Nice Girl Does Noir: A Collection of Short Stories
Mystery & Suspense, Hard-Boiled, Women Sleuths, Fiction & Literature, Short Stories
| Author: | Libby Fischer Hellmann | ISBN: | 9781938733123 |
| Publisher: | The Red Herrings Press | Publication: | July 16, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Libby Fischer Hellmann |
| ISBN: | 9781938733123 |
| Publisher: | The Red Herrings Press |
| Publication: | July 16, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
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 demon—and 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)
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 demon—and 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)
