Monday, March 6, 2023

SMFS Members Published in Reckless in Texas: Metroplex Mysteries II


Following up on their success with the Malice in Dallas anthology, The Sisters in Crime North Dallas Chapter has released, Reckless in Texas: Metroplex Mysteries II. The book was edited by Short Mystery Fiction Society member Barb Goffman.  The introduction was written by SMFS list member John Floyd. Currently available in print format from Amazon with the digital version coming out on the 15th, the book features short stories by several SMFS list members. Those members are:

 

Karen Harrington with "The Mysterious Disappearance of Jason Whetstone."

 

Shannon Taft with "Monster.”

 

Mark Thielman with "Steer Clear."

 

Amazon Description:

There’s just something about Texas … May you have as much fun with these ten tales of murder and deception as I did, and may you remember them long afterward. As Carl Sandberg said, “Texas is a blend of valor and swagger.” So are these stories.

—from the Foreword by JOHN M. FLOYD

A Perfect Gift For Mystery Lovers!

Welcome to the second anthology by the chapter members of Sisters In Crime North Dallas. The city of Dallas and surrounding locales offer great fodder for mystery writers—and readers. These inspire the stories contained in Reckless in Texas: Metroplex Mysteries Volume II.

MONSTER, by Shannon Taft

THE PRIME WITNESS TO THE MURDER OF DR. MALACHI SAMSON, by Derek Wheeless

TRACTION, by Terry Shepherd

THE LAUNDRY LARCENY, by ML Condike

WHO SHOT THE PARTY CRASHER?, by Amber Royer

STOOD UP, by Dänna Wilberg

STEER CLEAR, by Mark Thielman

RISK REDUCTION, by L. A. Starks

ROAD RAGE, by Pam McWilliams

THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF JASON WHETSTONE, by Karen Harrington 

BARB GOFFMAN, who edited this anthology, is a short story writer and freelance crime-fiction editor. She’s won the Agatha Award (twice), as well as the Macavity Award, Silver Falchion Award, and Readers Award given by Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. She’s been nominated for major crime-writing awards thirty-seven times, including seventeen Agatha nominations (a category record), and multiple nominations for the Anthony, Macavity, and Derringer awards. Novels and stories she’s edited have won the Agatha, Derringer, and EQMM Readers Award and have been nominated for the Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, Macavity, and Shamus awards. In 2020, Crime Travel, a time-travel mystery anthology Barb edited, was nominated for the Anthony. She blogs at SleuthSayers.org. Learn more at barbgoffman.com.

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