The Edgar Award Book Author:Martin H. Greenberg (Editor) There is an aspect to this collection of classic mystery stories that makes it better, and nobler, than similar anthologies : Its contents include both winners of the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Awards and runners-up. Readers who come to this volume will be introduced to two dozen fine short stories that were nominated for the MWA Edgar Awa... more »rds during the past thirty years.
Three of the authors represented--Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison, and Paul Theroux--are not really thought of as mystery writers at all, making their award-caliber forays into the genre all the more exciting. Dorothy Salisbury Davis and Stanley Ellin are among the volume's classic grand masters.
The stories range from the cozy, private-eye type of mystery to the suspenseful and mysterious; the action-packed and atmospheric. All in all, a memorable and important collection.
Contents:
1) "Breakfast Television" by Robert Barnard
2) "Keller's Therapy" by Lawrence Block
3) "Spasmo" by Liza Cody
4) "Old Friends" by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
5) "Graffiti" by Stanley Ellin
6) "Mefisto in Onyx" by Harlan Ellison
7) "There Are No Snakes in Ireland" by Frederick Forsyth
8) "Scrimshaw" by Brian Garfield
9) "Prisoners" by Ed Gorman
10) McIntyre's Donald" by Joseph hansen
11) "The Most Dangerous Man Alive" by Edward D. Hoch
12) "Nine Sons" by Wendy Hornsby
13) "Challenge the Widow-Maker" by Clark Howard
14) "The Last Spin" by Evan Hunter
15) "Moment of Power" by P.D. James
16) "One Hit Wonder" by Gabrielle Kraft|
17) "The Reluctant Detective" by Michael Z. Lewin
18) "Ride the Lightning"
19) "Do With Me What You Will" by Joyce Carol Oates
20) "Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern" by Bill Pronzini
21) "The New Girl Friend" by Ruth Rendell
22) "Mary, Mary, Shut the Door" by Benjamin M. Schutz