<div><P><B>This anthology draws together some of the best new stories of mystery and murder&mdash;compiled by the Anthony Award&ndash;winning crime fiction editor.</B><BR /><BR /> This anthology collects the most original stories of murder by some of mystery fiction&#39;s most inventive talents from the United States and United Kingdom. With innovative new takes on locked-room mysteries and impossible crimes, these short stories are full of vexing conundrums and reality-defying puzzles. A murder has been committed&mdash;but how could it have happened?<BR /><BR /> Curated by Maxim Jakubowski, one of the crime genre&rsquo;s most renowned editors, this volume features never-before-seen stories by acclaimed authors&mdash;including British Science Fiction Award&ndash;winner Eric Brown, Derringer Award&ndash;winner O&#39;Neil de Noux, and multiple CWA Dagger Award&ndash;winners and nominees.</P></div>

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<div><B>A &rsquo;38 Lagonda is driving someone to murder in &ldquo;this lively, fast-paced mystery&rdquo; series debut featuring British classic car expert and detective Jack Colby (<I>Publishers Weekly</I>).</B><BR />  <BR /> When Jack Colby, owner of Frogs Hill Classic Car Restorations, stumbles upon a 1938 coup&eacute; Lagonda V12 rusting away in a country barn in Kent, he longs to bring it back to its former glory. Jack also takes a shine to its owner, the fetching widow Polly Davis. Sadly, his romantic pursuits cut short. A few days later Polly is murdered just a few feet from the elegant machine. Now Jack&rsquo;s curiosity about the car&mdash;and the crime&mdash;are kicking into high gear.<BR />  <BR /> He knows that years ago Polly&rsquo;s late husband was found dead in the driver&rsquo;s seat. And it&rsquo;s clear she had no interest in selling or restoring the Lagonda&mdash;just hiding it. But are the rumors about Polly&rsquo;s dicey past the key to it all, or just a detour? Convinced that the Lagonda is somehow involved, especially when it disappears, Jack is determined to uncover Polly&rsquo;s secrets and bring her killer to justice, even at the risk of his own life.</div>

Classic in the Barn

<div><B>British car detective Jack Colby reaches back to WWII to uncover the deadly secrets of a legendary 1937 Alfa Romeo Spyder.</B><BR />  <BR /> Jack Colby&rsquo;s old friend, the world-renowned classic-car portraitist Giovanni Donati, has a sweet new gig: paint an exceptionally rare Alfa Romeo Spyder that was last seen racing in Italy&rsquo;s famed Mille Miglia just before Hitler came to power. Ever since, it&rsquo;s been resting on its laurels at Plumshaw Manor. But mere hours after he arrives, Giovanni is arrested for murdering a member of the family at their sprawling English estate.<BR />  <BR /> Could he have done it? Is he being framed? If so, why? The investigation leads Jack back to the Second World War&mdash;and forward to a vicious rivalry between two aristocratic clans. Now Jack has to dig through a long and mysterious history of betrayal, jealousy, and secret love affairs to prove Giovanni&rsquo;s innocence. But nothing is as it seems&mdash;except for the danger Jack faces as he draws close to the truth.</div>

Classic in the Dock

<div><B>A British car detective steers a &rsquo;36 Packard straight into a deadly world of elite family secrets in a series &ldquo;very much in the tradition of Dick Francis&rdquo; (<I>Kirkus Reviews</I>).</B><BR />  <BR /> Philip Moxton, a wealthy banker in the west of Kent, is anything but a routine client for Jack Colby, freelance investigator for the Kent police car-theft unit. Moxton is desperate for a very particular 1936 Packard One-Twenty saloon. Once, he was obliged to sell it. Now he wants to buy it back&mdash;anonymously, at any price, and soon. Because as Moxton tells it, he&rsquo;s going to be murdered.<BR />  <BR /> The case stalls when Colby tracks down the current owner, actor Tom Herrick. Herrick knows why Moxton wants to get his hands on it&mdash;a mystery involving an ongoing Moxton-Herrick family feud, and a multi-million-dollar legacy. For Colby, the search for the truth becomes treacherous as a relentless killer gears up to strike again and again. Everyone in the shadow of the prized Packard is a suspect. And anyone could be the next victim.</div>

Classic Cashes In

<div><B>Car detective Jack Colby returns to solve a &ldquo;dual-engine puzzle . . . Sleekly designed to appeal to both automobile buffs and cozy fans&rdquo; (<I>Booklist</I>).</B><BR />  <BR /> A call from Jack Colby&rsquo;s fiery ex-wife Eva always means trouble. This time it&rsquo;s a doozy. She&rsquo;s been accused of murdering her husband, a Mexican band leader shot to death on the towpath of the River Medway. But Jack&rsquo;s race to the rescue comes with a slight detour: his other client, the beguiling Daisy Croft. Someone&rsquo;s stolen Daisy&rsquo;s beloved Morris Minor classic and she needs Jack&rsquo;s car-theft sleuthing skills to get it back.<BR />  <BR /> To Jack&rsquo;s surprise, the two cases begin to merge. It&rsquo;s appears that Eva and Daisy&rsquo;s disparate dilemmas have something in common: a murder committed at a local pub more than three decades ago. As a long-festering plan of vengeance endangers the lives of two innocent women, and a second murder occurs, Jack&rsquo;s investigation heads down a very dangerous road.</div>

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