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Shamus & Anthony Award Winners Partner in Crime! Mystery lovers beware because in Shamus and Anthony Commit Capers some of today's most prestigious award-winning mystery and suspense authors are quicker than the eye-and the law! The sleight of hand, the second-story black bag job, and the high-stakes heist have never been more cunning, clever, and crookedly outrageous. In Shamus and Anthony these wily masters of mystery aren't just up to their usual baffling bag of artful tricks in this exciting collection of ten original tales-they're one squirrelly step ahead of the fuzz with bushels of hot new hustles and hi-jinks. Stories by: Marcia Muller, Lori Armstrong, Libby Cudmore, John M. Floyd, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Shawn Reilly Simmons, Verena Rose, John Shepphird, Marcia Talley, and Bill Pronzini.

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Praise for Shamus & Anthony Commit Capers ""Andrew McAleer's and Gay Totl Kinman's latest crime fiction anthology, Shamus & Anthony Commit Capers, is a superb collection of thrilling suspense stories structured around the art of the con. Authentic and brilliantly plotted stories by some of today's hottest and most wanted swindlers, grifters, and hustlers...I mean mystery writers!""-Kris Meyer, Executive Producer, Super Troopers 2 ""Enter the thrilling world of Shamus & Anthony Commit Capers, where crime and unforgettable characters collide in original tales by ten maestros of mystery mayhem. From harebrained bank jobs to schemes gone wild, buckle up for a rollercoaster ride of wit, twists, and camaraderie. With every turn, expect the unexpected. Because in this underworld anything goes - and usually does. A riotous read for mystery fans."" -BV Lawson, Derringer Award winner and author of the Shamus Award finalist Scott Drayco mystery series ""Even the best-laid plans can go wrong, and that's what happens to the bungling criminals in this masterful collection of ten calamitous capers."" -Michael Bracken, Anthony, Edgar, and Shamus nominee Praise for Kinman & McAleer's Awards Winner Mystery Series ""Sit back with Edgar and Shamus Go Golden and savor original mystery tales written exclusively by Edgar Allan Poe and Shamus Award-winning authors. In something of a coup Edgar winner John McAleer's ""Case of the Illustrious Banker"" makes its debut, more than 80 years since it was written."" - Crime Fiction Lover ""Edgar and Shamus Go Golden is a 24-carat collection of stories by the best in the business, proving that we are in a new Golden Age ourselves, and lucky to be here."" - SJ Rozan, Edgar Award winner and best-selling author of Family Business ""Edgar and Shamus Go Golden is a must-read. Editors Gay Toltl Kinman and Andrew McAleer assembled a collection of stories that fit together like the songs on a Beatles album, with one story setting up the next. Each piece captures the Golden Age glow the editors promised. I highly recommend it."" - Tom MacDonald, Shamus Award finalist of the Dermot Sparhawk P.I. series ""As if picking up where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dame Agatha Christie, and Dorothy Sayers left off, the who-dun-it, why-dun-it, how-dun-it, and unshakable alibi are all afoot in Edgar and Shamus. Travel back in time with an all-star cast of some of today's leading experts in the art of crime fiction."" - The Big Thrill ""The Golden Age of Mystery will continue for as long as writers produce stories that challenge us to find solutions alongside the detectives. These stories in Edgar and Shamus Go Golden-some of the best of the best-offer definitive proof."" - Stephen D. Rogers, Derringer Award-winning author of Shot to Death

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Andrew McAleer is the author of the 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists, Mystery Writing in a Nutshell (with Edgar winner John McAleer), co-editor of the Coast-to-Coast mystery series, Edgar & Shamus Go Golden, and Agatha & Derringer Get Cozy. Short stories edited by him won the Derringer and Macavity, appeared in the Best American Mystery Stories, and received multiple Agatha, Shamus, and Anthony Award nominations. Author of A Casebook of Crime, a collection of British classic mysteries featuring private detective Henry von Stray (Level Best Books), he also taught classic crime fiction at Boston College and served in Afghanistan as a U.S. Army Historian before returning to public service in the criminal justice system. He is a member of the Private Eye Writers of America, The Speckled Band of Boston, The Friends of Irene Adler, and president of the Henry von Stray literary society-the Benevolent Walnuts. Instagram: mcaleermysteries or henryvonstray Gay Toltl Kinman serves as president of the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) and has nine award nominations for her writing. She has published several short stories in American and British magazines and numerous anthologies, including Coast to Coast Private Eyes, Michael Connelly's Murder in Vegas, children's books, a Y.A. Gothic novel, adult mysteries, and other collections of short stories. Several of her short plays were produced-now in a collection of twenty plays, The Play's the Thing. Ms. Kinman has published many articles in professional journals, newspapers, and books, including Mystery Writers of America's (MWA) How to Write a Mystery, and has co-edited two non-fiction books. For the PWA's Shamus Awards, Ms. Kinman has served as a judge on all the committees, then chair of each. She also served as the overall Chair of the Shamus Awards for many years. For the MWA Edgar Awards, she has served as a judge for the Best Young Adult mystery committee, then chair of the Best Juvenile Mystery, and the presenter to the winner of that category at the annual Awards Banquet. Ms. Kinman has library and law degrees and had the honor of interviewing literary luminaries such as Sara Paretsky, Marcia Muller, and Joseph Wambaugh. She also co-edited Agatha & Derringer Get Cozy and Edgar & Shamus Go Golden, which was nominated for three Shamus Awards and an Agatha Award.

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