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Exit Wounds

By: Dean Koontz, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, Elly Griffiths, Dennis Lehane, Joe R. Lansdale
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Summary

Exit Wounds is a thrilling anthology of crime stories written by masters of the genre, including Dean Koontz, Val McDermid, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Elly Griffiths, Dennis Lehane, Joe R. Lansdale, and others.

After an introduction by the editors, Paul B. Kane and Marie O’Regan, this collection includes the following stories:

  • “The Bully” by Jeffery Deaver
  • “Dead Weight” by Fiona Cummins
  • “Like a Glass Jaw” by Mark Billingham
  • “On The Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier” by John Connolly
  • “The Pitcher” by Sarah Hilary
  • “Disciplined” by Martyn Waites
  • “The Consumers” by Dennis Lehane
  • “Voices Through the Wall” by Alex Gray
  • “Wet with Rain” by Lee Child
  • “Happy Holidays” by Val McDermid
  • “Fool You Twice” by Steph Broadribb
  • “Lebensraum” by Christopher Fowler
  • “Dancing Towards the Blade” by Mark Billingham
  • “Kittens” by Dean Koontz
  • “Take My Hand” by A. K. Benedict
  • “Dressed to Kill” by James Oswald
  • “Booty and the Beast” by Joe R. Lansdale
  • “The New Lad” by Paul Finch
  • “The Recipe” by Louise Jensen

The full list of narrators includes Kate Reading, Austin Rising, Marisa Calin, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Alan Smyth, Peter Noble, Derek Perkins, Courtney Patterson, Alison Larkin, Robert Fass, Justine Eyre, Jennifer Woodward, Helen Lloyd, Ron Butler, Rachel Jacobs, Shiromi Arserio, Ralph Lister, Ralph Lister, and James Langton.

"Voices Through the Wall" © 2009 by Alex Gray. Originally published in Shattered: Every Crime Has a Victim. Reprinted by permission of the author. "Wet with Rain" © 2014 by Lee Child. Originally published in Belfast Noir. Reprinted by permission of the author. "Happy Holidays" © 2008 by Val McDermid. Originally published in the Daily Mail. Reprinted by permission of the author. "Fool You Twice" © 2019 by Marland Broadribb, Ltd. "Lebensraum" © 2019 by Christopher Fowler. "Dancing Towards the Blade" © Mark Billingham, Ltd. A version of this story was first published in Men from Boys, edited by John Harvey. Published by William Heinemann, Ltd., 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author. "Kittens" © 1966 by Dean Koontz. Originally published in The Reflector, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; revised edition ©1995 by Dean R. Koontz. Reprinted by permission of the author. "Take My Hand" © 2019 by A. K. Benedict. "Dressed to Kill" © 2019 by James Oswald. "Booty and the Beast" © 1995 by Joe R. Lansdale. Originally published in Archon Gaming. Reprinted by permission of the author. "The New Lad" © 2019 by Paul Finch. "The Recipe" © 2019 by Louise Jensen.

©2019 Introduction © 2019 by Paul B. Kane & Marie O'Regan. "The Bully" © 2019 by Jeffery Deaver. "Dead Weight" © 2019 by Fiona Cummins. "Like a Glass Jaw" © 2015 by Mark Billingham, Ltd. This story was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015 as part of the series Blood, Sweat, and Tears. "On The Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier" © 2016 by John Connolly. Originally published in Night Music: Nocturnes 2. Reprinted by permission of the author. "The Pitcher" © 2019 by Sarah Hilary. "Disciplined" © 2019 by Martyn Waites. "The Consumers" © 2012 by Dennis Lehane. Originally published in Mystery Writers of America present Vengeance. Reprinted by permission of the author. (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Great listen!

Loved this. The stories were easy to listen to and always surprising. So clever! Truly all masters of their trade.

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Fabulous

Great story on the edge of your seat read out really well loved it x

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Great stories

It was a change to listen to a variety particularly Jeffrey Deaver not having read any of his books before

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great stories, some questionable narration

I really enjoyed the selection of stories, but some of the narration was really awful. Particularly for stories with familiar characters from a well established series.

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Disappointing

All well-written of-course - but nothing to hold my interest - possibly because I prefer longer format.

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Great twists

Really enjoyed these stories. Most twists were obvious, but the stories and their delivery was entertaining.

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Overall, good, but some weird narration

Rather patchy but considering it was free, I can’t complain. Though the Lee Child and Val M stories had some very weird accents.

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never had such fascinating collection

the string of the stories felt just right with a intriguing plots, acceptable drop in the middle, only to come back with fascination in the last tier. SUPERB

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Fab story’s

Enjoyed listening but as others have said, there’s some weird accents going on in a couple of the tales.

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Pretty good for the most part

was only really dissapointed with Val Mcdermid's story, you just can't change the narrator on for characters that are well established, I couldn't listen to it... the rest I quite enjoyed.

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