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By Hook or By Crook
By Hook or By Crook
By Hook or By Crook
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The annual collection edited by Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg available in a hardcover limited edition signed by ALL contributors including: Dennis Lehane, Laura Lippman, Mary Higgins Clark, and others!
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGallery Books
Release dateJun 1, 2011
ISBN9781440531040
By Hook or By Crook
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Ed Gorman

Ed Gorman's western fiction has won the Spur Award and his crime fiction has won the Shamus and Anthony Awards and has been shortlisted for the Edgar® Award. In addition, his writing has appeared in Redbook, the New York Times, Ellery Queen Magazine, Poetry Today, and other publications.

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