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At Home in the Dark (Hardcover)
Lawrence Block; Contributions by Joe Hill, Joe Lansdale
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Candy (Paperback)
Lawrence Block
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"I would urge other writers, at whatever point in their careers, to take the time to read this indispensable handbook....Telling Lies for Fun & Profit should be a permanent part of every writer's library."-- From the Introduction by Sue Grafton Characters refusing to talk? Plot plodding along? Where do good ideas come from anyway? In this wonderfully practical volume, two-time Edgar Award-winning novelist Lawrence Block takes an inside look at writing as a craft and as a career. From studying the market, to mastering self-discipline and "creative procrastination," through coping with rejections, Telling Lies for Fun & Profit is an invaluable sourcebook of information. It is a must read for anyone serious about writing or understanding how the process works.
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Lawrence Block; Contributions by Dennis Lehane, Joyce Carol Oates
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Ariel (Paperback)
Lawrence Block
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Christmas Eve. While the world sleeps, snow falls gently from the
sky, presents await under the tree ... and murder is afoot. In this
collection of ten classic murder mysteries from the best crime
writers in history, death and mayhem take many festive forms, from
the inventive to the unexpected. From a Santa Claus with a grudge
to a cat who knows who killed its owner on Christmas Eve, these are
stories to enjoy - and be mystified by - in front of a roaring
fire, mince pie to hand.
"Death Cruise": Crime Stories on the Open Sea, edited by Lawrence
Block, is a collection of murder mysteries with settings aboard
cruise ships and written by several members of the International
Association of Crime Writers, including Agatha Christie, Nancy
Pickard, Piet Teigeler, Edward D. Hoch, Ralph McInerny, John
Mortimer, and Carolyn Wheat.
Can there be a better, more romantic setting for a crime story than
a ship on the open sea? Step onto any vessel - even an inter-island
ferry - and you experience an aura of romance, adventure, and
mystery. All the stories contained in Death Cruise are set aboard
cruise ships. Written by members of the International Association
of Crime Writers, a global fraternity of mystery writers, these
compelling stories come from many nations, including England,
Belgium, Denmark, Cuba, Brazil, America, Germany, Spain and France.
This global line-up includes: "Problem at Sea" by Agatha Christie;
"Nine Points for Murder" by Nancy Pickard; "Hodegetria" by Jeremiah
Healy; "Under My Skin" by Chris Rippen; "S.O.S." by John Lutz;
"Honeymoon Cruise" by Richard Deming; "Rhine Ablaze" by Jacques
Toes; "The Merry Ghosts of the Grampus" by Arnaldo Correa; "Lost
and Found" by Benjamin Schutz; "The Wind & Mary" by Piet
Teigeler; "The Theft of the Bingo Card" by Edward D. Hoch; "Mutiny
of the Bounty Hunter" by Ralph Mclnerny; "The Mermaid" by Jacob
Vis; "Chess on Board" by Erik Amdrup; "A Cruise to Forget" by
Barbara Collins and Max Allan Collins; "Havanightmare" by Jose
Latour; "Miscalculation" by Jan Burke; "The Deep Blue Sea" by Ina
Bouman; "Rumpole at Sea" by John Mortimer; "The Time of His Life"
by Carolyn Wheat Bon Voyage! And be sure to take a good mystery
with you.
This first volume in the Seven Deadly Sins Series, Speaking of Lust
is a collection of outstanding short stories on that exceedingly
deadly sin we call lust. In addition to being the title of this
anthology, "Speaking of Lust" is also the title of Lawrence Block's
original novella that leads off this unique collection. "I had as
much fun writing 'Speaking of Lust' as I've had with anything in
years," Block writes in the introduction, "and if you enjoy it half
as much as I did you'll be happy indeed. As I already know you'll
be happy with all the other stories in the book."
This second volume of Opening Shots is a collection of twenty-three
first stories published by prominent mystery and crime writers.
Some of these offerings are remarkably mature, professional work.
Others are more obviously early works, before the writers' skills
reached full maturity. But every one of them is a pleasure to read,
and in each can be seen the seed of the writer's craft. "Each
writer has included an introduction worth the price of admission
all by themselves," observes Block. "Writers, it seems to me, are
never more eloquent or more interesting that when they reminisce
about their early days, and recalling one's first success seems a
spur of anecdotage for most of us."Following on the heels of the
successful first volume of this series, the stories in this stellar
field include:"Final Rites" by Doug Allyn • "Don't Kill a Karate
Fighter" by William Chambers • "Entrapped" by Harlan Coben •
"Yellow Gal" by Michael Collins • "Together" by Jeffrey Deaver
• "The Rough Boys" by Harlan Ellison • "Tole My Cap'n" by Joe
Gores • "Layover" by Ed Gorman • "A Bunch of Mumbo-Jumbo" by
Jan Grape • "The Cure" by David Handler • "Till Tuesday" by
Jeremiah Healy • "Village of the Dead" by Edward D. Hoch •
"Chalk" by Evan Hunter • "It's a Wise Child Who Knows" by Stuart
Kaminsky • "Who Killed Cock Robin?" by H. R. F. Keating •
"Medford & Son" by Dick Lochte • "Thieves' Honor" by John
Lutz • "Not All Brides Are Beautiful" by Sharyn McCrumb •
"Manslaughter" by Joyce Carol Oates • "You Don't Know What It's
Like" by Bill Pronzini • "The Disappearance of Penny" by Robert
J. Randisi • "A Victim Must Be Found" by Henry Slesar • "Blue
Rose" by Peter Straub • "A Bad Night For Burglars" by Lawrence
Block
SO THIS GIRL WALKS INTO A BAR... ...and when she walks out there's
a man with her. She goes to bed with him, and she likes that part.
Then she kills him, and she likes that even better. On her way out,
she cleans out his wallet. She keeps moving, and has a new name for
each change of address. She's been doing this for a while, and
she's good at it. And then a chance remark gets her thinking of the
men who got away, the lucky ones who survived a night with her. She
starts writing down names. And now she's a girl with a mission.
Picking up their trails. Hunting them down. Crossing them off her
list...
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