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Summary
(IBList user synopsis):
Edited and with an introduction by Robert J. Randisi, this 15-story anthology by PWA members features the following authors and their detectives: Michael Allegretto (Jacob Lomax), Lawrence Block (Matt Scudder), Max Allan Collins (Nate Heller), Michael Collins (Dan Fortune), Wayne D. Dundee (Joe Hannibal), James Ellroy (Spade Hearns), Paul Engleman (Charley Davenport), Loren D. Estleman (Amos Walker), Jeremiah Healy (John Francis Cuddy), John Lutz (Fred Carver), Marcia Muller (Sharon McCone), W. R. Philbrick (T. D. Stash, a rare short story appearance), Bill Pronzini ("Nameless"), Julie Smith (Paul McDonald), and Dick Stodghill (Henry Paige).
Contents:
- Introduction by Robert J. Randisi · in
- The Bookie’s Daughter by Michael Allegretto · ss *
- Batman’s Helpers [Matt Scudder] by Lawrence Block · ss *
- Private Consultation [Nate Heller] by Max Allan Collins · nv *
- The Chair [Dan Fortune] by Michael Collins · ss *
- Naughty, Naughty by Wayne D. Dundee · na *
- Torch Number by James Ellroy · ss *
- Death of a Fatcat by Paul Engleman · ss *
- Cigarette Shop by Loren D. Estleman · ss *
- Someone to Turn Out the Lights [John Francis Cuddy] by Jeremiah Healy · ss *
- Someone Else [Fred Carver] by John Lutz · ss *
- Final Resting Place [Sharon McCone] by Marcia Muller · ss *
- Bad to the Bone by W. R. Philbrick · ss *
- Stakeout [Nameless private eye] by Bill Pronzini · ss *
- Montezuma’s Other Revenge by Julie Smith · ss *
- Bypass for Murder by Dick Stodghill · ss *
Original title: Justice For Hire: The Fourth Private Eye Writers of America Anthology
Original languages:
English
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ Crime and Mystery→ Detective Story and Detectives→ Private Detective
The following works are contained within this one:
Montezuma’s Other Revenge (1990) [Short Story]
Author: Julie Smith
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