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Tricks and Treats

✍ Scribed by Bill Pronzini; Anthony Boucher; Betty Buchanan; John Dickson Carr; William Chambers; Stanley Ellin; Richard Ellington; Harlan Ellison; Joe Gores; Len Gray; Joe L. Hensley; Edward D. Hoch; James Holding; John Lutz; Elizabeth A. Lynn; John D. MacDonald; Dan J. Marlowe; Arthur Moore; William F. Nolan; Stephen R. Nowak; Albert F. Nussbaum; Bill Pronzini; Barry N. Malzberg; Ellery Queen; S. S. Rafferty; Jack Ritchie; Henry Slesar; Pauline C. Smith; Edward Wellen; Jessamyn West; Donald E. Westlake


Book ID
110903313
Publisher
Mystery Writers of America
Year
2019
Tongue
English
Weight
346 KB
Series
Mystery Writers of America Presents: Classics #6
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781386394471
ASIN
B07NJ8LDPD

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis


30 CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES GOOD TO THE LAST LINE

The McGuffin has long been a staple tool in any crime and mystery writer's arsenal. A perfectly placed last line of a short story can pull together subtle plot threads into a devastating denouement or give everything that came before it a brand-new meaning, sometimes even reshaping the story entirely for the reader.

Joe Gores and Bill Pronzini, two of the most talented mystery writers of the 20th century, joined forces to assemble the very best McGuffin stories by such celebrated authors as Anthony Boucher, Harlan Ellison, Joe L. Hensley, Edward D. Hoch, John Lutz, John D. MacDonald, and Donald E. Westlake. They, along with 24 more authors, have created some of the very best mystery stories that often save their best twists for the very last line...


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