Criminal Records

Criminal Records

by OttoPenzler (Editor)

Synopsis

Climb on board the Orion express with Ian Rankin, Ed McBain, Peter Straub, H.R.F. Keating, Peter Lovesey and many more for what promises to be the perfect journey in search of the perfect crime ...Fifteen men and women out for justice. Deception, betrayal, greed, revenge, hate and psychosis: fifteen motives, fifteen brand new novellas from writers at the cutting edge of contemporary crime fiction. In Criminal Records, editor Otto Penzler offers you the chance to catch up on some old friends and meet several new ones. Whether you're taking driving lessons with Ed McBain, assisting Rankin's Inspector Rebus in his search for a missing person, listening to a jazz musician's haunting story with Peter Straub, or solving the mystery of the murder of an English headmaster in the hills above Bombay with H.R.F. Keating's Inspector Ghote, you're already an accessory. Turn the pages and you're an accomplice. This more than generous helping of original crime stories will satisfy every kind of criminal appetite.

$35.96

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 465
Edition: Re-issue
Publisher: Orion
Published: 20 Apr 2000

ISBN 10: 0752821717
ISBN 13: 9780752821719

Author Bio
Otto Penzler is the owner of two Mysterious Bookshops in New York City and Los Angeles, and founder of The Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books. He received an Edgar Award for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, and was honoured by the Mystery Writers of America in 1994 with the Ellery Queen Award for his contributions in the publishing field. He lives in New York City.