TRANSGRESSIONS: DEATH'S BETRAYAL

This collection features novellas edited by Ed McBain, each with an unconventional perspective on death. Jeffery Deaver's FOREVER, featuring cop/statistician Talbot Simms, is a wonderful, albeit long, mystery. The attitude and tone Robert Fass gives Simms is masterful. Sharon McCrumb's THE RESURRECTION MAN is a penetrating examination of 1850s' Southern life, when medical schools illegally acquired cadavers for study. Carrington MacDuffie provides McCrumb's engaging piece with a complete cast of characters. MacDuffie captures the sound and flavor of the South, embodying each character with a genuine and memorable style. D.J.S. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 05/ JAN 06]