Dr. Jessica Coran faces the most terrifying challenge of her career-when her professional adversary, a criminal court judge, is kidnapped by a deranged man with an unnatural instinct for revenge...

For the first time in one place, Roger M. Sobin has compiled a list of nominees and award winners of virtually every mystery award ever presented. He has also included many of the “best of” lists by more than fifty of the most important contributors to the genre.; Mr. Sobin spent more than two decades gathering the data and lists in this volume, much of that time he used to recheck the accuracy of the material he had collected. Several of the “best of” lists appear here for the first time in book form. Several others have been unavailable for a number of years.; Of special note, are Anthony Boucher’s “Best Picks for the Year.” Boucher, one of the major mystery reviewers of all time, reviewed for The San Francisco Chronicle, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, and The New York Times. From these resources Mr. Sobin created “Boucher’s Best” and “Important Lists to Consider,” lists that provide insight into important writing in the field from 1942 through Boucher’s death in 1968.? This is a great resource for all mystery readers and collectors.; ; Winner of the 2008 Macavity Awards for Best Mystery Nonfiction.

I wasn’t always the best husband. But I’m determined to be the best family dog I can be. It’s funny how dying changes your perspective on life. Suddenly, running my restaurant doesn’t seem as important as all those times I was absent when my wife and daughter needed me. Except God’s given me an unexpected second chance, only this time around it’s as the family dog. He agrees to let me return to the small town in Wisconsin I called home with Sabrina to watch Jaycee grow up. But first I have to convince her that the lost puppy she discovers on the day of my funeral is worth keeping. Then, I need to find my wife a new husband who’s worthy of her. If I fail, Sabrina will be destined to spend the rest of her life alone and miss out on the happiness she deserves. It makes me wonder if my life in dog years is going to be nearly long enough…

More than a century ago, a curse was placed on the town formerly known as Collier’s Bend, remaining dormant for decades. Now it is 1994 as university student, John Smith, opens a cemetery gate to retrieve an errant cricket ball and unwittingly awakens the curse. The Australian outback holds many secrets. From its early beginnings as a Cobb and Co. stopping point, Collier’s Bend has been shrouded in a dark cloud under the control of its founder, Edmund Collier, and a much darker force behind him. Now three men must join forces in a challenge between dark and light. Paul Hutton is an English ghost hunter who has arrived to research the curse. Duncan Miller is a twenty-something former resident who has lost something precious and is now on a vengeful journey to punish those who took it from him. William Turner, the town’s oldest resident, is destined to carry out his family’s legacy. Will the three men find the answers they seek before the challenge decides the fate of Collier’s Bend and the world beyond its borders? In this gripping horror novel, three unlikely partners must decode and defeat an ancient Australian outback curse before it is released on an unsuspecting town.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1836.