Description:
From some of the hottest names in crime fiction today come original stories written expressly for this collection.
These taut tales, loaded with tension and charged with uncertainty, bring each victim--the unsuspecting, the hunted, the fearful--into the deadly sights of a hired killer's gun.
From New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors come these stories:
"Keller's Karma" by Lawrence Block, read by Stefan Rudnicki
"A Trip Home" by Ed Gorman, read by Gabrielle De Cuir
"The Catch" by James W. Hall, read by John Rubinstein
"Quarry's Luck" by Max Allan Collins, read by Stefan Rudnicki
"The Greatest Trick of All" by Lee Child, read by Stefan Rudnicki
"Misdirection" by Barbara Seranella, read by Gabrielle De Cuir
"Snow, Snow, Snow" by John Harvey, read by Maxwell Caulfield
"Upon My Soul" by Robert J. Randisi, read by Stephen Hoye
"Karma Hits Dogma" by Jeff Abbott, read by Rex Linn
"Dr. Sullivan's Library" by Christine Matthews, read by Judith Smiley
"For Sale by Owner" by Jenny Siler, read by Margy Moore
"The Right Tool for the Job" by Marcus Pelegrimas, read by Richard Gilliland
"The Closers" by Paul Guyot, read by Stefan Rudnicki
"Retrospective" by Kevin Wignall, read by Charles Kahlenberg
"Chapter and Verse" by Jeffery Deaver, read by John Rubinstein
Brief description:
Max Allan Collins has earned fifteen Private Eye Writers of America "Shamus" nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective and Stolen Away, and receiving the PWA life achievement award, the Eye. His graphic novel, Road to Perdition, which is the basis of the Academy Award-winning film starring Tom Hanks, was followed by two novels, Road to Purgatory and Road to Paradise. His suspense series include Quarry, Nolan, Mallory, and Eliot Ness, and his numerous comics credits include the syndicated Dick Tracy and his own Ms. Tree. He has written and directed four feature films and two documentaries. His other produced screenplays include "The Expert," an HBO World Premiere. His coffee-table book The History of Mystery received nominations for every major mystery award and Men's Adventure Magazines won the Anthony Award. Collins lives in Muscatine, Iowa, with his wife, writer Barbara Collins. They have collaborated on seven novels and numerous short stories, and are currently writing the "Trash 'n' Treasures" mysteries.