Once upon a Crime

Paperback | 1 July 2000

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In the hands of some of the most respected mystery writers of the decade, stories such as the confinement of Rapunzel, the peril of Little Red Riding Hood, and many others are given a compelling, suspenseful twist. But unlike the well-known traditional tales, the endings found here aren't always the familiar ones you remember - or expect.
In Sharyn McCrumb's "Gerda's Sense of Snow," an ingenious retelling of a classic, Gerda must rescue her best friend Kay from the Snow Queen, a crack dealer whose white powder erases pain - and makes the user her slave.
A troubled teen assumes seven separate personalities after her wicked stepmother, determined to be the fairest of them all, drives her to an isolated cabin - and to dangerous deeds - in "Heptagon" by Joan Hess.
In a charmingly contemporary adaptation of "The Six Swans," a country singer tries to outwit his agent by hiding a promising new act in a secluded cabin. But the agent has devious plans of her own... in "Swan Song" by John Lutz.
And an uproarious new version of "The Emperor's New Clothes," by Simon Brett, has a top gangster finding salvation in televangelism - until a young gang member reveals the leader's true nature...

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"Re-written by some fine mystery writers...As the title promises, these fairy tales are grimmer than the originals. Joan Hess's contribution, Heptagon, is wonderfully chilling". -- USA Today

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Introduction	p. ix
After Happily Ever	p. 2
Clever Hans	p. 19
Heptagon	p. 33
It Happened at Grandmother's House	p. 44
Now Fetch Me an Axe	p. 65
Old Sultan	p. 88
Harvest Home	p. 101
Prince Charming	p. 118
Rapunzel	p. 137
Resurrection Joe	p. 164
Rapunzel's Revenge	p. 177
Snow White and the Eleven Dwarfs	p. 199
Swan Song	p. 212
The Better to Eat You With	p. 226
Of the Fog	p. 244
The Brave Little Costume Designer	p. 275
The Emperor's New Clothes	p. 291
The Musician of Breman, GA	p. 303
Anniversary Ball	p. 322
Invisible Time	p. 343
Love and Justice	p. 361
"The Twelve Dancing Princesses" Revisited	p. 374
Thousandfurs	p. 385
Gerda's Sense of Snow	p. 399
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