Full name: Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir

Author: Duane Swierczynski Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Short Stories Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780976715757 0976715759

An original anthology. A collection of twenty-seven original "geezer noir" stories by some of today's top crime writers, including John Harvey, Laura Lippman, Ken Bruen, Colin Cotterill, and more. Bill Crider's "Cranked" was nominated for the Edgar and Anthony awards and won the Derringer Award. Megan Abbott's "Policy" was nominated for the Anthony Award and became the basis for her novel Queenpin, which won the 2008 Edgar Award. Similar books: Nothing That Meets the Eye by Patricia Highsmith Sanctuary by Agatha Christie The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith by Patricia Highsmith Miss Marple Tells a Story by Agatha Christie Enough Rope by Lawrence Block The Blood-Stained Pavement by Agatha Christie The Listerdale Mystery by Agatha Christie The Theft of the Royal Ruby by Agatha Christie The Four Suspects by Agatha Christie The Idol House of Astarte by Agatha Christie The Hills of Homicide by Louis L'Amour Sisters in Crime by Marilyn Wallace My Sherlock Holmes by Michael Kurland Grab Bag by Charlotte MacLeod Hardly Knew Her by Laura Lippman Knight's Gambit by William Faulkner The Habit of Widowhood by Robert Barnard A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife by Agatha Christie Once Upon a Crime by Ed Gorman