The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology
Editors of Mysterious Press
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357 pages. There are no marks or writing in the book. Corners are square. Silver gilt lettering on spine and front cover is bright. Spine is tight and there are no loose pages. Dust jacket has light shelf wear. Very light wear top and bottom of spine. Cover colors are bright. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 012615
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology
Publisher: Warner Books
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First 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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