{"id":8412,"date":"2020-02-27T07:33:27","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T12:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=8412"},"modified":"2020-02-27T07:44:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T12:44:47","slug":"stories-of-suspense-romantic-and-otherwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=8412","title":{"rendered":"Stories of Suspense: Romantic and Otherwise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fiction River: Summer\nSizzles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her introduction to Fiction River<\/a><\/em>‘s issue of romantic suspense stories, editor and romance writer Kristine Grayson (pen name of series editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch) says, \u201cI love romantic suspense when it\u2019s done right. When it\u2019s done wrong, it\u2019s seriously mind-numbing.\u201d That must be the type I\u2019d read previously. This issue has made a bit of a convert out of me\u2014I just have to keep finding the good stuff, like these examples: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Katie Pressa\u2019s\nstory \u201cNight Moves,\u201d a man hospitalized for a head injury that robbed him of\nhis memory kicks into high gear when he\u2019s attacked again. Where did those\nskills come from? He doesn\u2019t know, but the detective sent to sort out the\nsecond attack and prevent another one believes she has a hero on her hands and wants\nto find out more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sparks of\nromance might be flying between a female helicopter pilot and a laconic Delta\nForce operator, but their mission in Afghanistan is too dangerous for\ndistractions, in \u201cFlying above the Hindu Kush\u201d by ML Buchman. Super-exciting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabrina Chase\u2019s\nlighthearted \u201cNeed to Know\u201d made me smile. If only real life served up such\ndelicious surprises!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTotality\u201d by\nKristine Kathryn Rusch takes place on the Oregon coast during 2018\u2019s total eclipse\nand turns it into a tale about a woman whose mentally ill sister is trying to\nkill herself and the man who may save them both. Nice portrayal of coping with\nirrationality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And many more .\n. . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ellery Queen\nMystery Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much to like in\nthe March-April\n2020<\/a><\/em> issue! Especially to my taste were:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clever\npolice procedural \u201cThe Eleventh Commandment\u201d by Paul Charles. So nice to have villains\nwho puts a little thought into their crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Lovesey\u2019s\n\u201cLady Luck\u201d is just downright malicious, staring with the ironic first line.\nHa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m a fan of\nJohn Lantigua\u2019s stories set in Miami\u2019s Little Havana. Like previous ones, \u201cIn\nthe War Zone of the Heart\u201d is not only a good story, he spices it up with local\nculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read Karr\nand Wehner\u2019s Passport to Crime story \u201cHere in Tremonia a Crime Fiction Slam . .\n.\u201d as a long poem, one with a few murders along the way and a happy ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In John F.\nDobbyn\u2019s entertaining \u201cA Little Help from my Friend,\u201d finally, at last, a story\nprotagonist comes to the aid of his author!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dave Zeltzerman\u2019s\nentertaining stories about his modern-day Nero Wolfe\/Archie stand-ins Julius\nKatz and a rectangular bit of hi-grade AI are always fun, especially in \u201cLike a\nLightning Bolt,\u201d written from a would-be con-man\u2019s pov. He doesn\u2019t stand a\nchance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The polyglot protagonist of Edith Maxwell\u2019s tale, \u201cOne Too Many,\u201d discovers she\u2019s just too clever for her own good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: Carlos Martinez, creative commons license<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fiction River: Summer Sizzles In her introduction to Fiction River‘s issue of romantic suspense stories, editor and romance writer Kristine Grayson (pen name of series editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch) says, \u201cI love romantic suspense when it\u2019s done right. When it\u2019s … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Stories of Suspense: Romantic and Otherwise - two pubs packed with entertaining stories!","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[52,40,3,126,394,120,66],"tags":[610,1713,1714],"class_list":["post-8412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime","category-fiction","category-mystery","category-reading-2","category-romance","category-short-story","category-suspense","tag-ellery-queen-mystery-magazine","tag-fiction-river","tag-kristine-kathryn-rusch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2NkiT-2bG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8412"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8414,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8412\/revisions\/8414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}