Transgressions Vol 3 Author:Ed McBain (Editor) Three of the ten novellas in the series "Transgressions". — New York Times bestsellers Ed McBain, Walter Mosely, and Donald Westlake each provided a brand-new, never-before-published tale for this unique collection of stories edited by bestselling author and mystery legend Ed McBain, who has gathered ten masters of modern fiction a... more »nd had them each write a novella for this one-of-a-kind series titled "Transgressions".
"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.
"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.
"Walking Around Money" by Donald E. Westlake: The master of the comic mystery is back with an all-new novella featuring hapless crook John Dortmunder, who gets involved in a crime that supposedly no one will ever know happened. Naturally, when something it too good to be true, it usually is, and Dortmunder is going to get to the bottom of this caper before he's left holding the bag.
The novellas collected in this Vol 3 and the three additional paperbacks Vol 1, Vol 2 and Vol 4 were previously published as a single-volume hardcover edition under the title "Transgressions".« less
MERELY HATE by Ed McBain: When a string of Muslim cab drivers are killed, and the evidence points to another ethnic group, the detectives of the 87th precinct must hunt down a killer before a city explodes in violence.
WALKING THE LINE by Walter Mosely: 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.
WALKING AROUND MONEY by Donald E. Westlake: The master of the comic mystery is back with an all new tale featuring hapless crook John Dortmunder, who gets involved in a crime that supposedly no one will ever know happened. Naturally, when something is too good to be true, it usually is, and Dortmunder is going to get to the bottom of this caper before he's left holding the bag.