Name: Ms. Murder
ISBN: 9780806511573

Smith (undifferentiated)

The Best Mysteries Featuring Women Detectives, by the Top Women Writers

Ms. Murder

Kirsten Simkiss

This book really deserves about 3 1/2 stars, but in the absence of that option I have given it three stars. I felt that I enjoyed about half, if not a little bit over half, of the stories.

My biggest complaint was that it felt like it was a lot more than it actually was. It took me a long time to read through all of them because it was dry and I lost interest in some of the stories. Some of the authors I was familiar with, while others I had never heard of.

My least favorite was the second to last story, "Once Upon A Time" by Amanda Cross. Otherwise, I found most of the others to be passable mysteries. This one was the only story in the collection to not be a murder mystery at all, but an origin story.

All in all, this is definitely a book to recommend to those who are looking into other mystery writers that might like Agatha Christie. It was the reason I picked up the book and it gave me other authors in the mystery genre to look into.

Ms. Murder The Best Mysteries Featuring Women Detectives, by the Top Women Writers