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Exit Wounds

By: Dean Koontz, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, Elly Griffiths, Dennis Lehane, Joe R. Lansdale
Narrated by: full cast
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Publisher's 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 short stories perfect for driving

Loved most of the stories will admit I did skip a few that were of no interest to me. Overall great listening.

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Some good, some ok, some not so good

A great idea of compiling short stories. Range of quality in the stories, but all were well narrated.

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Great short stories

Sometimes you just need a short story fix & I thoroughly enjoyed all of these little crime stories with a twist. Great for in between jobs, knowing the end won’t take too long. I’ll be looking out for more of these. Thank you to all the authors.

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Exiting on a shiver

Was a very entertaining listen. Although I got a bit distracted by some of the accents.

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Some good stories some not so good

Some good authors who had boring stories some authors I've never heard of were really good

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short stories

mix feelings, overall good listening while driving and at the workplace, have to ommit did skip a couple of stories found them uninteresting

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Good but not great

Mixture of short stories that hold your attention right to the end.
Personally find short stories not to my liking, but some worthwhile ones amongst them.

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