Title: Good for jazz fans
Product review: This volume of short mystery stories all connected to jazz should be a favorite for those who love both. The stories' settings range from "the jazz age" to contemporary, from New Orleans to St. Louis. Many of them are peppered with names that true jazz aficionados will recognize. Authors in the anthology are: Craig Holden, John Lutz, Martin Meyers, Max Allan Collins & Matthew V. Clemens, John Harvey, Peter Robinson, Bill Moody, Michael Connelly, Les Roberts, Julie Smith, Ed Gorman, Laura Lippman, and Rober J. Randisi, who also edited.The good:A wide variety of stories and styles.If you're a big jazz fan, you'll enjoy the inclusion in many of the stories of jazz greats.The bad:If you're not a big jazz fan, the references may leave you cold or confused.Some of the stories were of the literary, see-how-smart-I-am variety, and not really mysteries at all.The verdict:Best for literati jazz fans, but there are still a few good stories for the rest of us.
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