Shamus and Anthony Commit Capers: Ten Tales of Criminals, Crooks, and Culprits - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1685127886 ISBN 13 : 9781685127886

Editeur : Level Short, 2024

Synopsis

Shamus & Anthony Award Winners Partner in Crime!

Mystery lovers beware because in Shamus and Anthony Commit Capers some of today's most prestigious award-winning mystery and suspense authors are quicker than the eye-and the law! The sleight of hand, the second-story black bag job, and the high-stakes heist have never been more cunning, clever, and crookedly outrageous. In Shamus and Anthony these wily masters of mystery aren't just up to their usual baffling bag of artful tricks in this exciting collection of ten original tales-they're one squirrelly step ahead of the fuzz with bushels of hot new hustles and hi-jinks.

Stories by: Marcia Muller, Lori Armstrong, Libby Cudmore, John M. Floyd, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Shawn Reilly Simmons, Verena Rose, John Shepphird, Marcia Talley, and Bill Pronzini.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Andrew McAleer is the author of the 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists, Mystery Writing in a Nutshell (with Edgar winner John McAleer), co-editor of the Coast-to-Coast mystery series, Edgar & Shamus Go Golden, and Agatha & Derringer Get Cozy. Short stories edited by him won the Derringer and Macavity, appeared in the Best American Mystery Stories, and received multiple Agatha, Shamus, and Anthony Award nominations. Author of A Casebook of Crime, a collection of British classic mysteries featuring private detective Henry von Stray (Level Best Books), he also taught classic crime fiction at Boston College and served in Afghanistan as a U.S. Army Historian before returning to public service in the criminal justice system. He is a member of the Private Eye Writers of America, The Speckled Band of Boston, The Friends of Irene Adler, and president of the Henry von Stray literary society-the Benevolent Walnuts. Instagram: mcaleermysteries or henryvonstray

Gay Toltl Kinman serves as president of the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) and has nine award nominations for her writing. She has published several short stories in American and British magazines and numerous anthologies, including Coast to Coast Private Eyes, Michael Connelly's Murder in Vegas, children's books, a Y.A. Gothic novel, adult mysteries, and other collections of short stories. Several of her short plays were produced-now in a collection of twenty plays, The Play's the Thing. Ms. Kinman has published many articles in professional journals, newspapers, and books, including Mystery Writers of America's (MWA) How to Write a Mystery, and has co-edited two non-fiction books. For the PWA's Shamus Awards, Ms. Kinman has served as a judge on all the committees, then chair of each. She also served as the overall Chair of the Shamus Awards for many years. For the MWA Edgar Awards, she has served as a judge for the Best Young Adult mystery committee, then chair of the Best Juvenile Mystery, and the presenter to the winner of that category at the annual Awards Banquet. Ms. Kinman has library and law degrees and had the honor of interviewing literary luminaries such as Sara Paretsky, Marcia Muller, and Joseph Wambaugh. She also co-edited Agatha & Derringer Get Cozy and Edgar & Shamus Go Golden, which was nominated for three Shamus Awards and an Agatha Award.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Level Short
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1685127886
• ISBN 13: 9781685127886
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 162
• Éditeur: McAleer Andrew, Kinman Gay Toltl
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