Unholy Orders

Serita Stevens has edited a collection of mystery stories by masterful authors to benefit Romanian orphans. The plight of these children is well known as many have perished, or suffered severe emotional damaged by "failure to thrive" syndrome. Stevens is herself an adoptive mother, and she has authored the last story in the collection, set in Romania and featuring an adoption. Marvelous creative imagination is the order of the day, as each story is refreshingly different. The common theme is the "religious twist". My favorite is "Amish Butter," although it's hard to pick a favorite since all the stories are excellently done. Kudoes to Stevens for a mitzvah---good deed---editing this anthology and helping the Romanian children!

This short story collection is a captivating anthology centering on mysteries that have a religious aspect to them. Some of the stories simply contain religious figures either solving the case or actually committing the crime. Other tales are more mystical with ghosts, a vampire, and even the devil playing key roles.All eighteen tales share more than just an extremely loose religious connection. Each one is well written, filled with intrigue, and subtly thought provoking. The tales go beyond religion by surprisingly digging into the psyche of humanity as rarely seen in short stories. The authors include many genre top guns like Anne Perry, Dianne Day, Nancy Pickard, and John Lutz, etc., but none of the writers fail the audience, as every story is powerful yet entertaining. UNHOLY ORDERS is ideal relaxation material of a story or two a day for the ultra busy fan during the hectic stretch between Thanksgiving and Christmas.Harriet Klausner

This collection of short stories by world famous authors is great and the best thing is that the proceeds from it go to help the Romanian orphans at Hugs and Hopes...I hope you will all buy this book and help us.