Deadly anniversaries: celebrating 75 years of Mystery Writers of America

✍ Scribed by Marcia Muller

• Publisher: Hanover Square Press
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 222 KB
• Category: Fiction
• City: Toronto;Ontario
• ISBN: 1488055742

✦ Synopsis

Deadly Anniversaries**celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Mystery Writers of America with a collection of stories from some of the top names in crime fiction.**An anniversary can honor many things: a birth, a wedding and sometimes even a death. InDeadly Anniversaries, editors Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini present new stories from some of the best contemporary authors to honor the diamond jubilee of the Mystery Writers of America, an organization founded on the principle that “Crime Doesn’t Pay—Enough.”

Each author puts their own unique spin on what it means to recognize a certain day or event each year. These nineteen stories travel across a wide range of historical and contemporary settings and remind readers of how broad the mystery writing tradition can be, encompassing detective tales, domestic intrigue, psychological suspense, black humor and thrilling action.

By the time this group of bestsellers and award-winners is through, none of us will ever look at anniversaries the same way again.Deadly Anniversariesis sure to shock, scare and delight mystery and suspense fans of all kinds, featuring the following contributors:

Sue Grafton

Laurie R. King

Lee Child

Margaret Maron

S.J. Rozan

Max Allan Collins

Wendy Hornsby

Jeffery Deaver

Bill Pronzini

Carolyn Hart

Peter Lovesey

Meg Gardiner

Marcia Muller

Julie Smith

William Kent Krueger

Peter Robinson

Naomi Hirahara

Doug Allyn

Alison Gaylin

Laura Lippman

✦ Subjects

Short Story Collection