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CREAM OF THE CROP IBD

STARK HOUSE PRESS
08 / 2024
9798886010992
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Sinopsis

Twenty-six stories personally selected by Bill Pronzini from over a half centuryâÇÖs writing career, including a selection of standalone mysteries, plus stories featuring Carpenter & Quincannon and The Nameless Detective.The selections here span a broad range of topics, themes, settings, and types of crime fiction. Some are grim, some upbeat, some wryly humorous, no two are alike.áThe one unifying factor in all of the stories is that theyâÇÖre character-driven.áPeople both good and bad-who they are and what makes them act and react the way they do-are the core ingredient of PronziniâÇÖs crime fiction. Several of these have been honored in best of the year anthologies and have been nominated for awards. The Nameless Detective story, 'CatâÇÖs-Paw,' won a PWA Best Short Story Shamus Award. And two were filmed: 'Proof of Guilt' was adapted for an episode of the British TV series Tales of the Unexpected, and 'LiarâÇÖs Dice' was the basis for a 1995 made-for-U.S. TV film.Here is Bill Pronzini at his best... the best of the best!