Deadhead Coming Down by Margaret Maron

Originally published 1978 in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine; this edition 1995

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Collected in: Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (ed. Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian)

PG

Parental Guidance recommended for audiences under 15 years of age

(L, V)

Coarse Language {PG}

Violence {M}

Representations

Gender:

Women mentioned in dismissive comparison relative to men.

Sex:

Unmentioned.

Race & Ethnicity:

Unmentioned.

Disability, Physical Diversity and Health:

Unmentioned

Awards

None found

Notes

Another, very short, serial killer story. Unlike the previous one, 'Graveyard Shift', I didn't much like it. Probably because the motive is boredom and the victims innocent (yet blamed for getting killed, so well-framed is the crime).