Odd Partners: An Anthology

Synopsis

Throughout The Annals Of Fiction, There Have Been Many Celebrated Detective Teams: Sherlock Holmes And John Watson. Nick And Nora Charles. Hercule Poirot And Arthur Hastings. Thomas And Charlotte Pitt. The Latter Were The Creation Of Beloved Mystery Writer Anne Perry, The Editor Of Odd Partners. With This Collection, Perry Has Enlisted Some Of Today's Best Mystery Writers To Craft All-new Stories About Unlikely Couples Who Join Forces--sometimes Unwillingly--to Solve A Mystery. From Perry's Own Entry, In Which An English Sergeant And His German Counterpart Set Out To Find A Missing Soldier During Wwi, To William Kent Krueger's Story Of A Fly-fisherman And A Gray Wolf In The Minnesota Woods Trying To Protect Their Land From A Brash Billionaire, To Robert Dugoni's Psychological Tale Of An Airplane Passenger Who Wakes Up Unsure Of Who He Is And Must Enlist His Fellow Passengers To Help Him Remember, Each Mystery Deals In The Complexities Of Human (and Animal) Interactions. The Collection Features Stories By New York Times Bestselling Authors Ace Atkins, Allison Brennan, And Robert Dugoni, As Well As Edgar Award Winner Joe R. Lansdale And Selected Members Of Mystery Writers Of America. With Each Author's Signature Brand Of Suspense, These Stories Give New Meaning To The Word Teamwork-- Reconciliation / Anne Perry -- The Nature Of The Beast / William Kent Krueger -- Sad Onions: A Hap And Leonard Story / Joe R. Lansdale -- The Wagatha Labsy Secret Dogtective Alliance: A Dog Noire Story / Jacqueline Winspear -- Glock, Paper, Scissors / Shelley Costa -- Blood Money: An Inspector Rutledge Story / Charles Todd -- The Violins Played Before Junshan / Lou Kemp -- Whatever Happened To Lorna Winters? / Lisa Morton -- Oglethorpe's Camera / Claire Ortalda -- The Last Game / Robert Dugoni -- No 11 Squatter / Adele Polomski -- A Cold Spell / Mark Thielman -- What Would Nora Do? / Georgia Jeffries -- Hector's Bees / Amanda Witt -- Georgia In The Wind / William Frank -- From Four Till Late: A Nick Travers Story / Ace Atkins -- Bite Out Of Crime / Allison Brennan -- Songbird Blues / Stephen Ross -- Security / Jeffery Deaver. Edited By Anne Perry.