Anthologies

The Crown Crime Companion The Top 100 Mystery Novels Of All Time Selected by the Mystery Writers Of America Annotated by 0tto Penzler and Compiled by Mickey Friedman For The Crown Crime Companion, the Mystery Writers of America have compiled a list of the best 100 mystery novels of all time, as well as a list of favorites in ten categories. Fully annotated and reviewed by Otto Penzler, this list of the top 100 mysteries will be a valuable resource to fans, introducing them to new novels and reminding them about books by favorite writers they may have missed. Each of the ten category lists is introduced by a master of that category: Classics: Suspense: Hardboiled/Private Eye: Police Procedural: Espionage/Thriller: Criminal: Cozy/Traditional: Historical: Humorous: Legal/Courtroom: H.R.F. Keating Mary Higgins Clark Sue Grafton Joseph Wambaugh John Gardner Richard Condon Margaret Maron Peter Lovesey Gregory Mcdonald Scott Turow

Multiple Authors: Neal Matthews, Joseph Wambaugh, Rick Attig, Peg Willis, T.Jefferson Parker, Bernard Hunt, Eva Ditler, Thomas Eland. As West as It Gets,,, Out West, the sunset's always blood-red - or so it seems in the deliciously devilish "Last Seen Off Stingray Point, and 9 Other Dances With Death on the Western Edge," an anthology of literary short fiction that explores how one copes with death in some of its evil incarnations. The West Coast-based contributors include two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Attig, best-selling crime authors Joseph Wambaugh and T. Jefferson Parker, notable San Diego writers Neal Matthews, Eva Ditler and Wayne Carlson, Oregonian Peg Willis, Las Vegan Bernard Hunt and Thomas Eland, who splits his time in homes in Honolulu and Silverdale, amid the Puget Sound islands off Seattle. Whether complete fiction or linked to important events through historical fiction, the ten stories deal with personal crises, human frailty and the illusion of life's stability. It's a heady mix of stories, styles and West Coast history. Highly recommended -Michael Evans, Publishers Weekly

Ah, the Christmas season. The scent of roasting chestnuts fills the air, turkeys cook in every oven, and mistletoe hangs quietly above the doors. But beneath this cheerful Yuletide veneer, a seedier reality lurks, as a criminal element continues to ply its dastardly trade in secret, disguised by the joyous songs of carolers young and old... At least, that's the case in the pages of this volume, in which some of crime fiction's biggest names offer a playful take on the holiday's most beloved melodies, including such soon-to-be classics as "Arrested Merry Gentleman," "How Come You're Not Faithful," and "I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus." Contributors include: Donna Andrews, Rhys Bowen, Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman, Max Allan Collins, Thomas H. Cook, Jeffery Deaver, Harlan Ellison, Loren D. Estleman, Jane Haddam, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Andrew Klavan, Peter Lovesey, John Lutz, Katherine Hall Page, Ridley Pearson, Thomas Perry, Nancy Pickard, S.J. Rozan, Charles Todd, Joseph Wambaugh, and Donald E. Westlake, among many others.