Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side

by Charlaine Harris (Editor)

Overview

A winning mystery collection edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris—featuring an original Sookie Stackhouse story.

Nighttime is the perfect time for the perfect crime—especially in the realm of the paranormal. Featuring fascinating, frightening, and sometimes funny stories by Mystery Writers of America including Carolyn Hart, Barbara D'Amato, Margart Maron, Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane, and Elaine Viets, Crimes by Moonlight is your portal to the dark side and all its wonders.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780425239117
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/05/2011
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Charlaine Harris is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse and Midnight, Texas, fantasy/mystery series and the Aurora Teagarden, Harper Connelly, and Lily Bard mystery series. Her books have inspired HBO’s True Blood, NBC’s Midnight, Texas, and the Aurora Teagarden movies for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. She has lived in the South her entire life.

Hometown:

Southern Arkansas

Date of Birth:

November 25, 1951

Place of Birth:

Tunica, Mississippi

Education:

B.A. in English and Communication Arts, Rhodes, 1973

Website:

http://www.charlaineharris.com

Table of Contents

Introduction Charlaine Harris ix

Dahlia Underground Charlaine Harris 1

Hixton William Kent Krueger 27

Small Change Margaret Maron 39

The Trespassers Brendan Dubois 60

Madeeda Harley Jane Kozak 81

House of Horrors S. W. Hubbard 106

Sift, Almost Invisible, Through Jeffrey Somers 125

The Bedroom Door Elaine Viets 144

The Conqueror Worm Barbara D'amato 162

In Memory of the Sibylline Lou Kemp 174

The Bloodflower Martin Meyers 202

The Awareness Terrie Farley Moran 225

Tadesville Jack Fredrickson 246

Limbo Steve Brewer 269

The Insider Mike Wiecek 282

Swing Shift Dana Cameron 299

Riding High Carolyn Hart 323

Grave Matter Max Allan Collins Mickey Spillane 341

Death of a Vampire Parnell Hall 362

Taking the Long View Toni L. P. Kelner 387

Editorial Reviews

A very fine [collection]…fabulous…crisp…funny.”—Women of Mystery

From the Publisher

The Mystery Writers of America presents an all-original anthology sure to appeal to Twilight fans with an interest in crime. While vampires are well represented among the 20 selections, most notably Parnell Hall's darkly humorous “Death of a Vampire,” bestseller Harris ensures that werewolves, ghosts, and magicians also get their due. Harley Jane Kozak does a superb job of integrating a ghost into a contemporary setting in “Madeeda,” in which an expectant mother is concerned over her two-year-old twins' visions of a “bad witch.” A phantom ship figures in Lou Kemp's “In Memory of the Sibylline,” a highly effective horror story set in the 19th century. Even Mike Hammer gets into X-Files mode in Max Allan Collins's and Mickey Spillane's “Grave Matter,” which successfully introduces a supernatural element into the case of a series of mysterious deaths in the ironically named town of Hopeful, N.Y. Other contributors include William Kent Krueger, Margaret Maron, and Carolyn Hart. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly