The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years by the Editors of Mysterious Press **SIGNED**
Penzler, Otto editor
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Eighteen of the biggest names in mystery writing contributed to this celebratory anthology with editor in chief Otto Penzler providing a history of the publishing house. This copy, in fine condition and a first printing, is SIGNED by Penzler on the title page and by Loren Estleman, Peter Lovesey and Joe Lansdale. The bright dustjacket is in clear, mylar protection and the book will be carefully wrapped and boxed for shipping. Seller Inventory # 001044
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: ...
Publisher: Mysterious Press, New York NY
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
Ed McBain's "Activity in the Flood Plain" tells the story of an artist and the Puerto Rican girl he painted until a delicatessen owner took her away to live in Israel, and then the lovely Connecticut woman who falls for him but battles his desire for a new studio to be built onto his house--with shocking results.
Joe Gores tells of the dilemma of the Chinese grocer who must run a gambling game to pay off a debt but is warned by a Mafia hit man that he must stop the game or die, and the members of Dan Kearny Associates who devise a plan to save his life. James Crumley's poignant tale is about a former whore who buys a second-hand wedding gown, "never used," and waits for the man who has promised to marry her--"after the next job." Donald E. Westlake's story of a reporter, a mad woman, and a young beauty apparently returned from the dead is even funnier and weirder than usual. Lindsey Davis provides a contemporary tale of detection, eschewing her usual ancient Rome for this collection.
Peter Lovesey is in the collection, and so are Loren D. Estleman, Marcia Muller, Jerome Charyn (with a fine Isaac Sidel story), recent Edgar-winner Joe R. Lansdale, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Archer Mayor, Robert Greer, Margaret Maron, M.C. Beaton, Charlotte Carter, and Beth Saulnier.
It's a splendid lineup, and a fitting tribute to a publishing enterprise that has continued to flourish as part of Warner Books. --Otto Penzler
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