Synopses & Reviews
New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver's enviable task? Choose the best mystery/horror detective stories from a century of work by the world's most celebrated writers. The result is a triumph, featuring masterpieces of suspense by:
Robert Bernard x Robert Bloch x Lawrence Block x Anthony Boucher x Frederic Brown x James M. Cain x Max Allan Collins x Jeffery Deaver x Stanley Ellin x Harlan Ellison x Erle Stanley Gardner x Ed Gorman x Anna Katharine Green x Jeremiah Healy x Patricia Highsmith x Reginald Hill x Tony Hillerman x Evan Hunter x Stephen King x John Lutz x John D. MacDonald x Ross MacDonald x Michael Malone x Steve Martini x Sharyn McCrumb x Margaret Millar x Marcia Muller x Sara Paretsky x Bill Pronzini x Ellery Queen x Ruth Rendell x Lisa Scottoline x Georges Simenon x Mickey Spillane x Rex Stout x Janwillem van de Wetering x Donald E. Westlake
Synopsis
New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver's task was to select the best mystery/horror/detective stories of the century by the world's most celebrated writers.