Eighteen
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2004
368 pages
978-0-7434-8272-1 (ISBN)
Description
USA Today bestselling author of Nine
JAN BURKE
delivers chills, suspense, shockers, and sharp wit in eighteen works of short fiction sure to satisfy longtime fans and newcomers alike. This positively addictive anthology is full of surprises -- a patchwork of settings and characters not soon forgotten, and mysterious twists and revelations not quickly shaken! 18 includes
"Devotion"
Agatha Award nominee for Best Short Story
"Unharmed"
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Award and Macavity Award winner
"The Man in the Civil Suit"
Agatha Award winner
"Abbey Ghosts"
Edgar Award nominee
...and also features her first Irene Kelly story, "A Fine Set of Teeth."
JAN BURKE
delivers chills, suspense, shockers, and sharp wit in eighteen works of short fiction sure to satisfy longtime fans and newcomers alike. This positively addictive anthology is full of surprises -- a patchwork of settings and characters not soon forgotten, and mysterious twists and revelations not quickly shaken! 18 includes
"Devotion"
Agatha Award nominee for Best Short Story
"Unharmed"
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Award and Macavity Award winner
"The Man in the Civil Suit"
Agatha Award winner
"Abbey Ghosts"
Edgar Award nominee
...and also features her first Irene Kelly story, "A Fine Set of Teeth."
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Jan Burke is the author of a dozen novels and a collection of short stories. She is the founder of the Crime Lab Project and is a member of the board of the California Forensic Science Institute. She lives in Southern California with her husband and two dogs. Learn more about her at JanBurke.com.
Content
Introduction by Edward D. Hoch
Notes on the Stories
The Loveseat
Why Tonight?
The Mouse
Revised Endings
Ghost of a Chance
Unharmed
The Muse
White Trash
Mea Culpa
A Fine Set of Teeth
Two Bits
A Man of My Stature
Miscalculation
An Unsuspected Condition of the Heart
The Man in the Civil Suit
The Haunting of Carrick Hollow
The Abbey Ghosts
Devotion
