Death by Horoscope (2001) [Anthology]
by Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Simon Brett Lillian Stewart Carl Mat Coward Bill Crider Brendan DuBois Patricia Nead (P.N.) Elrod Joan Hess Faye Kellerman Jane Lindskold Peter Lovesey Edward Marston Sharyn McCrumb Marcia Muller Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Kristine Kathryn Rusch Marcia Talley Peter Tremayne
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Edited by: Anne Perry and Martin H. Greenberg
Lawrence Block, Sharyn McCrumb, Peter Lovesey, Marcia Muller, Robert Barnard, Faye Kellerman, Joan Hess, and Nancy Pickard stand among the top-selling authors invited by Edgar-winner Anne Perry to contribute an original story to this new collection in which mystery weds astrology to startling effect. Included, too, is a never-before-published story by the internationally acclaimed Anne Perry herself. For centuries the mysteries of the zodiac have intrigued everyone from emperors to plebeians, from kings to commoners. Modern presidents and their first ladies have consulted astrologers, while masses of Americans faithfully read their horoscopes in newspapers and magazines. To some, such prognostications may bear little consequence, but in these tales, as skeptics and scoffers sadly learn, nothing zodiacal can be taken too lightly. Indeed, the simple question "What's your sign?" may prove to be a matter of life or death. From the Age of Aquarius to the House of the Rising Sun, from Capricorn to Sagittarius, the tales in this anthology explore murderous portents and deadly reckonings that lie in the astral plane and wreak havoc in the human heart.
Contents:
The Astrologer Who Predicted His Own Murder Peter Tremayne
The Eye of the Beholder Lillian Stewart Carl
Out Like a Lion Bill Crider
Slaying the Serpent Jane Lindskold
Sea Horse Edward Marston
The Aquarius Mission Brendan DuBois
Reason to Believe Mat Coward
To Catch a Fish Marcia Talley
Sharing Jon L. Breen
Not in the Stars Catherine Dain
Kellers Horoscope Lawrence Block
Star Struck Peter Lovesey
Boss Man P. N. Elrod
The Librarian Simon Brett
Ghosts Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The Blue Scorpion Anne Perry
Original title: Death by Horoscope
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Genre: Fiction→ Crime and Mystery
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