Lynn Kostoff

In sun-baked Phoenix, Arizona, this never-predictable tale tosses into its antic mix a dead father, his two sons--one a small-time ex-con with a consistent genius for sabotaging his own best interests, the other a straight, uptight solid citizen with a moneymaking chain of dry-cleaning stores and a restive ex-stewardess of a wife named Evelyn. Recently released from prison for possession of a truckload of black-market saguaro cacti - and in deep debt to an unforgiving crank dealer, Jimmy Coates returns home only to discover that his brother has cut him out of his inheritance. A not-unjustifiable desire to settle old scores and new sends Jimmy on a robbery spree that wipes out four of his brother's dry-cleaning establishments. But when he finds himself tumbling for a mutinously sexy Evelyn, the impulse to vengeance reverses itself. Unwittingly, however, Jimmy has already set in motion a series of dangerous consequences - adultery, blackmail, love, betrayal - that culminate in a blueprint for murder. And it could be Jimmy himself who is taking the long fall.

The Long Fall

Megan Abbott

Max Allan Collins

Rob Hart

Mickey Spillane

Alison Gaylin

Todd Robinson

Frank Diamond

Nels Hanson

Charles Roland

Our 240 page Spring 2018 anniversary issue of Mystery Tribune is a must-have! This volume features previously unpublished short fiction from enduring voices such as Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins as well stories from Rob Hart and Todd Robinson. A curated collection of photography from European and American artists, interview with Megan Abbott and Alison Gaylin on comics thriller "Normandy Gold", and some of the best voices in mystery and suspense are among the other highlights. The issue features: Stories by Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins, Frank Diamond, Nels Hanson, Rob Hart, Todd Robinson, Lynn Kostoff, and Charles Roland. Revisit of a classic essay in defense of crime fiction by Arthur Benjamin Reeve. Interviews and Reviews by Megan Abbott, Alison Gaylin, and Tom Andes. Photography by Guda Koster (Netherlands), Chrissie White (U.S.) and more... An elegantly crafted quarterly issue, with a beautiful layout designed for optimal reading experience, our Spring 2018 issue will make a perfect companion or gift for avid mystery readers and fans of literary crime fiction.

Spring 2018

Mystery Tribune / Issue No5

Lynn Kostoff

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