Damn Near Dead 2: Live Noir or Die Trying - Softcover

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9781935415404: Damn Near Dead 2: Live Noir or Die Trying

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ISBN 10: 1935415409 ISBN 13: 9781935415404

Publisher: Busted Flush Press, LLC, 2010

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Praise for the first Damn Near Dead anthology:

"Some [of the stories] are hilarious; many are sad; all are the kind of stuff that makes Miss Marple look like a Girl Scout."—Dick Adler, Chicago Tribune

"The best anthology I've read this year."—Jennifer Jordan, CrimeSpree Magazine

They're old . . . they're bold . . . they're uncontrolled. Senior citizens kick ass in this wildly original hard-boiled sequel to Busted Flush Press' first award-winning "geezer noir" anthology, Damn Near Dead.

Edited by Bill Crider (whose Damn Near Dead story "Cranked" earned him a Derringer Award and was nominated for the Edgar and Anthony awards), this anthology features original stories by some of today's top crime and suspense writers, including Patti Abbott, Ace Atkins, Neal Barrett Jr., C. J. Box, Declan Burke, Scott Cupp, Christa Faust, Ed Gorman, Carolyn Haines, David Handler, Gar Anthony Haywood, Cameron Hughes, Dean James, Jennifer Jordan, Toni Kelner, Joe R. Lansdale, Russel McLean, Denise Mina, Marcia Muller, Gary Phillips, Scott Phillips, Tom Piccirilli, Bill Pronzini, Cornelia Read, James Reasoner, Kat Richardson, S. J. Rozan, Anthony Neil Smith, and Don Winslow.

The first Damn Near Dead anthology earned one Derringer Award, two more Derringer nominations, two Anthony nominations, and one nomination for the Edgar Award.

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About the Author:

Editor Bill Crider is an award-winning mystery writer from Alvin, Texas (outside Houston). His latest Sheriff Dan Rhodes novel, MURDER IN THE AIR, will be published by St. Martin's Minotaur in August 2010. He was nominated for the Edgar & Anthony Awards and won the Derringer Award for his story "Cranked" in the first DAMN NEAR DEAD anthology.
Charlaine Harris (who is providing the introduction) is the #1 best-selling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, which are the basis for the hit HBO series, TRUE BLOOD.
Includes original stories by Patti Abbott, Ace Atkins, Neal Barrett Jr., C. J. Box, Declan Burke, Scott Cupp, Christa Faust, Ed Gorman, Carolyn Haines, David Handler, Gar Anthony Haywood, Cameron Hughes, Dean James, Jennifer Jordan, Toni Kelner, Joe R. Lansdale, Russel McLean, Denise Mina, Marcia Muller, Gary Phillips, Scott Phillips, Tom Piccirilli, Bill Pronzini, Cornelia Read, James Reasoner, Kat Richardson, S. J. Rozan, Anthony Neil Smith, Don Winslow.

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