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Book SynopsisThis book offers a collection of some of the best hard-hitting crime stories from acclaimed writer Peter Sellers. Hailed as "one of the key figures in the Canadian mystery renaissance" in the pages of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Peter Sellers' entertaining and off-beat crime fiction stories have appeared in every major mystery magazine including Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and Hardboiled. In this book readers will discover characters that live in a world of shattered dreams and failed plans, where the banality of evil is found in everyday life. "A typical Sellers story there is usually one bad decision made, and on that hangs the plot -- as well as the perpetrator." -- Don Hutchison, acclaimed author of "Great Pulp Heroes". Included here are some of his best work, including stories "Avenging Miriam" which won the 2001 Ellery Queen Readers Award and the title story which was nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award in 1992.
Trade Review"One of the key figures in the Canadian mystery renaissance of the 80s and 90s." Jon L Breen, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
"Peter Sellers is one of Canadas most entertaining short story writers"Peter Robinson, Arthur Ellis Award winning author of Dead Right; "Lively stories filled with satiric wit and clever twists." -- Don Hutchison, acclaimed author of "Night Frights"
