Edgar & Shamus Go Golden

Edgar & Shamus welcomes mystery connoisseurs to the Golden Age of Mystery and Murder-Twelve original tales of mystery and suspense written exclusively by Edgar Allan Poe Award and Shamus Award-winning authors.

As if picking up where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dame Agatha Christie, and Dorothy Sayers left off, the who-dun-it, why-dun-it, how-dun-it, and unshakable alibi are all afoot in Edgar & Shamus. Travel back in time with an all-star cast of some today's leading experts in the art of crime fiction.

Edgar winner Martin Edwards
Shamus winner P. J. Parrish
Shamus winner John Floyd
Shamus winner Carolina Garcia-Aguilera
Edgar winner Doug Allyn
Shamus winner Kristen Lepionka
Shamus winner Lia Matera
Shamus winner Brendan DuBois
Edgar winner Art Taylor
Shamus winner Lori Armstrong
Shamus winner O'Neil De Noux
Edgar winner John McAleer

Discovered more than 80 years after first penned (during the Golden Age of Mystery) Edgar winner John McAleer's 1920s London-based private detective Henry Von Stray and his able collaborator in the detection of crime Professor John W. Dilpate, make their first appearance anywhere in Edgar & Shamus.

Praise for Edgar & Shamus Go Golden:

"Edgar & Shamus Go Golden is a 24-carat collection of stories by the best in the business, proving that we are in a new Golden Age ourselves, and lucky to be here." -SJ Rozan, Edgar Award winner and best-selling author of Family Business

"Edgar & Shamus Go Golden is a must-read. Editors Gay Toltl Kinman and Andrew McAleer assembled a collection of stories that fit together like the songs on a Beatles album, with one story setting up the next. Each piece captures the Golden Age glow the editors promised. I highly recommend it." -Tom MacDonald, Shamus Award nominated author of the Dermot Sparhawk P.I. series

"The Golden Age of Mystery will continue for as long as writers produce stories that challenge us to find solutions alongside the detectives. These stories in Edgar & Shamus Go Golden-some of the best of the best-offer definitive proof." -Stephen D. Rogers, Derringer Award winning author of Shot to Death