β Scribed by Martin H Greenberg
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City. Named after American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809β1849), a pioneer in the genre, the awards honor the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film, and theater published or produced in the previous year.
Each of the mystery stories in this anthology was either a winner of the highly coveted Mystery Writers of America Edgar Awards or a runner-up.
Includes the following 24 stories:
BREAKFAST TELEVISION - Robert Barnard
KELLERβS THERAPY - Lawrence Block
SPASMO - Liza Cody
OLD FRIENDS - Dorothy Salisbury Davis
GRAFFITI - Stanley Ellin
MEFISTO IN ONYX - Harlan Ellison
THERE ARE NO SNAKES IN IRELAND - Frederick Forsyth
SCRIMSHAW - Brian Garfield
PRISONERS - Ed Gorman
McINTYREβS DONALD - Joseph Hansen
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE - Edward D. Hoch
NINE SONS - Wendy Hornsby
CHALLENGE THE WIDOW-MAKER - Clark Howard
THE LAST SPIN - Evan Hunter
MOMENT OF POWER - P. D. James
ONE HIT WONDER - Gabrielle Kraft
THE RELUCTANT DETECTIVE - Michael Z. Lewin
RIDE THE LIGHTNING - John Lutz
DO WITH ME WHAT YOU WILL - Joyce Carol Oates
INCIDENT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD TAVERN - Bill Pronzini
THE NEW GIRL FRIEND - Ruth Rendell
MARY, MARY, SHUT THE DOOR - Benjamin M. Schutz
THE IMPERIAL ICEHOUSE - Paul Theroux
TOO MANY CROOKS - Donald E. Westlake
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