'What treats you have in store!' IAN RANKIN.
Who knew literature could be so lethal? Here are 20 specially commissioned stories about deadly books from the world's best crime writers. By turns hair-raising and playful, packed with twists and turns, literary references and bookish conundrums, this is a treasure chest of bloodthirsty bibliophilia.
Death Sentences has stories to die for from:
Ian Rankin,
Jeffery Deaver,
Denise Mina,
C.J. Box,
Anne Perry,
Peter Robinson,
Stephen Hunter,
Ken Bruen,
Laura Lippman,
F. Paul Wilson,
Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins,
Joyce Carol Oates,
Peter Lovesey,
Megan Abbott,
R. L. Stine,
Andrew Taylor,
Joe R. Lansdale,
John Connolly,
Christopher Fowler and
Nelson DeMille.
Head of Zeus * Crime Fiction
05 Sep 2019 * 784pp * £6.99 * 9781838932893
REVIEWS
A treasure chest of bloodthirsty bibliophilia... A delightful, ingenious, specially commissioned anthology, both hair-raising and playful, packed with baffling plots, unlikely characters, literary references and bookish conundrums'
The Good Book Guide
'We tend to imagine book lovers, librarians and bibliophiles of all stripes as quiet, gentle folk. In Death Sentences, however, book lovers are bludgeoned to death by their precious tomes, crushed by falling bookshelves, shoved down library stairs, or blown to death by a bomb smuggled into their private library'
Irish Examiner
'One of the finest multi-author collections in a long time'
Sunday Herald
Editor
Otto Penzler, series editor, is the founder of the Mysterious Press (1975), Mysterious Press.com (2011) and New York City's Mysterious Bookshop (1979). He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars and lifetime achievement awards from Noircon and The Strand Magazine. He has edited more than 70 anthologies and written extensively about crime fiction.
ALSO BY Otto Penzler
Introduction
Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin is the bestselling author of the Inspector Rebus and Detective Malcom Fox novels. His books have been translated into thirty-six languages. He is the recipient of four CWA Dagger Awards and an Edgar Award.
ALSO BY Ian Rankin
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