"If you love Jimmy's music or crime fiction or both, you'll love The Great Filling Station Holdup. Mix yourself a boat drink, ask Alexa to put on a buffet of Buffett tunes, kick back, and enjoy!"
Amsterdam Noir (Akashic Noir Series) by JoshPachter, Rene Appel Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2019 by Akashic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-61775-614-6, ISBN: 1-61775-614-8
""Every book in the Noir series serves as an introduction to a place. Besides the crime, the series and its editors have made it a point to address things like economic infrastructure, gentrification, and racial politics...Amsterdam Noir toes that line beautifully, touching on subjects like the impact of tourism, migration, and discrimination of Moroccans...In their introduction, editors Appel and Pachter say they want readers to know th ..."
The Tree of Life by JoshPachter Paperback, 172 Pages, Published 2015 by Wildside Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4794-0631-9, ISBN: 1-4794-0631-7
"“When his hand reappeared, he was holding neither cigarettes nor keys. He was holding a small black revolver that glittered evilly in the diffused light admitted by the curtains, and his hand was steady as he touched it to the temple of the sleeping man in the bed . . .” Murder, kidnapping, robbery, smuggling, industrial sabotage and international terrorism — Mahboob Chaudri, a Pakistani native working as a police officer in the Midd ..."
"In this collection, 28 crime writers pay tribute to Joni's musical legacy with short stories inspired by her lyrics, representing each of her 17 studio albums from 1968's Song to a Seagull to 2007's Shine."
"" Spinning their chosen tunes and the tale of its matching crime are: Earl Staggs, Jack Bates, Linda Kay Hardie, Jeanne DuBois, Terrie Farley Moran, Heidi Hunter, Merrilee Robson, Claire A. Murray, Michael Bracken, Maddi Davidson, Joseph S. ..."
"Stories that pay tribute to Rex Stout’s legendary private detective by Lawrence Block, Loren D. Estleman, John Lescroart, Robert Goldsborough, and more. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have been widely flattered almost from the moment Rex Stout first wrote about them in 1934. The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe collects two dozen literary tributes to one of crime fiction’s best-loved priv ..."
"For generations, the name "Ellery Queen" has been synonymous with the finest in mystery fiction. When cousins Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred Lee (1905-1971) created the iconic character and byline in 1929, they had no idea how influential he (and they) would become. Books, movies, television programs, and radio shows have firmly rooted their characters in the public consciousness. To this day, their work remains among the best ..."
The Beat of Black Wings Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Joni Mitchell (Hardback or Cased Book) by JoshPachter Hardcover, 362 Pages, Published 2020 by Untreed Reads Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-949135-62-6, ISBN: 1-949135-62-4
"In this collection, 28 crime writers pay tribute to Joni's musical legacy with short stories inspired by her lyrics, representing each of her 17 studio albums from 1968's Song to a Seagull to 2007's Shine."
"The editors of The Misadventures of Ellery Queen return with a new volume of Queen pastiches, parodies, and tributes by a stellar lineup of writers--including one by Ellery himself! Here are."
"At the cutting edge of crime fiction, Mystery Weekly Magazine presents original short stories by the world’s best-known and emerging mystery writers. The stories we feature in our monthly issues span every imaginable subgenre, including cozy, police procedural, noir, whodunit, supernatural, hardboiled, humor, and historical mysteries. Evocative writing and a compelling story are the only certainty.Get ready to be surprised, challenged, ..."
Top Fantasy(Updated) by JoshPachter Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1986 by J.M. Dent And Sons Import ISBN-13: 978-0-460-02467-9, ISBN: 0-460-02467-1
"1st trade paperback, fine , Ray Bradbury, JG Ballard In stock shipped from our UK warehouse"
"For generations, the name “Ellery Queen” has been synonymous with the finest in mystery fiction. When cousins Frederic Dannay (1905–1982) and Manfred Lee (1905–1971) created the iconic character and byline in 1929, they had no idea how influential he (and they) would become. Books, movies, television programs, and radio shows have firmly rooted their characters in the public consciousness. To this day, their work remains among the best ..."
"The editors of The Misadventures of Ellery Queen return with a new volume of Queen pastiches, parodies, and tributes by a stellar lineup of writers--including one by Ellery himself! Here are."
"Whether the setting is a vineyard in Argentina or a small town in Virginia, these 17 mystery and suspense authors infuse this collection of deadly deeds with a variety of potent potables, the stories in Murder by the Glass: Cocktail ..."
"It includes a brilliant Sherlock Holmes pastiche and the second Oscar Tremont novella. This is the perfect anthology for the avid mystery fan. Follow the clues, put all the pieces together, and solve the case before the detective."
"It s been worth the wait. One of the authors most requested by Crippen & Landru readers throughout its 25-year history has been mystery writer William Brittain, whose fiction challenges the reader with tricky plots presented in a unique style. For the first time, all of the popular Man Who Read stories and a selection of the Mr. Strang stories have been collected into a single volume. Both series appeared in Ellery Queen s Mystery Magaz ..."
"How does that add up? You'll find the answer to that question...and so much more!...inside the covers of this book.) The authors?"
Only the Good Die Young Crime Fiction Inspired by the Songs of Billy Joel (Paperback or Softback) by JoshPachter Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2021 by Untreed Reads ISBN-13: 978-1-949135-42-8, ISBN: 1-949135-42-X
"In this collection, twelve award-winning writers of short crime fiction tackle the Joel catalog, and the result is a journey down life's mean streets with a soundtrack by one of the great singer-songwriters of our time."