Murder on the Ropes: Original Boxing Mysteries - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1893224333 ISBN 13: 9781893224339

Publisher: New Millenium, 2001

Synopsis

Presents a collection of fourteen boxing mysteries from such authors as Lawrence Block, Joyce Carol Oates, Doug Allyn, and Mike Lupica.

About this title

About the Author:

Otto Penzler is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. He was the publisher of The Armchair Detective, the Edgar-winning quarterly journal devoted to the study of mystery and suspense fiction, for seventeen years. Mr. Penzler is the founder of The Mysterious Press.

From AudioFile:

All of these original short stories have a boxing angle, but not all involve murder--fight-fixing and robbery are also on the docket. My favorites included Doug Allyn's "Sunlight Shining on Water," about a boxer's use of meditation techniques to deal with tough guys pressuring him to throw a fight, given a low-key reading by Lee Horsley; Thomas H. Cook's "The Fix," a tongue-in-cheek tale about a boxer's career downfall, read with a deft comic touch by Lorenzo Lamas; and Brendan DuBois's "A Winning Combination," about a columnist's growing fascination with boxing, read by Dan Cashman. Fight fans will love this collection, but boxing knowledge isn't a necessity. J.A.S. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: New Millenium
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1893224333
• ISBN 13: 9781893224339
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 381
• Editor: Penzler Otto