Suspicious Activity - Crime Anthology

JUST RELEASED! SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY – a crime anthology published by Devil’s Party Press, Delaware USA.

Devil’s Party Press – sounds badass, doesn’t it. They only publish authors age 40 and over. Yes, they are totally badass.

Local Sarnia writer, Sharon Berg, alerted me to their contest – a submission call for crime stories. My favourite genre! I gave it my best shot – get it? shot? crime stories?...groan – and was lucky enough to place second.

I liked the look of the proposed cover for Suspicious Activity and my communications with dpp gave me a positive feeling about the book. My instincts were right. This is one of the best crime anthologies I’ve read and I love reading crime stories. Storylines from the past, present, and future bleed onto every page. I had no idea there would be so many unique spins on crime.

This isn’t a review of the book. There’ll be plenty of those I’m sure. I have a few favourites I could point out, but I won’t. What I will say is that I enjoyed and appreciated every story in the book. When was the last time that happened? By the way, there are some killer poems in there too. And I have to mention the …. No, I don’t think I will. Just buy the book.

When you’re standing in line at your favourite book store with anthology in hand, take a closer look. The publisher incorporated our stories into the headlines and features of the ‘newspaper’ cover. Ingenious idea.

If you’re an online shopper, Canadians can purchase it here and all others can order from the dot com Amazon site or directly from the publisher.

Kudos to Devil’s Party Press for publishing a quality ‘can’t put it down’ anthology and hats off to these authors whose clever creativity will keep you reading well into the night.

Monte R. Anderson                                        Dianne Pearce

Tom Barlow                                                    Mark Alan Polo

Sharon Berg                                                    Patsy Pratt-Herzog

William F. Crandell                                       Bernard M. Resnick

David W. Dutton                                            Roberto Sabas

Kari Ann Ebert                                               Michael Sarabia

Lisa Fox                                                          Judith Speizer Crandell

Robert Lewis Heron                                       Carrie Sz Keane

Heidi J. Hewett                                               Paulene Turner

Phyllis Humby                                                Liliana Widocks

Bayne Northern                                              Wendel Young

Jonathon Ochoco                                            David Yurkovich