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The Killer

Stewart Edward White

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Book Excerpt: 
. . . a moment, meaning a horse without a burden.

We nodded and resumed our occupation. A stray horse coming in to water was nothing strange or unusual. But an instant later, stirrups swinging, reins flapping, up dashed my own horse, Tiger.

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CHAPTER X

All this being beyond me, and then some, I proceeded methodically to carry out my complicated plan; which was, it will be remembered, to eat supper and then to go and see about it in person. I performed the first part of this to my entire satisfaction but not to that of the rest. They accused me of unbecoming secrecy; only they expressed it differently. That did not worry me, and in due time I made my escape. At the corral I picked out a good horse, one that I had brought from the Gila, that would stay tied indefinitely without impatience. Then I lighted me a cigarette and jogged up the road. I carried with me a little grub, my six-gun, the famous black bag, and an entir. . . Read More

Community Reviews

I love theses anthologies, they have something for everyone. Noir crime, mysteries, character studies too. You might not like all the selections, but you'll be impressed by the breadth of writing from these authors, and might find a new favorite!

Every Year I try to read a book with short stories to discover new authors. This year was not so successful. Most of these stories were so bad, I almost didn't finish this.
I'm glad I did though, the third to last story really touched something in me. Marcus Sakey is defiantly someone I would want to

Average rating: 2.25
(3 x 1 star, 7 x 2 star, 3 x 3 star, 3 x 4 star)

Perfect Gentleman by Brett Battles - 2 stars
I found this to be quite predictable and wasn't as gripping as I hoped it was going to be.

Killing Justice by Alison Brennan - 1 star
I found that this story could've had a lot more potentia

A collection of crime stories edited by Lee Child was pretty much how I summed up this book back in 2009, so the 4 out of 12 tells me a lot more about this book than my one sentence review!

As the tittle tells i thought i will read stories where will be murder for sure, but not in this case and i kind of like the surprise element. The stories itself..some of them was really good, some of them i didn't get, maybe if i reread them, but didn't want though, some stories was ok.
In the end,

'Killer Year' is a sample of short stories from some of the recognisable fresh talent in crime fiction. For me, the most startling story is "Prodigal Me", by J.T. Ellison, but other stories have their own merits as well.

It is not usual for me to comment on the publication quality. Having not read th

Good book filled with great stories from some of the best writers on the subject.

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