Deadly Housewives: Stories

Description

A heart-stopping mystery anthology from fourteen of today's best-loved and bestselling female mystery and suspense writers. In the expert hands of fourteen unsurpassed storytellers, being a housewife takes on a whole new meaning. Get ready for a lethal mix of meddling mothers-in-law, creepy neighbors, cheating husbands, fickle female friends, careers left behind, out-of-control kids, steamy sex, and much, much more in this thrilling collection of stories. Go behind the lace curtains and PTA smiles to explore the often mind-numbing reality of being a housewife. You'll laugh, you'll scream, you'll recognize yourself or your best friend in each of these deadly situations. Join Nevada Barr, Barbara Collins, Carole Nelson Douglas, Eileen Dreyer, Vicki Hendricks, Suzann Ledbetter, Elisabeth Massie, Christine Matthews, Denise Mina, Marcia Muller, Sara Paretsky, Nancy Pickard, S. J. Rozan, and Julie Smith on a riotous ride through the dark but often hilarious corners of the housewife psyche.

Christine Matthews is the author of the Gil & Claire Hunt mystery series, the latest of which, Same Time, Same Murder was published in June 2005. Her short stories have appeared in Deadly Allies II, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Lethal Ladies, For Crime Out Loud I & II, Mickey Spillane's Vengeance Is Hers, Cat Crimes on Holiday, and Till Death Do Us Part. Her mystery novels Murder is the Deal of the Day and The Masks of Auntie Laveau garnered great reviews, and she has published dozens of short stories in the dark fantasy, science fiction, and horror genres under her real name, Marthayn Pelegrimas.

"A solid collection, carefully pulled together and filled with excellently plotted stories." -- South Florida Sun Sentinel "Excellent." -- Library Journal