Anthologies

Eight men and eight women--the best writers in and out of the mystery field--render their very own, original take on love gone wrong in this fresh collection of stories. Animosity and affection intermingle dangerously in these delightfully deadly works William J. Caunitz, Carol Higgins Clark, Mary Higgins Clark, James Crumley, John Gardner, Faye Kellerman, Jonathan Kellerman, Elmore Leonard, Ed McBain, Michael Malone, Bobbie Ann Mason, Joyce Carol Oates, Sara Paretsky, Anne Perry, Shel Silverstein, and Donna Tartt.An innovative anthology about men, women, and crimes of passion, Murder For Love brings to light the dark side of love. Dying time / William J. Caunitz -- For whom the beep tolls / Carol Higgins Clark -- Definitely, a crime of passion / Mary Higgins Clark -- Hot springs / James Crumley -- The loving you get / John Gardner -- The stalker / Faye Kellerman -- The things we do for love / Jonathan Kellerman -- Karen makes out / Elmore Leonard -- Red clay / Michael Malone -- Nancy Drew remembers (A parody) / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Running from legs / Ed McBain -- At the Paradise Motel, Sparks, Nevada / Joyce Carol Oates -- Heartbreak house / Sara Paretsky -- The blackmailer / Anne Perry -- For what she had done / Shel Silverstein -- True crime / Donna Tartt.

A collection of thirteen original tales by authors of adult fiction in collaboration with their children or grandchildren.

Fourteen short mysteries are culled from the pages of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and include contributions by Jonathan Kellerman, Lawrence Block, Agatha Christie, and other notable writers. Original.

For many years, some of the most vital, creative, and exciting fiction published in America has been in the field of mystery, crime, and suspense. Now Robert B. Parker and Otto Penzler - both Edgar winners - have assembled the best that 1996 had to offer: twenty terrific, titillating tales from such masters of the genre as Elmore Leonard, Elizabeth George, James Crumley, Jonathan Kellerman, and Andrew Klavan, newcomers such as Brad Watson, and well-known literary writers such as Joyce Carol Oates and Michael Malone.

Presents mystery stories by such authors as Max Allan Collins, Jeremiah Healy, Carolyn Wheat, Faye Kellerman, and Nancy Pickard