Racing Can Be Murder Racing Can Be Murder is a collection of nineteen stories written by some of today’s best mystery writers. All the authors are members of the Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime. This delightful collection revolves around the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race and the festivities that take place in Indianapolis each merry month of May. All the writers approach their individual stories in their own unique way. There are stories that involve the race track, the drivers, a Snakepit Ball of the future, and a ‘Snake Pit’ murder discovered by a radio host on a late-night call-in show. One author uses historic Tuckaway as the setting for a pre-race party; another, a bar in Speedway to examine drivers of the past. The 500 Festival Parade, the 500 Festival princesses, an early air show staged at the Speedway, Pole Day, booth volunteers, the museum, the land that surrounds the track, and the beautiful escorts hired by those with no party dates round out the variety of subjects. Tucked between each story are true facts about the 500 Mile Race. Racing can be dangerous, and in some cases, it can be murder. The book is co-edited by Brenda R. Stewart and Tony Perona. The authors are: Judith Skillings, Chris Wright, Brenda Robertson Stewart, Andrea Smith, S.M. Harding, Lucy Coyle Schilling, Phil Dunlap, Sheila Boneham, Tamera Huber, Sherita Saffer Campbell, P. J. Robertson, D. B. Reddick, Wanda Lou Willis, Debi Watson, Sheila Sowder, Jaci Muzamel, Tamara Phillips, Diana Catt, Tony Perona, Ann Collins. Publication Date: October 1, 2007 Price: $12.95 Publisher: Blue River Press ISBN: 978-0-97633-619-8 Order from The Mystery Company Bookstore ******** Racing Can Be Murder review in an October ’07 issue of Publishers Weekly: Racing can be Murder Edited by Brenda R. Stewart and Tony Perona. Cardinal Publishers Group/Blue River, $12.95 paper (280p) ISBN 9780976336198 The history of the Indy 500 obviously revved up the imaginations of the Speed City Indiana Chapter of Sisters in Crime, whose members produced the 19 stories that fill this niche anthology. Few of the contributors are well known and some selections aren’t as polished as one would hope, but all show the writers have done serious homework to provide authentic grounding for their tales. In addition, chapter members have interlaced brief pages of entertaining and informative Indy lore, superstitions, records and trivia. Standouts include S.M. Harding’s “One Cold Dish,” which features Kate St. John, a very together chef who caters an unusually deadly Indy party; Sheila Boneham’s “Tracks,” an adventure at the Indy 500 Hall of Fame Museum involving pet photographer Janet McPhail and her dog, Jay; and Sherita Saffer Campbell’s “Pole Day at the Track,” a clever tale of an ex-con wrestling with going straight or getting revenge. Indy fans should race for this one. This is wonderful. Not every book gets reviewed in PW, and this is just a super review. Congratulations to all the authors!