Crime and Crime Again

by Bill Pronzini (editor)

The birthmark / Nathaniel Hawthorne --
A pair of gloves / Charles Dickens --
The biter bit / Wilkie Collins --
God sees the truth but waits / Leo N. Tolstoy --
A watcher by the dead / Ambrose Bierce --
Mr. Brisher's treasure / H.G. Wells --
The return of Imray / Rudyard Kipling --
The bet / Anton Chekhov --
Bewitched / Edith Wharton --
Before the party / W. Somerset Maugham --
The neighbors / John Galsworthy --
Without the option / P.G. Wodehouse --
The gioconda smile / Aldous Huxley --
Cigarette girl / James M. Cain --
It takes a thief / Arthur Miller --
Murder on the waterfront / Budd Schulberg --
How Mr. Hogan robbed a bank / John Steinbeck --
My son the murderer / Bernard Malamud --
Sentimental journey / Joyce Carol Oates --
The interview / Evan Hunter --
The killer / Norman Mailer.

Genres: Short Stories

391 pages, Hardcover

First published April 6, 1988

About the author

Mystery Writers of America Awards "Grand Master" 2008
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1999) for Boobytrap
Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (1998) for A Wasteland of Strangers
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1997) for Sentinels
Shamus Awards "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) 1987
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1982) for Hoodwink

Married to author Marcia Muller.

Pseudonyms:
Robert Hart Davis (collaboration with Jeffrey M. Wallmann)
Jack Foxx
William Jeffrey (collaboration with Jeffrey M. Wallmann)
Alex Saxon

Reviews

[K.B. Pellegrino · Rating 5 out of 5]

lOVELY TO READ SHORT MYSTERY STORIES BY SOME OF THE GREATS. I was able to compare; however, one never is truly able to compare when pots are twisting and turning and the styles of writing are so diverse. I loved, "Cigarette Girl," "Before the Party," and 'The Biter Get." They were all worth the read. Enjoy.