Libby Fischer Hellmann

Nice Girl Does Noir (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Short stories are the poetry of prose. Mistakes, in a novel, can be buried. In a short story, they stand out like roaches on a sugar cookie. Short stories are precise, cut to the bone, every word a necessity. A novel may go far afield, but a great short story requires unbelievable restraint. Not many authors develop that control. Libby Fischer Hellmann has the hand of a master.

Take it from a guy who knows her well: Libby is a nice girl. But she writes noir with a savvy edge honed on the hard, dark knowledge of the evil possible in us all. With each story she opens a door to a room that holds a demonand with prose too damn good to resist, she seduces us inside. So you should probably interpret this introduction not only as an invitation but also as a warning. If you choose to read on, I can guarantee that Libby's stories will take you places nice people don't often go.

William Kent Krueger

Series Stories:

The Day Miriam Hirsch Disappeared

Common Scents

The Last Radical

A Winter's Tale

The Murder Of Katie Boyle

Chicago Then And Now:
Your Sweet Man
The Jade Elephant
Dumber Than Dirt
The Whole World Is Watching

Other Places, Other Times:
House Rules
Detour
The Rainforest Messiah
High Yellow
A Berlin Story
Josef's Angel

REVIEWS (SHORT STORIES)

"Standouts include Libby Fischer Hellmann's clever twist on a redemption tale..." Publishers Weekly on THE JADE ELEPHANT (in THESE GUNS FOR HIRE)

"Her own contribution sets high standards..." Oline Cogdill, Mystery Scene on YOUR SWEET MAN (in HELL OF A WOMAN)

"Hellmann's story is remarkable..." Janielle Martin, Eclectic Closet on THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING (in SISTERS ON THE CASE)

You can read the 1st page of each story at Libby Hellmann's website.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Libby Fischer Hellmann
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781938733123
• Artikelnr.: 58487282

Autorenporträt

Libby Fischer Hellmann left a career in broadcast news in Washington, DC and moved to Chicago 35 years ago, where she, naturally, began to write gritty crime fiction. Twelve novels and twenty short stories later, she claims they'll take her out of the Windy City feet first. She has been nominated for many awards in the mystery and crime writing community and has even won a few.

With the addition of Jump Cut in 2016, her novels include the now five-volume Ellie Foreman series, which she describes as a cross between "Desperate Housewives" and "24;" the hard-boiled 4-volume Georgia Davis PI series, and three stand-alone historical thrillers that Libby calls her "Revolution Trilogy." Last fall The Incidental Spy, a historical novella set during the early years of the Manhattan Project at the U of Chicago was released. Her short stories have been published in a dozen anthologies, the Saturday Evening Post, and Ed Gorman's "25 Criminally Good Short Stories" collection. In 2005 Libby was the national president of Sisters In Crime, a 3500 member organization dedicated to the advancement of female crime fiction authors.

More at http://libbyhellmann.com

* She has been a finalist twice for the Anthony, three times for Foreword Magazines Book of the Year, the Agatha, the Shamus, the Daphne and has won the Lovey multiple times.