Mystery Writers of America Presents D..., Harlan Coben
Mystery Writers of America Presents D..., Harlan Coben
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Mystery Writers of America Presents Death Do Us Part
New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder

Author: Harlan Coben

Narrator: Sara Connell, Karen White, Alan Sklar

Unabridged: 10 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/22/2008


Synopsis

From the Civil War—era south to 1950s New York to the present day's gritty cities and seemingly innocuous suburbs, the eighteen stories in this anthology edited by the award-winning mystery writer Harlan Coben chart the complications—always surprising, sometimes deadly—that arise between lovers, dear friends, and even complete strangers coming together for a single, shocking encounter.

In Lee Child's "Safe Enough," a blue-collar city boy takes up with a wealthy suburban wife, with dire consequences. In Harlan Coben's "Entrapped," a woman's husband disappears and is replaced by a handsome impostor. In Laura Lippman's "One True Love," a high-end prostitute seeks a radical solution to a public relations problem. And in P. J. Parrish's "One Shot," a man returns to his childhood home to learn the truth about a long-ago tragedy.

Other contributors of original stories include Ridley Pearson, R. L. Stine, Jim Fusilli, Jeff Abbott, Charles Todd, and Tom Savage.

About Harlan Coben

Author Harlan Coben, was born into a New Jersey Jewish family in 1962, where he eventually graduated from Livingston High School with his childhood friend, Chris Christie, who of course became a prominent politician and the Governor of New Jersey. Coben then went on to study political science at Amherst College where he had a fraternity brother, Dan Brown, who also became a well-known author. It was in his senior year at Amherst that he decided that writing might be the course that he wanted to follow in his career path.

Coben became an American author of mysteries and thrillers. His novels revolved around central characters, and involved a reviewing of unsolved or misinterpreted actions such as fatal accidents, and murders with many twists and turns. His most famous character was Myron Bolitar. He has had several books on several best seller lists around the world. He has also received a like number of awards in several different countries. His books of note include: The Stranger, Missing You, Six Years, Stay Close, Live Wire, Caught, Long Lost, Hold Tight, and his latest book that was released on March 22, 2016, Fool Me Once.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on April 24, 2012

Wow this was a great collection! Perhaps the best short story collection featuring various authors that I have ever read, certainly the best I have read in quite some time. Based upon the stories the average would make this a 4 star read, but since about 10 of them were 4-5 stars, I enjoyed this so......more

Goodreads review by Shaelyn on April 12, 2022

Mediocre mystery anthology. These kind of books are usually my go to bedtime reads/ listens , or if I want to hear a whole story while on a bus ride or a long wait, so even though it was just ok, I'm still very appreciative of these anthologies that let me enjoy quick gratification.......more

Goodreads review by Jim on November 17, 2018

With books of this sort, I like to list all the stories & rate them individually, but I didn't get around to it. I really enjoyed most of the stories in the first half, a few less toward the end. One was a ghost story that wasn't very good. Overall, the stories were pretty good, though. Well narrate......more

Goodreads review by Raimey on October 17, 2018

The first stories stood out from the pack, and Harlan Coben, who edited this anthology together, saved the best--his--for last. His introduction was great, too, enlightening as to why he writes the kinds of stories he writes.......more

Goodreads review by Gail on July 05, 2016

This collection of mystery stories by the Mystery Writers of America is amazing. So many good stories. It's like a box of very good chocolates... you eat one and then go "I'll just have one more....one more....one more" and so forth. The stories are all about love, lust, marriage, and, of course, mu......more