Hook, Line & Sinister: Mysteries To Reel You In (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
I simply couldn't finish this book. It is a collection of short mystery stories, each by a different author. I checked it out for the one Harry Bosch story that I knew was in there somewhere. The first story (not the Bosch story) was so bad (very sexual and poorly written) that I didn't finish it. The second was OK enough to get through, but nothing exciting; it was a predictable outcome from the first page. I'm glad that the Bosch story was the third one. It was good to see Harry again in a short story, but the story was not too engaging. I guess that it takes more pages to get into Harry's mind and get fully hooked on one of his stories (I'll be testing this theory out with the new Bosch short story: Switchblade). After that, I started the fourth story and just had to quit.Glad the Bosch story was number three or I might not have gotten to it before I quit. I enjoyed this collection of stories, all related to fishing in some way, and all containing a mystery. I know nothing, really, about fishing, but that didn't matter. And I don't read short stories consecutively; I put the book down after reading one, and usually return another day. About half of these authors are familiar to me. I think all the stories were well-written. There was some humor, some weirdness, some Hitchcock-ness, and some characters got what they deserved, albeit illegally. A nice fact is that royalties and a portion of the profits on book sales will be donated to two charities: Project Healing Waters, "which takes wounded combat soldiers on fishing trips to help heal body and soul", and Casting For Recovery, "which takes women suffering from cancer on fishing excursions in search of restorative hours". Thank you, T. Jefferson Parker, for putting this together.
What do You think about Hook, Line & Sinister: Mysteries To Reel You In (2010)?
Neat collection of short stories by mystery authors that all involve fishing. Fun read.
—palogger55
I would give some of these short stories a 3 or 4, but others barely a 1.
—Reuben
