Crime Hits Home: A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors

by S. J. Rozan

Overview

*An Anthony Award 2023 Finalist*

Everyone has somewhere they feel safe. But even in these safest of places, sometimes…crime hits home. What happens then? In this volume, MWA brings together some of today’s biggest crime writers—and some of our most exciting new talents—to consider this question, including:

Naomi Hirahara

David Bart

Sara Paretsky

Susan Breen

Gary Phillips

Neil S. Plakcy

Renee James

Connie Johnson Hambley

Gabino Iglesias

A.P. Jamison

Walter Mosley

Tori Eldridge

Ellen Hart

G. Miki Hayden

Jonathan Santlofer

Jonathan Stone

Ovidia Yu

Bonnie Hearn Hill

Steve Liskow

S.J. Rozan

[AUTHOR COVER/BIOS TO GO ON IBC]

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781335449474
Publisher:	Hanover Square Press
Publication date:	04/11/2023
Edition description:	First Time Paperback
Pages:	512
Sales rank:	482,612
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 7.40(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

SJ Rozan is the author of 16 novels and 75+ short stories. Her work has won the Edgar, Anthony, Shamus, Nero, and Macavity Arads and the Japanese Maltese Falcon Award. In 2016 she was given the Private Eye Writers of America Life Achievement Award. She has served on the National Boards of MWA and Sisters in Crime and as President of PWA. She edited BRONX NOIR, an NAIBA Notable Book of the Year, and co-edited Dark End of the Street.

Editorial Reviews

02/28/2022

What happens when crime intrudes into what are supposed to be safe spaces? The 20 contributors to this superior anthology offer answers ranging from the grim to the darkly humorous. In Walter Mosley’s searing “Not Exit,” a developmentally disabled man, Tom Exit, has been locked up after intervening on behalf of a woman he felt was being mistreated by the cops, only to be repeatedly brutalized on New York’s notorious Riker’s Island by both inmates and the guards supposed to protect him. Mosley pulls no punches in depicting Exit’s journey through the penal system, which ends surprisingly. In contrast, Jonathan Stone’s “The Relentless Flow of the Amazon,” mocks those who spent the pandemic ordering everything online. His protagonists, Annie and Tom, are disconcerted when they open some Amazon deliveries to find contraband contents, starting with a plastic firearm. Gabino Iglesias distinguishes himself with “What They Knew,” a noirish tale of infidelity, murder, and desperation that effectively presents its plot from multiple perspectives. This is one of the better Mystery Writers of America anthologies. Agent: Linda Biagi, Biagi Rights Management. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

“Crime Hits Home is a worthy addition to every crime fiction fan’s bookshelf.”—New York Journal of Books

"[A] fascinating new collection of short stories from some of mystery fiction’s top writers."—The Big Thrill

From the Publisher

11/01/2021

Edited by the multi-award-winning Rozan, this newest anthology from the Mystery Writers of America features stories focused on our need to belong somewhere and all the threats that can upend that desire. The eye-catching authors include Walter Mosley, Sara Paretsky, Ellen Hart, Naomi Hirahara, and other big writers. With a 50,000-copy first printing.

Library Journal