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      Tricks and Treats

      by Bill Pronzini
      Published
      Feb 2019
      Main Genre
      Mystery Mystery
      Pages
      375
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      30 CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES GOOD TO THE LAST LINE

      The McGuffin has long been a staple tool in any crime and mystery writer's arsenal. A perfectly placed last line of a short story can pull together subtle plot threads into a devastating dénouement or give everything that came before it a brand-new meaning, sometimes even reshaping the story entirely for the reader. 

      Joe Gores and Bill Pronzini, two of the most talented mystery writers of the 20th century, joined forces to assemble the very best McGuffin stories by such celebrated authors as Anthony Boucher, Harlan Ellison, Joe L. Hensley, Edward D. Hoch, John Lutz, John D. MacDonald, and Donald E. Westlake. They, along with 24 more authors, have created some of the very best mystery stories that often save their best twists for the very last line...
       

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      Mystery

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      Feb 2019 Independently published ISBN 1796465976
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      Feb 2019 Mystery Writers of America ISBN 1386394475
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      Feb 2019 Capstone ISBN B07NJ8LDPD
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