Author: SARA PARETSKY
Title: A Woman's Eye
Description: New York, Delacorte Press. 1991, Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Book, "Crime is common ground for the twenty-one women writers in this extraordinary collection of contemporary mystery fiction. The voices here include professional crime solvers who take you from the mean streets of V.I. Warshawski's Chicago in a case of music and murder.. to the California freeway where Kinsey Millhone's beloved VW skids into a shooting.. to the gang-held turf of Sharon says mum's the word. And then there are mothers, grandmothers, battered wives, and social workers -- ordinary women in extraordinary situations whose voices reveal contemporary life as seen through a woman's eye. From the opening tale of a girl down-and-out in London and what she steals from a corpse.. to the final story of a summer vacation in the Berkshires, complete with romance and sudden death.. this unique collection brings us great mystery writing that engages both our intellects and our hearts." 317p. Fine/No Jacket.

Keywords: Mystery Fiction Women Writers