Synopsis

Exit Wounds is a thrilling anthology of crime stories written by masters of the genre, including Dean Koontz, Val McDermid, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Elly Griffiths, Dennis Lehane, Joe R. Lansdale, and others.After an introduction by the editors, Paul B. Kane and Marie O’Regan, this collection includes the following stories:“The Bully” by Jeffery Deaver“Dead Weight” by Fiona Cummins“Like a Glass Jaw” by Mark Billingham“On The Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier” by John Connolly“The Pitcher” by Sarah Hilary“Disciplined” by Martyn Waites“The Consumers” by Dennis Lehane“Voices through the Wall” by Alex Gray“Wet with Rain” by Lee Child“Happy Holidays” by Val McDermid“Fool You Twice” by Steph Broadribb“Lebensraum” by Christopher Fowler“Dancing towards the Blade” by Mark Billingham“Kittens” by Dean Koontz“Take My Hand” by A. K. Benedict“Dressed to Kill” by James Oswald“Booty and the Beast” by Joe R. Lansdale“The New Lad” by Paul Finch“The Recipe” by Louise Jensen

About Jeffery Deaver

Chicago born author, Jeffery Deaver, has been richly rewarded for his successful career as a an American mystery/crime writer, including being a three-time Ellery Queen Reader's Award winner, and several different newspaper best of lists around the world.

Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic detective is the main character in his most popular series of novels, such as The Broken Window. His time spent practicing law before he embarked on his writing career definitely gave him greater insight into the cases about which he writes.

He was writing about criminal hackers in his 2001 book, The Blue Nowhere. He also established a computer crime unit within the pages of the book. Several of his novels have been adapted for tv and movies. The most popular among them would be The Bone Collector, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.

Deaver was chosen to write an official James Bond novel, Carter Blanche, published on May 25, 2011, making him the second American author to participate in the series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by STEPH on March 02, 2022

A collection of nineteen short crime stories written by various well-known authors of the genre. Pretty amazing in my personal opinion. I got sucked in after reading the first episode. What I love about these anthology is that I couldn’t get enough, I had to research the authors and promised myself......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on January 02, 2021

3.5* I find it really hard to rate multi-author anthologies such as this one, as inevitably my appreciation varies between all the different short stories by different authors. Exit Wounds features nineteen stories each written by a different prize-winning crime author, each based loosely (sometimes......more

Goodreads review by Димитър on February 20, 2023

1. Побойникът / Джефри Дивър Дангалак сериозно се е заел да вгорчи живота на дребосък, но хората, вече чели подборките Престъпления с неочакван край т.1 и Престъпления с неочакван край т.2, знаят - с чичо Джефри винаги трябва да имаш едно наум. Класно начало на антологията. 2. Мърво тегло / Фиона Къми......more

Goodreads review by Jaime on June 09, 2019

Ok here it is. This short stories novel are just that, short. A quick read indeed but some of the stories go nowhere or need more elaboration on the plot. Some of the stories are fantastic and to the point of no more expansion in the storytelling. Some of the stories just wonder why are in the book......more

Goodreads review by MariaWitBook on February 14, 2023

Some better than the others but definitely you just have to love short stories! No spoilers but there is one that as soon as I finished reading I was like “Aha!!”......more