Bill Crider Books In Order

Booked for a Hanging

A rare book dealer found swinging from a rope in Claflin County sets newlywed Dan Rhodes on an investigation that sends him into a world peopled by the wealthy and manipulative. By the author of The Texas Capitol Murders.

A Ghost of a Chance

The More Things Change…
‘ Though nostalgic for the good old days, Sheriff Dan Rhodes of Blacklin County, Texas, knows that times may change, but people are still people, some good, some bad, and most things can be explained with a little common sense even the ‘ghost’ haunting his jail. Could it be the same ghostly culprit looting the local cemetery? When Ty Berry, the president of one of two feuding historical societies, is found shot dead in a freshly dug grave, Rhodes decides the crime is of a more earthly nature. The outspoken head of the rival historical society becomes the second victim, putting Rhodes and his department on the trail of a double homicide, a small time drug ring, a riot of loose emus, goats…
and of course, one irascible ghost. With his folksy manner and steel trap mind, Rhodes proves once again that the human condition is an unchangeable as greed, desperation and murder.

A Romantic Way to Die

an Rhodes, the sheriff of Blacklin County, Texas, has seen more than his share of strange events during his time in office most recently he exorcised a ghost from the county jail and he has always tolerated the banter between his elderly jailer and dispatcher. However, not even Hack and Lawton’s friendly word play could have prepared him for the group of writers that have descended upon Blacklin County. When Vernell Lindsey, Clearview’s newly published romance novelist, decides to hold a romance writer’s convention, residents think this will finally get their town on the map. They are even more excited when they learn that former Clearview resident Terry Don Coslin will headline the event Terry Don is now the most sought after male cover model for these very novels. Rhodes doesn’t understand why so many people are interested in writing, but this becomes the least of his concerns when a local aspiring novelist is found dead in her room at the college. Was her death the work of a jealous rival? Or did her new book get a bit too close to certain people’s real lives?As he investigates, Rhodes begins to learn more about the publishing industry and some sordid facts Terry Don. Is he at all connected to the murder? When another murder occurs, Rhodes receives the unwelcome aid of two aspiring novelists, eager to switch from romance to mysteries. Their theories are a little too far from the truth, but Rhodes does make some headway on his own. Relying on his trademark common sense and cunning and the help of his deputy sheriff Ruth Grady, Rhodes is able to solve the murders although he still can’t figure out why so many people want to write a novel.

Red, White, and Blue Murder

Sheriff Dan Rhodes has half a mind to shoot the next person who asks if it’s hot enough for him, what with the near hundred degree heat and a months old drought. He’s also a bit warm under the collar over an ambitious local reporter’s allegations of corruption in the local county commissioner’s office accusations that include him as well. Rhodes has no trouble clearing his own name, but manages to uncover some nasty business over at the commissioner’s office. But when the charred body of the county commissioner is found among the ashes of his torched fishing cabin, Rhodes suspects July’s fireworks are only getting started. Toss in some small scheming, bribery and dirty romance, and it only goes to prove the seasoned lawman’s tried and tested theory about murder: it always boils down to love or money. Sometimes both.

A Mammoth Murder

Sheriff Dan Rhodes is used to getting calls about escaped cows and missing tractors. When Bud Turley, one of the town’s more peculiar characters, entrusts the police department with a big tooth he claims belongs to Bigfoot, Rhodes and his deputies treat it as an amusing breath of fresh air. Things take a more serious turn, however, when they get a call about a Bigfoot sighting, and a dead body. Bud s best friend and fellow believer in Bigfoot is lying dead in the woods. Whoever killed him didn t leave a trace. Was it the feral hogs that have been running rampant? Did the two friends have a falling out? Or is there really some legendary creature lurking in that untouched part of Blacklin County?Crider s thirteenth mystery for the Texas sheriff gives all the twists, turns, and local color that fans of the series have come to expect.

