The Best American Crime Writing 2006
By Mark Bowden, Otto Penzler and Thomas H. Cook
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A sterling collection of the year's most shocking, compelling, and gripping writing about real-life crime, the 2006 edition of The Best American Crime Writing offers fascinating vicarious journeys into a world of felons and their felonious acts. This thrilling compendium includes:
Jeffrey Toobin's eye-opening exposé in The New Yorker about a famous prosecutor who may have put the wrong man on death row
Skip Hollandsworth's amazing but true tale of an old cowboy bank robber who turned out to be a "classic good-hearted Texas woman"
Jimmy Breslin's stellar piece about the end of the Mob as we know it
Mark Bowden
Mark Bowden is the author of Road Work, Finders Keepers, Killing Pablo, Black Hawk Down (nominated for a National Book Award), Bringing the Heat, and Doctor Dealer. He reported at The Philadelphia Inquirer for twenty years and is a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. He lives in the Philadelphia area.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It's hard to believe that this is a debut novel--the prose is stirring, the atmosphere nearly touchable, the characters memorable. Of course, he had one heck of a mentor: Ernest Gaines. But this guy has all kinds of talent plus he's smart enough to stick with what he knows best: the folks, scenery and culture of North Carolina. This story is about an old midwife, a charismatic preacher, a sheriff and two small boys, one of which is autistic. It's about secrecy and forbidden knowledge that starts a chain reaction of tragedy that leaves one family, and a whole town, changed forever. This is an exceptional book, and the start of what should be a brilliant literary career for this impressive young man.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I was put off by the silly entreaties to not tell anyone the story line of this book, but read it anyway. I didn't want to put it down. Although the story was so well written, sometimes the female characters were off. Maybe it was because of the male writer thing as others have suggested? But wow what a story!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book is adorable. I generally enjoy Julia Quinn's novels but the last few had fallen a bit flat for me - this is a return to form. As an incurable "lister", I loved that the heroine constantly wrote lists, and the characters came across as warm and approachable. It's light and fluffy, but it's very fun, and Quinn's fun writing style is always enjoyable.