Music of the Night ed by Martin Edwards

Good morning, everyone! Today I'm a stop on the Random Things Tour for the new Crime Writers' Association anthology, Music of the Night. 

I love a great anthology! Especially one with plenty of new-to-me authors and favorites alike. This particular anthology had three specifications: of course it's all crime fiction, the theme is music, and the contributors are members of the Crime Writers' Association. 

From camp songs to classical and crimes of passion to vengeance, Music of the Night spans a broad range of styles both in writing and music. And though the stories are arranged in alphabetical order (by author's first name), Edwards has put together a collection that reads like a great mix tape of mysteries! 

Each of the stories is original to the anthology. I should point out, too, that I really appreciated Edwards's note that a number of the authors who contributed to this collection have not yet been featured in a CWA collection!

Here's the full Table of Contents:

Be Prepared by Abi Silver

A Sharp Thorn by Alison Joseph

Wrong Notes by Andrew Taylor

The Melody of Murder by Antony M. Brown

Love Me or Leave Me: A Fugue in G Minor by Art Taylor

The Scent of an Ending by Brian Price

Mix Tape by Cath Staincliffe

The Last Green Bottle by Catherine Aird

Taxi! by Chris Simms

Some Other Dracula by Christine Poulson

Violin - CE by David Stuart Davies

The Sound and the Fury by Dea Parkin

A Vulture Sang in Berkeley Square by Jason Monaghan

Not a Note by Kate Ellis

His Greatest Hit by L.C. Tyler

Requiem by Leo McNair

The Crazy Cries of Love by Martin Edwards

Waiting for Cornelia by Maxim Jakubowski

The Watch Room by Neil Daws

The Ghosts of Peace by Paul Charles

No More 'I Love You's' by Paul Gitsham

And the Band Played On by Peter Lovesey

4 x 3.3 by Ragnar Jónasson

A Death in Four Parts by Shawn Reilly Simmons

Bombay Blues by Vaseem Khan

Fans of crime fiction and short stories, this is an excellent one to add to your TBR! Each story is an absolute treat—and I'll be adding some new names to my must read list now as well :)