Dead Man's Hand - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151012776 ISBN 13: 9780151012770

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2007

Synopsis

If ever a subject begged to be associated with crime it is gambling, writes Otto Penzler in his introduction to this collection of short stories set at the poker table and beyond. In Walter Mosley’s Mister In-Between, a bagman is sent to collect from a rigged poker game, but soon begins to wonder who the real mark is. In One Dollar Jackpot, Michael Connelly’s detective Harry Bosch finds himself looking for tells when facing off against a professional poker player in the interrogation room. And a young woman learns how to bluff the hard way in Hardly Knew Her, by Laura Lippman. In these and others stories, aces of the mystery-writing world—including Joyce Carol Oates, Alexander McCall Smith, Jeffery Deaver, John Lescroart, and others—combine to form a winning hand.

About this title

Book Description:

A royal flush of brand new poker tales from fifteen of the world's best crime-writers - including a Harry Bosch novella from Michael Connelly.

From the Back Cover:

Playing poker is a dangerous game. Taking their inspiration from the card game that's more a way of life than an innocent pastime, fifteen crime-writing aces deliver a royal flush of brand-new poker tales. “You do not have to be a poker aficionado to have fun with Dead Man's Hand…crime and poker are happy bed-fellows…excellent crime-writing” The Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0151012776
• ISBN 13: 9780151012770
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Penzler Otto