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Mystery Writers Of America Presents The Mystery Box (2013)

by Mystery Writers of America(Favorite Author)

3.19 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1455512346 (ISBN13: 9781455512348)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Grand Central Publishing

review 1: Some really good, some really great and one that I will never forget. Years ago I was stunned and haunted forever after by a Stephen King short story called Survivor Type in the Skeleton Crew compilation. I still consider it one of the best stories I have ever read for its brilliant concept and execution but mostly for the audacity to think it up in the first place. It was amazing even for Stephen King. In Mystery Box I found The Hedge which comes awfully close to that same jaw-dropping audacity, same fine execution, and very memorable.
review 2: Overall the authors used a box in a key part of the story, but some did not, which was annoying.The Amiable Miss Edith Montague by Jan Burke - liked, though was a little confused on why the victim would have allowed th... moree protagonist to see the contents of the box - 4 stars.Waco 1982 by Laura Lippman - interesting and different - 4 stars.War Secrets by Libby Fischer Hellman - world war II - too short to care about the characters - 2 stars.The Vly by C. E. Lawrence - a little spooky, different - 4 stars.Heirloom by Joseph Finder - worked a little hard for the twist, but kept me reading to catch it, a little disturbing - 3 stars.The Boca Box by James O. Born - Again, the twist was a little obvious, but entertaining - 3 stars.Mad Blood by S. W. Hubbard - Liked it to the point that I'll look for other things by this author - 5 stars.Dear Mr. Queen by Joseph Goodrich - liked it but didn't love it - 3 stars.The Delivery by R. T. Lawton - Subtle and it left me hanging in a good way - 4 stars.Mokume Gane by Tom Rob Smith - paranoia is never fun to read but this was well done - 4 stars.Angelina by Mary Anne Kelly - interesting twists - 3 stars.The Remaining Unknowns by Tony Broadbent - not my usual cup of tea, but well written and cerebral and interesting - 3 stars.Double Jeopardy by Steve Berry - too sad, painful - 4 stars.The Secret Life of Books by Angela Gerst - The characters weren't very likable or developed - 3 stars.The Very Private Detectress by Catherine Mambretti - Liked the main character, would like to read more with these characters - 4 stars.The Birdhouse by Stephen Ross - Liked this story and will look for more books by this author - 4 stars.The Honour of Dundee by Charles Todd - Things were stretched a little too far to really enjoy this - 3 stars.Hedge by Jonathan Stone - Didn't like much - 2 stars.The Lunar Society by Katherine Neville - iffy - between 2 and 3 stars.High Stakes by R. L. Stine - Liked it - 4 stars.Remmy Rothstein Toes the Line (annotated)by Karin Slaughter - 1 star - unreadable!Total of 69.5 stars divided by 21 stories = 3.3 stars less

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