Resort to Murder Review—Pioneer Press

"Resort to Murder is the second in a series (following "The Silence of the Loons") commissioned by Minnesota Crime Wave - William Kent Krueger, Ellen Hart and Carl Brookins. They asked contributors to "Resort to Murder" to set their stories at a Minnesota resort, and the 13 authors delivered. Some of the stories are about revenge, including David Housewright's "Miss Behavin' " and Hart's "14-A." Several tales offer an O. Henry-style twist, including Brookins' "A Fish Story" and Judith Yates Borger's "Hunter's Lodge." Pat Dennis describes a very odd mother-son relationship in "Mother's Day," and Deborah Woodworth evokes the dark north woods in "The Moose Whisperer." Barbara DaCosta's "Cabin" is the most surprising, and Michael Allen Mallory's "Bird of Prey" shows how far a writer will go for her craft. The sweetest tale is Joel Arnold's "Leave No Wake," featuring a pair of gay senior citizens. For lots of fun, there's Jess Lourey's "The Locked Fish-cleaning House Mystery," featuring a lively sleuth who lives in a nursing home and crashes weddings." - Mary Ann Grossmann (St Paul Pioneer Press, 9/23/07)