A collection of the past twelve winners for best short story of the Shamus Award, given annually by the Private Eye Writers of America, features the works of Lawrence Block, Mickey Spillane, Nancy Pickard, and Marcia Muller.
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In 1982, Randisi helped to form the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA), which gives out the Shamus awards. Two years later he edited The Eyes Have It, 17 stories from the best practicing PI writers. Six of those writers return in this updated collection, which gathers short-story Shamus winners from the first 12 years of PWA. Lawrence Block is here with two Matt Scudder stories, one of which, "By the Dawn's Early Light," won an Edgar and is the sole story to repeat from the previous anthology. The only other two-time winner, Loren Estleman, delivers two stories starring Detroit PI Amos Walker. The stories' diversity embraces the violence that results from rejected love in Rob Kantner's entry, a poignant tale by Ed Gorman and an appearance by Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, who takes on the mob when his beautiful Velda is almost killed during a hit. The wonderful language of the hardboiled PI proves its viability too: "... a headache fell on him like a slab from the ceiling" (John Lutz) and "Why I'd agreed to meet her at all had to do with a bank balance smaller than my IQ..." (Estleman). This is the real thing and not to be missed.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This collection includes the past 12 winners of the Shamus Award for Best Short Story, which is conferred annually by the Private Eye Writers of America. For readers who enjoy private eye fiction, this anthology will provide several evenings of entertainment with entries from the likes of Lawrence Block, Loren Estleman, Marcia Muller, and Nancy Pickard.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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