Most Wanted:: The Private Eye Writers of America Presents [Paperback]

Sue Grafton (Author), Sara Paretsky (Author), Lawrence Block (Author), And 9 Others (Author), Robert J. Randisi (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 3, 2002

The line-up: three New York Times bestselling authors, four Edgar Award winners, and other critically acclaimed past presidents of the Private Eye Writers of America.

THE DETECTIVES: the authors' most famous P.I.s.
THE STORIES: the authors' personal favorites.
PLUS: a special behind-the-crime-scene introduction to each author's creative process.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Signet (September 3, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451206924
• ISBN-13: 978-0451206923
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,185,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Old and new stories, July 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Most Wanted:: The Private Eye Writers of America Presents (Paperback)

List of stories: Wrong Place, Wrong Time/Bill Pronzini; The Merciful Angel of Death/Lawrence Block; Eighty Million Dead/Michael Collins; Deadly Beloved/William Campbell Gault; Second Story Sunlight/John Lutz; A Poison That Leaves No Trace/Sue Grafton; Aftermath/Jeremiah Healy; The Pig Man/Les Roberts; Faking It/Parnell Hall; Laying Down To Die/Robert J Randisi; The Maltese Cat/Sara Paretsky; Natural Death,Inc./Max Allan Collins.

I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 because of the 12 stories only 4 are new. The rest are reprints. Of the reprints, there were 2 that I'd never read before; EIGHTY MILLION DEAD and DEADLY BELOVED. All the stories are excellent and the writing topnotch