Dead Man's Hand: Crime Fiction At The Poker Table

Otto Penzler: Editor

ISBN 10: 0151012776 / ISBN 13: 9780151012770

Published by Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, 2007

About this Item

Signed by Michael Connelly in person at his story in black pen, signature only. First edition stated with A C E G I K J H F D B flush center. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Book; front board has mild bump to top edge with small soil spot to top near spine else fine, free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($25.00) has minor bumping to mostly top spine. Color bright and sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dead Man's Hand: Crime Fiction At The Poker Table
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151012776
• ISBN 13: 9780151012770
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

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 the Authors

OTTO PENZLER is the founder of the Mysterious Press and owner of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York. He has written and edited several books, including the Edgar-winning Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection and the Best American Mystery Stories series. He lives in New York.

OTTO PENZLER is the founder of the Mysterious Press and owner of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York. He has written and edited several books, including the Edgar-winning Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection and the Best American Mystery Stories series. He lives in New York.