One of the most acclaimed suspense writers of our time in a brand new collection.

In a career that has spanned three decades, and won critical attention and respect, Bill Pronzini has created the “Nameless Detective” novels, which Booklist has called “an American treasure.”

But Pronzini created a number of other characters as well, particularly back when he was still writing a great deal for crime and suspense magazines.

Sleuths collects the best of these stories and characters — from the noirish adventurers of Dan Connell and Carmody; to the western-era detectives Fergus O’Hara and Carpenter; to four “Nameless” stories.

Readers and collectors alike will want this book for their keeper shelves. This is prime Pronzini.

A new collection of seven short stories and an original introduction by one of the genre’s most prolific writers and editors. Includes stories about the Nameless Detective.

The best-selling mystery writer Lawrence Block proves his point with the twenty outstanding stories he has chosen for this volume. For fans of the traditional mystery, there’s T. Jefferson Parker’s “Easy Street,” in which a brother’s visit uncovers family secrets. In Jeremiah Healy’s “A Book of Kells,” a detective draws on his Irish heritage to solve a crime. And in Clark Howard’s “Under Suspicion,” a detective’s investigation of the murder of his best friend’s daughter hits too close to home.

However, many of the stories are concerned more with the personalities and motives surrounding the crime than with the crime itself. In Joyce Carol Oates’s “The Girl with the Blackened Eye,” we see a crime from the young victim’s point of view. Jennifer Anderson’s “Things That Make Your Heart Beat Faster” examines the hardships one rookie cop endures while solving her first crime. And in Thomas Lynch’s “Blood Sport,” a young mortician faces the gruesome job of preparing a murdered friend for her funeral.

As Block says: “Three things struck me about the stories in this year’s collection — their range, their variety, and their exceptionally high quality. Crime fiction has always been a broad and inclusive field, but these stories epitomize its breadth, running from the literary to the retro-pulp. The field has always showcased new talent, and a full two thirds of this year’s winners are by writers previously unknown to me. I’ve been reading short crime for half a century, and writing it for almost that long, and I’m still blown away by how very fine these stories are.”

Bill Pronzini, famed for his “Nameless” detective series, displays his darker side, along with his remarkable breadth, in this stunning collection of 19 stories.

We meet an array of characters fit for nightmares.

A hapless store clerk who only wants to “look” at a beautiful, naked young neighbor...

A woman trapped with a killer who just happened to wash ashore...

A good Samaritan who gives a lift to a madman...

A tormented husband who dreams of a little room of his own...

Stretching across five decades, here is a collection that demonstrates again Bill Pronzini’s mastery of popular fiction.

Featuring the best from the modern masters of detective, intrigue, suspense, and mystery fiction

One day a stream of life-giving water, the next an evil ribbon of salt — could Illya and Solo entrap the mad monster who had sworn to turn the world’s great waterways into death traps? THRUSH had its most monstrous weapon in its hands — and only U.N.C.L.E. stood in the way!

Юрист осматривает наследство, которое должен передать европейскому обществу библиофилов согласно завещанию скончавшегося джентльмена. Главная часть наследства — огромная библиотека. Вступив в нее, герой навсегда изменил свое представление о мироздании…