Murder Among the OWLS

It was the cat who told Sheriff Dan Rhodes that something was wrong. It ran into the house when he opened the door. His wife, Ivy, recognized the cat as belonging to their neighbor and told Dan to go check on the widow Helen Harris never let the cat out of the house.
When Dan finds Helen’s body on her kitchen floor, there is nothing to indicate that her death wasn t an accident. But Ivy s words ring in his head. Why was the cat out?
Helen had been active in a number of women s groups, one of which was the OWLS, the Older Women s Literary Society. She and some other women would also venture out with digging tools to look for ancient booty in the lands around the town. They didn t usually find much, but every now and then someone would dig up a coin or a piece of jewelry with potential. Could this have been the reason for Helen s death?
The investigation becomes more complicated as Rhodes learns that she actually had a number of suitors. Also, a news hungry reporter who smells a juicy story gives Rhodes more trouble.
This is the fourteenth book in which Bill Crider has wowed readers with the extraordinary adventures of his Sheriff Dan Rhodes. Add a cast of vibrant characters, including wise cracking deputies and the slightly wacky local citizens in Rhodes s bailiwick, and every book in this series is a wonderful treat.

Of All Sad Words

Strangers are moving into Blacklin County, and none of them is any stranger than Seepy Benton, a math teacher whom the county judge suspects is a wild eyed radical. Benton and Max Schwartz, who has opened a music store, are among the students in the Citizens Sheriff’s Academy, which seemed like a good idea when Sheriff Dan Rhodes presented it to the county commissioners. However, when a mobile home explodes and a dead body is found, the students become the chief suspects, and the commissioners aren t happy. To make matters worse, there s another murder, and one of Rhodes s old antagonists returns with his partner in crime to cause even more trouble.

As always in Blacklin County, there are plenty of minor annoyances to go along with the major ones. For one thing, there s a problem with the county s Web page. The commissioners blame Rhodes, who knows nothing about the Internet but is supposed to be overseeing their online presence. Then there s the illegal alcohol being sold in a local restaurant. It was produced in a still that Rhodes discovered after the explosion of the mobile home, and he s sure it has some connection to the murders.

It s another fun ride with genre veteran Bill Crider, and, once again, it s up to Sheriff Dan Rhodes to save the day before Blacklin County becomes the crime capital of Texas.

Murder in Four Parts

When Sheriff Dan Rhodes is asked to join the Clearview Barbershop Chorus, he suspects that there’s an ulterior motive, mainly because he can’t sing a note. He’s momentarily distracted by a rogue alligator on the loose, but shortly afterward, Lloyd Berry, the director of the chorus, is murdered. Berry is suspected of embezzling money, and he’s leaked the information that a member of the chorus ordered a singing valentine for a woman who isn’t his wife. Later, Rhodes discovers that Berry has been gambling on eight liners at Rollin’ Sevens, a barely legal operation in a strip center on the outskirts of town. Rhodes also must deal with the usual assortment of small town crimes: a man dressed in his underpants and cowboy boots picketing a law office, dogfood theft, and attempts on the life of a man who likes to root through garbage. Rhodes sorts through clues that involve geocaching and barbershop singing with the help of a few oddball local characters before he solves the crime.

Dead Soldiers

Bill Crider, famous for the popular Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery series, is back with a mystery novel combining his wry wit, a clever plot, and the usual hijinks – all set against the normally placid backdrop of academia. First, someone steals several valuable toy soldiers from the collection of the dean of a small liberal arts school. The dean asks Carl Burns, Chair of the English Department, to look into things. Then a college board member is killed, and one of the stolen soldiers is found at the scene. After another attempted murder, another soldier is found, making a clear link between the stolen toys and the shooting. Burns begins asking questions and finds himself involved with a varied cast of characters, all of whom appear to have some connection to both toy soldiers and the murder.

Mike Gonzo and the Almost Invisible Man

Thinking that the large eared and pointy toothed newcomer Batsy Fangly is the strangest person ever to grace Chillsville Elementary, Sophie and Adam Blake prepare for a Monster Bash welcome party.

Hunchdog of Notre Dame (By:,Michael Jan Friedman)

During a fast paced roller hockey game in which an awkward boy is humiliated by the other players, Wishbone imagines himself as Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral, who defeats his enemies and saves the life of a beautiful gypsy.

The Mutt in the Iron Muzzle (By:Michael Jan Friedman)

An intrigue involving the election of class president reminds Wishbone of the twin brother of King Louis XIV of France who must decide if he should risk everything to escape his iron mask and trade it for the king’s crown.

The Hunchdog of Notre Dame/Digging Up the Past/Mutt in the Iron Muzzle/The Treasure of Skeleton Reef (By:Michael Jan Friedman)

Includes 5: The Hunchdog of Notre Dame, 6: Digging up the Past, and 7: Mutt in the Iron Muzzle, plus a free copy of 1: The Treasure of Skeleton Reef.

Muttketeer!

