From the broken sidewalks of the Bronx in S. J. Rozan's "Hoops" to the broken spirits in Nancy Pickard's "A Rock and a Hard Place, " you'll find the best in contemporary crime fiction. Here among the 25 first-rate stories featured, you'll find private eye V. I. Warshawski triumphantly returning in Sara Paretsky's "Publicity Stunts, " while Donald Westlake spins a bizarre noir yarn of Santa Clause in the drunk tank in "The Burglar and the Whatsit." Bill Pronzini conjures up a parent's worst nightmare in "The Monster, " and Anne Perry plots a course of treachery and murder throughout Paris during the French Revolution in "The Escape."
Language
English
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Carroll & Graf Publishers
Release
October 01, 1997
ISBN
0786704950
ISBN 13
9780786704958
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition
From the broken sidewalks of the Bronx in S. J. Rozan's "Hoops" to the broken spirits in Nancy Pickard's "A Rock and a Hard Place, " you'll find the best in contemporary crime fiction. Here among the 25 first-rate stories featured, you'll find private eye V. I. Warshawski triumphantly returning in Sara Paretsky's "Publicity Stunts, " while Donald Westlake spins a bizarre noir yarn of Santa Clause in the drunk tank in "The Burglar and the Whatsit." Bill Pronzini conjures up a parent's worst nightmare in "The Monster, " and Anne Perry plots a course of treachery and murder throughout Paris during the French Revolution in "The Escape."