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What a Great Short Story!

Death on the Edge by Sara Paretsky

May 3, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

I have to say this was fantastic! The only reason why I didn’t give it 5 stars is that I guessed what happened with the mystery about who wrote the essay. I loved the callback to a past case of VI’s and her annoying nemesis from that one popping up in this one (Marcena Love). In “Death on the Edge” VI gets involved in introducing Marcena to her old school in order to talk to a teacher who is concerned about an essay that was […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Short Stories Tagged With: Death on the Edge, Sara Paretsky, short story

Classic's CBR11 Review No:96 · Genres: Mystery, Short Stories · Tags: Death on the Edge, Sara Paretsky, short story ·
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