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Sixteen topflight mysteries by authors judged by their peers as "best in the business." This volume includes Shamus-winning short stories from 1996 through 2009. Well-known private eyes Amos Walker, Aaron Gunner, Scott Elliott and Alo Nudger tackle their toughest cases, joined by newer talent that proves crime-fighting is a fresh 21st century game. Authors include Pearl Abraham, Mitch Alderman, O'Neil De Noux, Brendan DuBois, Loren D. Estleman...

An uneasy man in a brutal business: Nine stories, including the Edgar-nominated "Marley's Revolution, " follow CIA case officer Charles Marley in his career of lies and seduction. He is adept, according to the people who run him, at turning other countries' spies with money and empty promises. His other talent is self-deception, about women and politics. By the author of The Man Who Knew Brecht. John C. Boland's short fiction has been nominate...

2013 Malice Domestic Agatha Award Nominee "What a treasure! . . . literally a blow-by-blow account of the creation of three of the strongest Queen novels." Francis M. Nevins, two-time Edgar winner"A superlative book . . . jaw-dropping revelations." William Link, creator of ColumboThe writing team of Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee (better known by their joint byline of Ellery Queen) produced some of the most ambitious mystery novels of the ...

Nine early plays by author-dramatist Joseph Goodrich, 2008 winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar for Best Play. Drawing on Modernism and Hollywood noir, these short dramas seethe with violence and desperation. "There are no happy endings for the characters in these plays, " says Goodrich in his introduction.

A breezy tale of financial intrigue." Baltimore Sun. New York stockbroker Don McCarry doesn't rate high on scruples or fair-dealing. If he can land a fat account of European money managed by Gustav Raab, he figures he can milk it like a farmer with four hands. He wouldn't share that plan with his waspy girlfriend Stacy Kimball or her father, who knows a thing about guys looking for the main chance. It's McCarry's bad luck that the Feds are aft...

Boland scores big with this tale of complicated money maneuvering and family strife": Kirkus Reviews. Richard Welles, youngest member of a prominent Maryland investment banking family, takes a sour pride in his knack for pressuring the firm's clients to reveal all they know about upcoming business deals. When a Gulf Coast company that provides boat service to offshore drilling platforms tilts toward bankruptcy, Welles discovers a hidden menace...

2015 Edgar Finalist for CriticismThe rivals of Perry Mason . . . From its early days, mystery fiction has drawn some of its most vivid characters and colorful stories from the annals of the law. Here Francis M. Nevins, twice winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for scholarship, takes readers on a lively tour of fictional lawyers and factual legal issues in magazines, books, movies, and television.From 1930s horse operas to la...

Fast-paced gumshoe tales that have won the coveted Shamus award from the Private Eye Writers of America. Volume I includes stories by John Lutz, Bill Pronzini, Lawrence Block, Brendan DuBois, Loren D. Estleman, Ed Gorman, Mickey Spillane, Marcia Muller, Nancy Pickard, Benjamin M. Schutz, Linda Barnes, Max Allan Collins, and Sue Grafton. Collected and introduced by Robert J. Randisi.

Love and murder in Key West. Stories from Alfred Hitchcock's and Ellery Queen's magazines. Tropical storms come and go, but human nature remains deadly all year long. Young Meggie Trevor, cast adrift emotionally--and into jeopardy--by the apparent death of her CIA agent father, takes on all the villains that rowdy Key Wasted has to offer: money-launderers, murderers, double-dealing gamblers and even a literary thief. In six stories, including ...

Publishers Weekly cheered Jesse James Kennedy's "impressive storytelling chops" as his first novel Missouri Homegrown launched the bloody saga of the McCray boys. "Gripping, beautifully executed scenes, " declared Booklist on the appearance of Tijuana Mean. Now the McCrays are back--and on the warpath--in the third installment of Kennedy's wildly violent tale of drug-dealing, family and vengeance.

A mystery-lover's companion: Joseph Goodrich shares his delight in the literary exploits of more than a dozen men and women who changed the shape of crime fiction and drama. Includes profiles of Dashiell Hammett, Rex Stout, Ellery Queen, Lucille Fletcher, William Link, Anthony Shaffer, Nicholas Meyer, David Goodis and others, including unjustly "forgotten" author Derek Marlowe. Among the treasures are personal reminiscences, along with the fir...

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Some days God is hungry. Publishers Weekly: "Impressively creepy jump scares . . . bravura set pieces . . . well-crafted moments of suspense." A blind man on an office stairway . . . A corporate executive turned homicidal . . . And outside the office tower, hypnotic shapes swim in the fog. Kathy Bell's bad day is about to get worse. On the twenty-third floor, a man with a knife is being transformed into something awesome.

Snappy mystery. Enjoyable noir vibe. A fine puzzle." (Publishers Weekly) What holds up a modern financial system? That's the question animating James L. Ross's latest novel. Stockbroker John McCarthy witnesses a former hedge fund manager plunge to her death from a financial district hotel. Her ex-fiancé, a prominent Harvard professor, tells the media she was despondent over her fund's failure. But the dead woman has left evidence with McCarthy...

Richard Welles, the younger son of a Baltimore investment-banking family, is out for a rough-weather sail with his wife Anne when they rescue the young daughter of a real estate tycoon from a plane crash in the Chesapeake Bay. The child's father, Harry Wollenschaft, asks for help in a small financial matter, entangling Richard and Anne in a game of big-time money and murder. First paperback edition of 1995 hardcover.

A dead girl in a blood-soaked basement and a young loser wrongly convicted. Just the combination to pit a disgraced detective against people in high places in a tale as gritty as a Bronx back alley. Sam Free may doubt his client's innocence, but he knows the cops working the Hunts Point section are dirty. The question is: How deep does the dirt reach? As Free probes the connections between a rest home and a dead slumlord, he inadvertently expo...

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