Deadly Housewives, Christine Matthews
Deadly Housewives, Christine Matthews
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Deadly Housewives

Author: Christine Matthews

Narrator: Shannon Engemann

Unabridged: 6 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2006

Synopsis

In Deadly Housewives, critically acclaimed mystery writer Christine Matthews has gathered 13 of the biggest names in women's mystery and suspense for an intriguing short story collection. These previously unpublished stories illuminate a different dark corner of the housewife-psyche, including sex, marriage, abandoned careers, jealousy, kids, and female friendship. This anthology by a baker' s dozen of crime-writing masters include: • " Acid Test" by Sara Paretsky • " An Invisible Minus Sign" by Denise Mina • " GDMFSOB" by Nevada Barr • " He Said, She Said" by Marcia Muller • " The House of Deliverance" by Christine Matthews • " How to Murder Your Mother-in-Law" by Suzann Ledbetter • " Joy Ride" by Nancy Pickard • " Lawn and Order" by Carole Nelson Douglas • " The Next-Door Collector" by Elizabeth Massie • " The Next Nice Day" by S.J. Rozan • " Purrz, Baby" by Vicky Hendricks • " Trailer Trashed" by Barbara Collins • " Vanquishing the Infidel" by Eileen Dreyer

About Christine Matthews

Christine Matthews’ short stories have been chosen for inclusion in many anthologies of year’s best stories. She is the coauthor with Robert J. Randisi of three cozy mysteries Murder Is the Deal of the Day, The Masks of Auntie Laveau, and Same Time, Same Murder.

Reviews

Goodreads review by LInda on March 02, 2017

A contribution by Barr -- not great, but OK.......more

Goodreads review by Karen on July 27, 2011

Some of my favorite authors under one cover! Even the introduction by Christine Matthews had me chuckling. I laughed myself silly with Eileen Dreyer's Vanquishing the Infidel. I was delighted by Suzann Ledbetter's How to Murder Your Mother-in-Law. If anyone in the whole book deserved to be killed.........more

Goodreads review by Fiona on August 04, 2018

Unfortunately most of these stories were pretty disappointing, even from some of my favorite mystery novelists. Maybe they just really need the long form! Too many stories about dumb women doing dumb things and getting punished for it. There were a few good ones, though.......more

Goodreads review by L. on January 09, 2025

4 stars, but only because I didn't care for one of the stories. I don't have a list of the stories names but the one about the sculptress was the best! Here is a woman who's thinking of ways to murder her husband, can't resist writing them down only to then blend them into sauces and feed them to he......more

Goodreads review by Mystic on February 04, 2020

I enjoyed most of the stories in this book. The only real disappointment was Sara Paretsky's story "Acid Test". I relished a story set in Hyde Park near my alma mater, the University of Chicago. But I guessed the murderer early on, so that was no fun. The stories I really liked were: "Lawn and Orde......more

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