The Highway Kind Tales of Fast Cars,..., Patrick Millikin
The Highway Kind Tales of Fast Cars,..., Patrick Millikin
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The Highway Kind: Tales of Fast Cars, Desperate Drivers, and Dark Roads
Original Stories by Michael Connelly, George Pelecanos, C. J. Box, Diana Gabaldon, Ace Atkins & Others

Author: Patrick Millikin

Narrator: Will Collyer

Unabridged: 9 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/18/2016

Synopsis

Thrilling crime stories about cars, driving, and the road from the world's bestselling and critically acclaimed writers.

Like fiction, cars take us into a different world: from the tony enclaves of upper crust society to the lowliest barrio; from muscle car-driving con men to hardscrabble kids on the road during the Great Depression; from a psychotic traveling salesman to a Mexican drug lord who drives a tricked-out VW Bus. We all share the roads, and our cars link us together.

Including entirely new stories from Michael Connelly, C.J. Box, George Pelecanos, Diana Gabaldon, James Sallis, Ace Atkins, Luis Alberto Urrea, Sara Gran, Ben H. Winters, and Joe Lansdale, The Highway Kind is a street-level look at modern America, as seen through one of its national obsessions.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on November 21, 2016

In 2009, Patrick Millikin edited a great collection of short stories published as Phoenix Noir, which remains one of the best entries in the Noir series from Akashic. Millikin now returns with an excellent new collection of stories in The Highway Kind. As was the case with Phoenix Noir, Millikin has......more

Goodreads review by Kris (My Novelesque Life) on June 14, 2019

RATING: 3 STARS 2016; Mullholland Books/Hachette Book Group (Review Not on Blog) I mostly read this for Michael Connelly's story as it contained his character, Mickey Haller. I also looked forward to reading Diana Gabaldon's story. There were a few other authors I have heard and the rest were new to me......more

Goodreads review by Tom on October 20, 2016

THE HIGHWAY KIND, edited by Patrick Millikin, is a collection of 15 short stories centered around cars and driving, written by some of the finest of todays mystery/suspense authors. Unlike many collections I have read in the past few years, this stands out for the sheer consistent excellence of the......more

Goodreads review by K on December 08, 2016

What a cool idea-- assemble a bunch of talented authors and ask each to write a short story that somehow involves a car. Being a "car-guy," I was happy to find a copy in the library, and from it's pristine condition, I'd guess few before me had discovered this interesting book. The good: several sto......more

Goodreads review by Jk on October 29, 2016

I received an advance reading copy edition of this book via the Goodreads Giveaways program and would like to thank everyone involved with making that possible. This was more like 4.5 stars rounded up! I am not a big (or even a little!) car fanatic so I was a little wary of this one but given the imp......more

Quotes

"The Highway Kind is the perfect gift for fans of Corvettes and other fast cars. . . . The stories in The Highway Kind seem to have been chosen with extreme care. All the material is new and the writing is crisp. The stories are perfect for that lazy half-hour between the holiday meal and the holiday nap. Even non-crime readers who own Mustangs will love this one."—Margaret Cannon, Globe and Mail [Canada]

Entertaining—Mystery Scene

"A high-octane anthology"—Publishers Weekly

"So good.... a fine collection of short crime thrillers."—Booklist

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