Anthologies
Collects seventeen traditional mysteries by such contemporary writers as Marjorie Eccles, Jan Burke, Anthea Fraser, and Edward Marston
A collection of fifteen short stories by today's best-known women mystery writers features a complete range of mystery genres that involve female characters as private eyes, cops, amateur sleuths, journalists, and spies.
The ninth anthology celebrating the cozy mystery includes a tribute to Agatha Cristie, Christie's The Case of the Discontented Soldier, and contributions by such writers as Robert Barnard, Dorothy Cannell, Ann Granger, Teri Holbrook, and Susan Moody. Original.
It’s not easy to collect, in a single volume, the finest mystery and suspense fiction the world has to offer, but The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection rises to that challenge, inviting you to discover what Kirkus Reviews dubs “ . . . the year’s anthology of choice.” In his Second Annual collection, Ed Gorman once again brings together the year’s most powerful fiction by such outstanding authors as Lawrence Block, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Ed McBain, Joyce Carol Oates, Ian Rankin, and Donald E. Westlake. The volume also abounds with fresh new stories by newer authors, from U. S. publications, and also from sources on other shores, including England, Germany, and the Netherlands. Ed Gorman set benchmark for great mystery and suspense fiction with the First Annual Collection . Overflowing with award-winning authors and terrific stories, The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection also promises to be a treasure for anyone who loves a mystery. More than 200,000 words of superlative mystery and suspense fiction from around the world, with stories by: Lawrence Block Jan Burke Dorothy Cannell Clark Howard Peter Lovesey Joyce Carol Oates Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ian Rankin And many others A Banquet of Mystery and Crime Fiction For those who love outstanding mystery and crime reading, award-winning author and editor, Ed Gorman, has once again collected the best stories of the year from around the world. Immerse yourself in stories that baffle, tantalize, and delight, by the following authors: Miguel Agustí Doug Allyn Noreen Ayres Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jan Burke Dorothy Cannell Stanley Cohen Mat Coward Peter Crowther Brendan DuBois Jurgen Ehlers Pete Hamill Joseph Hansen Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Stuart M. Kaminsky Richard Laymon Gillian Linscott Peter Lovesey John Lutz Christine Matthews Ed McBain Bob Mendes Denise Mina Joyce Carol Oates Gary Phillips Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Robert J. Randisi Ian Rankin Les Roberts Peter Robinson S. J. Rozan Kristine Kathryn Rusch Donald E. Westlake
An outstanding collection of thirteen stories-including one never-before-published-of famous sleuths taking their first steps in gumshoes and cracking their very first cases. Featuring: Mickey Spillane Michael Collins Edward D. Hoch (writing as Stephen Dentinger) Warren Murphy Lia Matera Judith van Gieson John Harvey J.A. Jance Sharon Zukowski Stuart Kaminsky Maan Meyers Jan Burke Terence Faherty
Fourteen masters of the mystery and suspense genre--including Jan Burke, Carolyn Hart, Simon Brett, and Edward Marston--each contribute an individual chapter to a round robin mystery about a weekend house party in a small English village that is turned upside down by murder. Reprint.
A detective fiction anthology filled with award winning short stories, information on the authors who wrote them, discussion about the history and evolution of the genre, and important literary criticism.
What would happen if you asked eighteen top writers who don’t normally write about Sherlock Holmes, to write about Sherlock Holmes? What if you wrote to them, saying:In 19th century England, a new kind of heroa consulting detectiveblossomed in the mind of an underemployed doctor and ignited the world’s imagination. In the thirteen decades since A Study in Scarlet first appeared, countless variations on that theme have been played, from Mary Russell to Greg House, from Basil of Baker Street’ to the new BBC Holmes-in-the-Internet-age.We suspect that you have in the back of your mind a story that plays a variation on the Holmes theme.... And what if these great writers read that proposal and decided that yes, they did have that kind of tale in the back of their minds? The result is A Study in Sherlock, Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon, wit
Malice Domestic, an annual mystery convention, has become a celebration of the traditional mystery story. On the occasion of Malice Domestic's 25th anniversary, Verena Rose and Rita Owen have compiled a selection of essays, speeches, program notes, and other contributions from a virtual "Who's Who" of Mystery —the stellar names in the field who have made Malice an event not to be missed for fans and professionals alike. Here are contributions from or about such luminaries as Charlaine Harris, Rochelle Krich, Patricia Moyes, Parnell Hall, Jan Burke, Carole Nelson Douglas, Sharyn McCrumb, Daniel Stashower, Dick Francis, Sue Grafton, Angela Lansbury—and many, many more!