Kwik Krimes - Otto Penzler (ed) Audiobook

Written by Otto Penzler (ed)
Read by Phil Gigante
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

7 audio discs (8 hrs., 38 min.)
Brilliance Audio, [2013]

A writer was quoted as saying, a “story can be told in a thousand words or less, the rest is just padding.” In this anthology, over eighty authors — including veterans such as Chuck Hogan, Ken Bruen, and Tasha Alexander — come together to tell tales of murder and mayhem, all in one thousand words or less (approximately 5 to 7 min each)

These crimes may be fast in both form and fallout, but none lack the dark impulses that too often guide human hands to ill ends. Prepare to be transported into the diabolical schemes of criminal masterminds…into robberies and pranks gone horribly awry…into closets crammed with skeletons…into families bound not by love but wickedness. Some will make you say “great!” while others will leave you wondering “what?”

Stories are grouped by disk

Lambs of God / Patricia Abbott, Day after tomorrow / Richard Aleas, Hansel, Gretel, and the witch / Gary Alexander, Preparations / Tasha Alexander, Thunder at the horizon / Charles Ardai, Fortune / Erik Arneson, One person’s clutter / Albert Ashforth, Fightin’ man / N. J. Ayres, Break-in / Eric Beetner, Once upon a time in the woods / Raymond Benson, Job opening / John Billheimer, The chair / Peter Blauner –

Sucker’s bet / James O. Born, Entitled / Rhys Bowen, Get the confession / Jay Brandon , Piece of cake / R. Thomas Brown, Thug City / Ken Bruen, What you wish for / C.E. Lawrence, Where’s dad? / Peter Cannon, They’ll call me whistlin’ Pete / Chuck Caruso, The bunny / William E. Chambers, The banyan tree / Joe Clifford, Acknowledgments / Christopher Coake –

The terminal / Reed Farrel Coleman — The ant who carried stones / David Corbett — Watch the skies / Bill Crider — A foolproof plan / Bruce DeSilva — A tree in Texas / Jo Dereske — After / Tyler Dilts — Next right / Sean Doolittle — The professional / Brendan DuBois — The promise / Warren C. Easley — A student of history / Gerald Elias — Wolfe on the roof / Loren D. Estleman — Hit me / Christa Faust –

Beneath the bridge / Lyndsay Faye — The girl who loved French films / Christopher Fowler — David to Goliath / Matthew C. Funk — The one who got away / Jim Fusilli Halloween / Carolina Garcia Aguilera — The old gal / Gregory Gibson / — Necessity / Ed Gorman — Lost cat / Ron Goulart — Sunday in the park with Sarge / Chris Grabenstein — Nails / James Grady — Lye / Derek Haas — The pledge / Parnell Hall –

Games people play / Bruce Harris — Built with love / Jamie Harrison — The gun with two triggers / Rob W. Hart — Blindfolded / John Harvin — Present company / Michael Haynes — The Einstein divorce / Gar Anthony Haywood — Fringe benefit / Jeremiah Healy — Wyolene / Sam Hill — AKA / Steve Hockensmith — Hijackers / Chuck Hogan — Full bloom / Wendy Hornsby

The blackmailers wanted more / David Housewright — Nothing left to lose / Dana C. Kabel — In the hours before her death / Michael Kardos — Arson and old luce / Marvin Kaye — Daddy’s girl / Nicola Kennington – Countdown / John Kenyon — ATM: Get cash inside / Jonathon King — Testimony / Andre Klavan — Losing my religion / K. A. Laity — The tenth notch / Jon Land — The ear / Joe R. Lansdale –

The imperfect detective / Janice Law — Michael Coalhouse / Adrian McKinty — Dog / Charles McLeod — Slow roasted / M.B. Manteufel — Saturday night live / Paul Newman – Dealer sets price / Tom Pitts — Death buys a burger / Stephen D. Rogers — Hail, Tiger! / Cindy Rosmus — Fall guy / Jim Spry — Death by sobriety / J. M. Vogel — A Russian storm / Andrew Waters — Hell’s belle / Jim Wilsky

Take it from me, don’t try to listen and drive at the same time. My rip from CD.