Malice Domestic – Vol. 2

(PB - 1993)

 – Mary Higgins Clark  – As It Was in the                                       Beginning (short opening)

        - Amanda Cross – Who Shot Mrs. Bryon Boyd - 5

        - Robert Barnard – Dog Television - 5

        - Gillian Roberts – Goodbye, Sue Ellen  - 5

        - Taylor McCafferty – Even Steven - 6

        - Sally Gunning – Water – 4 ½

        - Sarah Shankman – You Never Know – 6 ½

        - Gary Alexander – the Return of Ma Barker– 6 ½

        - K.K. Beck – A Romance in the Rockies - 6

        - Susan Dunlap – Checkout– 4 ½

        - Lucretia Grindle – the Nieman Marcus Body– 5 ½

        - Ed Gorman – Anna and the Snake People - 6

        - Margaret Maron - .. that Married Dear Old Dad – 4 ½

        - Carole Nelson Douglas – Parris Green - 5

        - M.D. Lake – Kim’s Game - 6

        - Jan Grape – Arsenic and Old Ideas – 6 ½

        - Frances Fyfield – Cold and Deep - 4

I enjoyed this book. It was an interesting assortment of stories - some good, some just OK, and some not so good. I liked it so much I've ordered several more in the series - which contain 10 or more by now. Sometimes it just what you need to read, if you only have a little amount of time.

Death’s Excellent Vacation

Death’s Excellent Vacation (multi-writers)

        - Two Blonds – Charlaine Harris– 6 ½

        - the Boys Go Fishing – Sarah Smith - 5

        - One for the Money – Jeaniene Frost - 6

        - Meanwhile, Far Across the Caspian Sea – Daniel      Stashower - 6

        - the Innsmouth Nook – A. Lee Martinez - 7

        - Safe and Sound – Jeff Abbott– 5 ½    

        - Seeing is Believing – L.A. Banks – 6 ½

        - the Perils of Effrijim – Katie MacAlister - 5

        - Thin Walls – Christopher Golden - 5

        - the Heart is Always Right – Lilith Saintcrow - 7

        - the Demon in the Dunes – Chris Grabenstein - 5

        - Home From America – Sharan Newman - 6

        - Pirate Dave’s Haunted Amusement Park – Tori L.P. Kelner– 6 ½

I made it to Spring Break and got to read a book !!! Actually, I read a couple of books. This was the first one I got to. I wanted to read some short stories and found this in the local library. I think the word "Vacation" jumped out at me since I was on vacation myself. I don’t usually read vampire kind of stories but this was surprisingly interesting. It just goes to prove that sometimes, if you do things that aren’t your normal cup of tea, it can be fun. I’m not going to give you my usual blurbs since I’m afraid I’ll give away too much of the stories since they are so short.