Minnesota Not So Nice: Eighteen Tales of Bad Behavior

 2021 Silver Falchion Award Finalist for Best Short Story Collection presented by the Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference When “Minnesota Nice” flies out the window, Bad Behavior takes center stage. The Twin Cities Chapter of Sisters in Crime explores what defines the legendary “Minnesota Nice” and why Bad Behavior sometimes has its own rewards in their latest mystery anthology. Eighteen tales of Bad Behavior from some of Minnesota’s best crime fiction authors.   Barbara Deese is the author of the No Ordinary Women book club mysteries, as well as short fiction. Pat Dennis is the author of the coloring book Kill Me! My Husband’s Retired! as well as numerous novels and short stories. Michael Allan Mallory’s short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and he is co-author of two novels featuring mystery’s first zoologist sleuth. Timya Owen is an author and editor whose first work appeared in the mystery anthology Dark Side of the Loon: Where History Meets Mystery.   “