DescriptionWhen was the last time someone told you a really good story - one you hear and repeat to your children or grandchildren, one that has been passed down through your family for generations? Kay McFarland believes storytelling has become a dying art, and she longs to preserve that part of our history. Poke Salad is art, formed from pen, paper, and a heart that embraces what is good and right about life. Kay's down-home style of writing brings this anthology of short stories to life.
DescriptionThree never before published novellas from some of our very best crime writers, compiled and edited by Ed McBain. Merely Hate by Ed McBain When a string of Muslim cabdrivers are killed, and the evidence points to another ethnic group, the detectives of the 87th Precinct must hunt down a killer before the city explodes in violence. Hostages by Anne Perry In their eternal struggle for freedom, there is about to be a changing of the guard in the Irish Republican Army. Yet for some, old habits, and honor, die hard. Walking Around Money by Donald E. Westlake If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is, and the hapless crook, John Dortmunder, must get to the bottom of this slam-dunk caper before he's left holding the bag.
DescriptionTwo never before published novellas from some of our very best crime writers, compiled and edited by Ed McBain. Forever by Jeffery Deaver Talbot Simms is an unusual cop, a statistician with the Westbrook County Sheriff Department. When two wealthy couples commit suicide one right after the other, he suspects it isn't suicide, but murder. He must find out who was behind it, and how they did it. The Resurrection Man by Sharyn McCrumb During America's first century, doctors used any means necessary to advance their craft, including dissecting corpses. Sharyn McCrumb brings the pre-Civil War South to life in this story of a man who is assigned to dig up bodies to help those that are still alive.
DescriptionTwo never before published novellas from some of our very best crime writers, compiled and edited by Ed McBain. Archibald Lawless, Anarchist at Large: Walking the Line by Walter Mosley Felix Orlean is a New York City journalism student who needs a job to cover his rent. An ad in the paper leads him to Archibald Lawless, and a descent into a shadow world where no one and nothing is as it first seems. The Corn Maiden by Joyce Carol Oates When a 14-year-old girl is abducted in a small New York town, the crime starts a spiral of destruction and despair as only this master of psychological suspense could write it.
DescriptionThree never before published novellas from some of our very best crime writers, compiled and edited by Ed McBain. Keller's Adjustment by Lawrence Block Keller, everyone's favorite hit man, is back, dealing out philosophy and murder on a meandering road trip across America. The Ransome Women by John Farris A young and beautiful artist is flattered when her idol, the reclusive portraitist John Ransome, offers her a modeling contract. Flattery turns to terror when she discovers the fate shared by Ransome's past subjects. The Things They Left Behind by Stephen King In the wake of the worst disaster on American soil, one man is coming to terms with the aftermath of the Twin Towers when he begins finding the things they left behind.
DescriptionIn the spirit of the demolition derby, where drivers take heedless risks with reckless abandon, welcome to the first convocation of The Secret Society of Demolition Writers . Here is a one-of-a-kind collection by famous authors writing anonymously a…
