Synopses & Reviews
“Some [of the stories] are hilarious; many are sad; all are the kind of stuff that makes Miss Marple look like a Girl Scout.”—Dick Adler, Chicago Tribune
An original anthology.
A collection of twenty-seven original “geezer noir” stories by some of today’s top crime writers, including John Harvey, Laura Lippman, Ken Bruen, Colin Cotterill, and more.
Bill Crider’s “Cranked” was nominated for the Edgar and Anthony awards and won the Derringer Award. Megan Abbott’s “Policy” was nominated for the Anthony Award and became the basis for her novel Queenpin, which won the 2008 Edgar Award.
Synopsis
Hard-boiled story collection, featuring original geezer noir tales by Jeff Abbott, Megan Abbott, Charles Ardai, Ray Banks, Mark Billingham, Steve Brewer, Ken Bruen, Milton Burton, Reed Farrel Coleman, Colin Cotterill, Bill Crider, Sean Doolittle, Victor Gischler, Allan Guthrie, John Harvey, Simon Kernick, Laura Lippman, Stuart MacBride, Donna Moore, Zoe Sharp, Jenny Siler, Jason Starr, Charlie Stella, Duane Swierczynski, Robert Ward, Sarah Weinman and Dave White. Bill Crider's Cranked was nominated for the 2007 Edgar Award for Best Short Story
Synopsis
An award-winning collection of crime and noir stories by some of today's top crime writers.
About the Author
A former editor of Philadelphia City Paper, Duane Swierczynski now writes full-time. He is the author of Severance Package, The Wheelman, and The Blonde (all with St. Martin's Minotaur), Secret Dead Men (Point Blank), Batman: Murder at Wayne Manor (Quirk), among others. He also writes for the Marvel comic lines The Punisher, Cable, and The Immortal Iron Fist.