Murder at the Foul Line (45 page)
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Authors: Otto Penzler
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Carolyn Hartman
O
TTO
P
ENZLER
owns the Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and founded the Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books. He has written and
edited several books, including the Edgar
®
Award-winning
Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection
and the anthologies
Murder Is My Racquet
and
Dangerous Women
. He is also the series editor of the annual
Best American Mystery Stories of the Year
.
“The notion of mixing basketball and crime seems totally predictable—a natural combination, like ham and eggs, Laurel and
Hardy, yin and yang. It would be difficult to think that a group of fiction writers, people who make up stories, could find
a way to write about crime and criminals in a way that surpasses the real-life adventures we can all read about in the tabloids,
but the assembled team of top-notch writers has done just that. This Dream Team of outstanding authors has put together a
game plan that will keep you at the edge of your seat right up to the last second.”
—Otto Penzler, from the Introduction
Praise for DANGEROUS WOMEN
Edited by Otto Penzler
“I’m not usually given to superlatives, but
Dangerous Women
may be the best, most varied, and colorful mystery anthology of all time.”—Janet Evanovich
“Otto Penzler knows more about crime fiction than most people know about anything, and proves it once more in this brilliant
anthology.”—Robert B. Parker
“Wow, what memorable dames! What terrific short stories!
Dangerous Women
is a winning collection.”—Susan Isaacs