Locked out of the school while Joe and his friends are inside, Wishbone imagines himself as D’Artagnan, a young seventeenth century Frenchman who achieves his dream of becoming one of the prestigious musketeers who guard the king and his court.

Murder Under Blue Skies

A beloved fixture on NBC TV’s ‘Today’ show since 1980, Willard Scott is welcomed into millions of homes every week as he broadcasts from around the country. Now, with this wonderfully charming new series of cozy mysteries, Scott’s fans will share a new set of adventures. Featuring retired weatherman Stanley Waters, Murder Under Blue Skies provides one surprise after another for Stanley, who thinks that opening his own bed and breakfast in Virginia, called Blue Skies, is the perfect change after two decades on the nation’s top morning show. But when a guest drops dead at Blue Skies’ grand opening, Stanley and his three adorable cats find themselves smack dab in the middle of a murder investigation. Suddenly real life is much more exciting than television and certainly more dangerous. Willard Scott appears twice a week on NBC TV’s ‘Today’ and co hosts the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Washington, D.C. This mystery includes all the elements of cozy suspense: a delightful bed and breakfast setting, humor, and charming, well drawn characters. Book includes fascinating weather lore every five chapters. Another book in this series is already signed up.

Murder in the Mist

The forecast is positively criminal for retired TV weatherman Stanley Waters when a Civil War reenactment turns murderously real…
Praise for Murder in the Mist: ‘As cute and entertaining as Willard Scott himself.’ Roanoke Times & World News’An intriguing mixture of innocence and guile…
entertaining.’ Publishers Weekly’A homespun detective with plenty of charm.’ Dallas Morning News’Full of deadly realism.’ Kansas City Star’ A suspenseful, brightly entertaining story…
a delightful cozy that will delight Scott’s many fans.’ Booklist

Murder is an Art

Dr. Sally Good, head of the English and Fine Arts Division of Hughes Community College in Texas, has her hands full. On top of dealing with numerous complaints from testy faculty members concerning the allocation of the department’s budget, she must also conduct an inquiry into the recent misbehavior of the department’s philandering art professor, Val Hurley, who stands accused of molesting a young female student. And then there is the complaint lodged against the art department and namely Val for displaying what some people see as a satanic painting. When Val is found bludgeoned to death in his office and the painting in question disappears, it isn’t long before the department dissolves into a state of chaos and hysteria. Sally begins to realize that she might be in over her head when the student in question is found murdered shortly thereafter. The police aren’t getting very far with their investigation: Their only tenuous suspect is the victim’s husband, who has disappeared. When Sally decides that her insider’s knowledge of the department gives her a unique insight into the identity of the murderer, her decision could prove fatal. With a little sleuthing, Sally, aided by attractive fellow professor Jack Neville, uncovers a lot more than she bargained for.

A Knife In The Back

Dr. Sally Good, Chair of the Department of English at Hughes Eommunity College, has uneasily said yes to a date with Jack Neville,another faculty member. Things get a lot more complicated when one of the colleges trustees is brutally murdered, and Jack is arrested for the crime. Its his knife that is found in the dead mans back. Once more, Sally is involved in academic politics and murder, right up to the top of her hard to manage hair.

A Bond with Death

Sally Good’s husband has been dead for eight years; his remote ancestor, Sarah Good, died on the scaffold in Salem more than four hundred years ago. Yet the president of Sally’s college is afraid the story will reflect badly on them. Sally finds his concern ludicrous, but the college is in a very conservative part of Texas – local citizens are trying to have Harry Potter books removed from the library – and an important bond issue for the college is coming up. Then a former faculty member whose departure Sally was instrumental in securing turns up murdered.

Blood Dreams

Hubert is a killer. He loves the sport of it the thrill of the hunt and Hubert can feel and share in the pain of his victims as they breathe their final breath. Larry is a young boy who dreams about death before it happens. He can’t remember his dreams by day, but by night he is haunted by the faces and words of the dying. When the two end up in the same town, and become aware of one another, a classic battle of good and evil ensues. Blood Dreams is an old school supernatural thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Rest in Peace

An Evil SecretDanny West knew that something was wrong from the first day his folks moved into the rundown house next to the creepy graveyard. The neighborhood kids would never come over to play. At night, he saw weird shadows prowling around the crumbling tombstones, and heard strange gurgling sounds. But his parents wouldn t listen to him. They said he had a good imagination Then bad things started to happen. Terrible, gruesome things that even scared his dad. There was something in the graveyard. Something in the graveyard. Something that no kid could ever have imagined. Something that should have been left alone to Rest in Peace.

