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Title: Eighteen by Jan Burke ISBN: 0-7434-8051-1 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great collection of stories by one of my favorite writers
Comment: I am a big fan of the Irene Kelly series and have always enjoyed reading the work of Jan Burke. She has a very special ability in getting the reader immersed in her stories, this being one of the reasons why she has won so many writing awards. In this collection of stories she displays her ability with confidence, taking the reader through a myriad of experiences.
I evaluated each story individually, and all of them received a rating between four and five stars, with the average being 4.5. Eight of the stories received five stars from me:
1) The Mouse: Looks at how things are for kids in school, how peer pressure may prevent someone from being proud of her actions, and how this changes in adulthood.
2) Revised Endings: Harriet feels miserable when she is assigned a new editor, who is obnoxious and demands changes in the ending of her latest novel.
3) Ghost of a Chance: A ghost visits a woman shortly after the death of her husband, who was murdered on a shooting by.
4) Unharmed: In this story, winner of the Readers Award from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and the Macavity Award, Alex recounts the death of a woman calibrating his involvement in it.
5) Mea Culpa: A boy tries to deal with the death of his father in a car accident and with a confession he listens his stepfather make acknowledging he wants to abandon the kid's mother.
6) An Unsuspected Condition of the Heart: Rossiter writes a letter in which he relates the vicissitudes he went through when he found Lord Dallingham on the road with his phaeton overturned.
7) The Abbey Ghost: In this Edgar Award Nominee story, Edward and Lucien scare their bad side of the family away using the legend of a ghost protecting a treasure in the abbey over which their castle was built. Years later when one of them dies, he becomes a "real ghost" in order to help the other one in dealing with a murderer.
8) Devotion: Frank Harriman, Irene Kelly's husband, along with some of the characters from "Bones" takes part in this story where a young boy goes missing after his father is murdered.
Besides the eight stories listed above, the collection includes the first Irene Kelly short story, "A fine set of teeth" and an Agatha Award nominee, "The man in the civil suit". Jan Burke displays an amazing variety in the stories, dealing with different time periods, types of characters, plots and viewpoints. This is a collection of stories you cannot miss! - 4.5 stars
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful
Comment: I can't remember the last time I read an anthology of short stories -- probably in college -- and I doubt that any other author could have tempted me. I bought this book because the jacket promised there would be an Irene Kelly story, and I was in serious need of an "Irene Kelly fix"! These stories were wonderful and engrossing, which I guess shouldn't have been surprising. I've read all the Irene Kelly novels, and "Flight" and "Nine," and have never been disappointed. Thank you, Miss Burke, for your great work!
Rating: 5
Summary: fascinating wide range of genres
Comment: Anyone who has not read a novel by the spectacular Jan Burke should try 18, an anthology of short stories that convey the wide range of her amazing talent. She writes contemporary, historical, and paranormal with the narrator being of either gender, and is comfortable in first or third person. The commonality is that each story is well written and fascinating.
Fans of Bones will want to read "Devotion" which showcases some of the same characters. After Detective Frank Harriman finds the murdered body of Victor Toller and learns his son is missing, he calls Ben Sheridan and asks him to do a search with his two SAR dogs Bingle and Bool.
The very popular Irene Kelly stars in "A Fine Set of Teeth". Irene and her husband Frank give musician Buzz Sullivan a lift to his music gig. They stay to hear the performance only to be awakened early the next morning to find out the lead singer has been killed.
In "MEA CULPA' a crippled young boy finds ways of protecting himself from his abusive step-father. However, when he discovers that the man is going to kill his mother, he must find a way to stop him. This intriguing story has a feel of Charles Dickens Victorian England even though it takes place in the United States.
Vampire lovers will want to read "The Haunting of Carrick Hollow", an atmospheric tale that is quite scary while ghost lovers will find "The Abbey Ghosts" actually enthralling.
The above is just a sample to whet the appetite. Readers will find themselves totally immersed in each and every story.
Harriet Klausner
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Title: Hocus by Jan Burke ISBN: 0743444531 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Nine by Jan Burke ISBN: 074344454X Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Remember Me, Irene : An Irene Kelly Novel by Jan Burke ISBN: 0743444507 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Liar: An Irene Kelly Mystery by Jan Burke ISBN: 0061044407 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Flight by Jan Burke ISBN: 0743439775 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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