Murder at the Racetrack: Original Tales of Mystery and Mayhem Down the Final Stretch from Today's Great Writers

Hardback

Main Details

Title Murder at the Racetrack: Original Tales of Mystery and Mayhem Down the Final Stretch from Today's Great Writers
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Otto Penzler
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 140
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
ISBN/Barcode 9780892960187
ClassificationsDewey:FIC
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Little, Brown & Company
Imprint Little, Brown & Company
Publication Date 10 April 2006
Publication Country United States

Description

Lawrence Block, in Keller by a Nose," asks what obsession holds more hazards than betting on the ponies. The answer will surprise you...Max Allan Collins's "That Kind of Nag" proves that it's bad to play the wrong horse, but worse to pick the wrong woman..."The Great, the Good and the Not-So-Good" by H.R.F. Keating warns against old English ladies at the racecourse...Joyce Carol Oates shows how a young woman teams to trust a prize stallion more than her violent lover in "Meadowlands"...and Scott Wolven's "Pinwheel" offers a Japanese lesson in flying horses and honor among thieves."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Otto Penzler is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop, the founder of The Mysterious Press, the creator of Otto Penzler Books, and the editor of many books and anthologies. He lives in New York City.