Lifeblood (By:P.N. Elrod)

Jack Fleming was an investigative journalist in Prohibition era Chicago until he got shot by an unknown assassin, bitten by his vampire girlfriend, and then became one of the undead. Now, this nice guy nosferatu has a bunch of crazy vampire hunters on his trail, armed with crosses, silver bullets, and sharp wooden stakes. He doesn t know how they found out about him or why they are out for his blood, but it’s not a problem for this street wise gumshoe, until someone starts shooting. Jack himself may be bulletproof, but his friends are not. And Jack is determined to get some answers, even if it kills him again. It s a case of the living versus the undead. But who s hunting whom?

Bloodlist (By:P.N. Elrod)

I ve always had a weak spot for strange ladies. One very beautiful girl had even warned me that she was get this a vampire. But did I listen? No. Before you know it, I m being chased by an ugly thug with a gun, and a bullet blasts its way through my back, and believe it or not nothing happened. I survived! How? You guessed it. I, Jack Fleming, ace reporter, have been transformed into a vampire. Which has its advantages. You never die, you never grow old, you sleep all day…
and best of all, you can hunt down your own murderer. This is the first book in the exciting vampire adventure series, The Vampire Files.

Art in the Blood (By:P.N. Elrod)

Being a vampire isn’t as glamorous as it sounds…
Jack Fleming, Anerican journalist, was bitten by the wrong girl and Jack joined the living dead. Eccentric detective Charles Escott helps Jack solve any strange cases that happen along…
and now Jack and Charles investigate the case of the talented young artist whose life is suddenly cut short.

Blood on the Water (By:P.N. Elrod)

As a journalist in Capone controlled Chicago, Jack Fleming is used to the sight of blood, but when he becomes a vampire, his addictive thirst for it puts him between the cops and the mob in a pulsating fight for his life.

A Chill in the Blood (By:P.N. Elrod)

In the series that Science Fiction Review called ‘fast…
intriguing’ and Mystery Scene dubbed ‘very entertaining,’ P.N. Elrod’s Vampire Files have blended the macabre humor of vampire lore with the hard boiled storytelling of detective fiction to create a series that has achieved both cult status and critical acclaim. Now the hero who has thrilled thousands of readers returns for his most dangerous adventure yet. Jack Fleming was a man of many trades. When he was alive, he was a reporter with a nose for the grittiest news. Now that he’s dead, he’s a private eye with a thirst for justice and blood. But being a vampire with morals is no midnight stroll on the mean streets of post prohibition Chicago. There’s a cold wind blowing off the lake. It smells of death. And even Jack can feel its chill. For in the city of sin, the gangs still rule and they’re on the brink of an all out war. No one not the crooks or the cops cares how much blood, innocent or otherwise, flows during the fight. No one except a certain undead P.I. caught between the local hoods and the boys from New York. Can Jack stop the battle before it starts? And how much of his remaining humanity will he have to give up to do so?

The Dark Sleep (By:P.N. Elrod)

The novel that vampire fans have been thirsting for…
the newest addition to P.N. Elrod’s popular series The Vampire Files. Called ‘fast…
intriguing,’ by Science Fiction Review, and ‘good natured fun’ by Locus, P.N. Elrod’s series The Vampire Files has captured the imaginations of vampire fans and mystery readers alike. Jack Fleming, a vampire detective, makes his ‘living’ on the mean streets of post prohibition Chicago. As he struggles to fight the gangsters at large, he is also trying to sustain an ordinary life. At least, as ordinary as it can get when you’re a vampire…
Death hasn’t ended Jack Fleming’s problems. His girlfriend Bobbi has caught the attention of a famous radio star, who promises to open doors for the lovely singer including the one to his bedroom. His current case retrieving incriminating letters from the ex lover of a rich, foolish young socialite, looks simple until bullets start flying. Now Jack’s mortal partner is in the hospital. Who’s behind the gun? The ex lover? The radio star’s goons? An old enemy? Jack has to find out the truth before the lives of those he loves are put at risk…
‘Well done…
original. You won’t want to miss this series.’ Cemetery Dance

Lady Crymsyn (By:P.N. Elrod)

