSPENSE • ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S A HANGMAN’S DOZEN ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE PRESENTS FIFTY YEARS OF CRIME AND SUSPENSE • ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S ONCE UPON A DREADFUL [...] [...] HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: 14 OF MY FAVORITES IN SUSPENSE • ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S A HANGMAN’S DOZEN ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE PRESENTS FIFTY YEARS OF CRIME AND SUSPENSE • ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S ONCE UPON A DREADFUL [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/alfred-hitchcock-fifty-years-crime-suspense/#comment-6000 The Widow of Slane and Six More of the Best Crime and Mystery Novellas of the Year » Bookgasm Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:40:44 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=781#comment-6000 [...] The novellas, averaging around 45 pages each, were collected from ELLERY QUEEN’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE (three), ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE (one), WILD CRIMES (one) and the theme anthology DEATH BY DICKENS (two). All are copyrighted 2004 and my guess is that they were finalists for Gorman’s YEAR’S FINEST CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES, but were just too long. Our thanks to him for not allowing them to fall through the cracks. [...] [...] The novellas, averaging around 45 pages each, were collected from ELLERY QUEEN’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE (three), ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE (one), WILD CRIMES (one) and the theme anthology DEATH BY DICKENS (two). All are copyrighted 2004 and my guess is that they were finalists for Gorman’s YEAR’S FINEST CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES, but were just too long. Our thanks to him for not allowing them to fall through the cracks. [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/alfred-hitchcock-fifty-years-crime-suspense/#comment-5663 Mystery Writers of America Presents Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder » Bookgasm Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:27:50 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=781#comment-5663 [...] With Steve Hockensmith proving the highlight of the current FIFTY YEARS OF CRIME AND SUPSENSE anthology, I expected a repeat performance, but his “Blarney” marks one of DEATH’s few drab spots. And though his story isn’t quite amongst the cream, the surprise here is R.L. Stine. Knowing him only from GOOSEBUMPS and other greasy kid stuff, he shows gleeful flashes of the macabre in “Wifey,” about a guy who inherits his best friend’s dog. [...] [...] With Steve Hockensmith proving the highlight of the current FIFTY YEARS OF CRIME AND SUPSENSE anthology, I expected a repeat performance, but his “Blarney” marks one of DEATH’s few drab spots. And though his story isn’t quite amongst the cream, the surprise here is R.L. Stine. Knowing him only from GOOSEBUMPS and other greasy kid stuff, he shows gleeful flashes of the macabre in “Wifey,” about a guy who inherits his best friend’s dog. [...]

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