Spiked with ‘a flavor of the supernatural’ Science Fiction Chronicle, P. N. Elrod’s series, The Vampire Files, goes one step beyond detective noir. Its hero is Jack Fleming, a private detective on the right side of the law but on the wrong side of the living in post prohibition Chicago. This vampire turned gumshoe will take on mobsters, monsters, and everything in between. Now, in Lady Crymsyn, Fleming tries to find a good time girl gone bad, who may have been the victim of a premature burial…
Praise for The Vampire Files series:’Elrod’s treatment of the practical aspects of vampirism is clever and refreshing.’ Booklist ‘Echoes of Hammett and Chandler abound…
an entertaining exercise in supernatural noir.’ Publishers Weekly’Plenty of action, full of twists and betrayals, and the quirky characters and many touches of period flavor keep things amusing.’ Locus’Snappy vampire with a conscience yarn, laced with blackish humor.’ Kirkus Reviews

Cold Streets (By:P.N. Elrod)

P. N. Elrod’s novels of The Vampire Files turn the seductive shadows of the noir novel into sanctuary for fiction’s most unusual private investigator vampire Jack Fleming. In Elrod’s newest novel, Jack takes to Chicago’s cold, violent streets to find a blackmailer who’s onto the detective’s unnatural secret…

Song in the Dark (By:P.N. Elrod)

P. N. Elrod’s novels of The Vampire Files blend the seductive shadows of classic noir into a sanctuary for a most unusual private investigator vampire Jack Fleming. In Elrod’s newest novel, Jack is under the gun when the New York mafia wants his hide, and the love of his life is wanted for murder.

Many Bloody Returns (With: Jim Butcher,Carolyn Haines,Kelley Armstrong,Charlaine Harris,Sandra Burr,,,Elaine Viets,Rachel Caine,Toni L.P. Kelner,Christopher Golden,Jeanne C. Stein,Tanya Huff,P.N. Elrod)

Never before published vampire stories by Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong, and many others. Suspenseful, surprising, sometimes dark, sometimes humorous these all new stories will ensure that readers never think of vampires or birthdays in quite the same way again. In New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris’s ‘Dracula Night,’ Sookie Stackhouse is the only human at the annual commemoration of Dracula’s birth. But this year, the Prince of Darkness actually shows up and finds Sookie to be a tasty looking present. New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s crime solving wizard Harry Dresden, of the Dresden Files novels, heads to a role playing party to give his vampire brother a birthday present in ‘It’s My Birthday Too,’ only to discover there are some bloodthirsty party crashers who don’t share their brotherly love. In ‘Twilight,’ Cassandra DuCharme, who appeared in New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s Dime Store Magic, knows she has to kill to live as a vampire another year but finds herself disturbingly disinterested in the hunt. Plus ten more bloody good birthday stories that take the cake.

Dark Road Rising (By:P.N. Elrod)

The first new Vampire Files novel in four years! Vampire P.I. Jack Fleming is playing babysitter to Gabriel ‘Whitey’ Kroun, a dangerously unstable mobster and newly created vampire with deadly secrets to hide. As Jack tries to unravel the mystery surrounding Kroun’s undead state, he gets caught between his charge’s violent outbursts and some syndicate torpedoes looking to rub them both out, leaving him vulnerable to an even deadlier threat the return of an old enemy desperate to unlock the secrets of Jack’s vampire immortality.

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

Face of Evil (By:Lee Goldberg,William Rabkin)

Matthew Cahill is an ordinary man leading a simple life…
until a shocking accident changes everything. Now each day is a journey into a dark world he knows nothing about…
a quest for the answers to who he is and what he has become…
and a fight to save us, and his soul, from the clutches of pure evil.

The Spider Chronicles

More just than the law, more dangerous than the Underworld…
hated, feared, and wanted by both. One cloaked, fanged, border line crazy denizen of the dark force, feeding hard justice with a pair of 45’s! Moonstone is proud to present 20 new short stories of searing white hot prose starring pulpdom’s most violent and ruthless crime fighter ever: The Spider! Here you will find relentless, hard fisted action that remains true in tone to his mythic proportioned adventures, with stories by John Jakes North and South, Kent Family Chronicles, Mort Castle, Bill Crider, Shannon Denton, Chuck Dixon, Steve Englehart, Ron Fortier, Joe Gentile, Rich Harvey, John Helfers, CJ Henderson, Howard Hopkins, Anthony Kuhoric, Elizabeth Massie, Christopher Mills, Will Murray, Ann Nocenti, Martin Powell, and Robert Weinberg.