Agents of Treachery, Otto Penzler
Agents of Treachery, Otto Penzler
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Agents of Treachery

Author: Otto Penzler

Narrator: Paul Michael, Peter Altschuler

Unabridged: 15 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2010

Synopsis

For the first time ever, legendary editor Otto Penzler has handpicked some of the most respected and bestselling thriller writers working today for a riveting collection of spy fiction. From first to last, this stellar collection signals mission accomplished.

Including:

* Lee Child with an incredible look at the formation of a special ops cell.
* James Grady writing about an Arab undercover FBI agent with an active cell.
* Joseph Finder riffing on a Boston architect who's convinced his Persian neighbors are up to no good.
* John Lawton concocting a Len Deighton-esque story about British intelligence.
* Stephen Hunter thrilling us with a tale about a WWII brigade.

 
Full list of Contributors:

James Grady, Charles McCarry, Lee Child, Joseph Finder, John Lawton, John Weisman, Stephen Hunter, Gayle Lynds, David Morrell, Andrew Klavan, Robert Wilson, Dan Fesperman, Stella Rimington, Olen Steinhauer

About The Author

Otto Penzler is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. He was publisher of The Armchair Detective, the founder of the Mysterious Press and the Armchair Detective Library, and created the publishing firm Otto Penzler Books. He is a recipient of an Edgar Award for The Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection and the Ellery Queen Award by the Mystery Writers of America for his many contributions to the field. He is the editor of The Vampire Archives and The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, which was a New York Times bestseller. He is also the series editor of The Best American Mystery Stories of the Year. His other anthologies include Murder for Love, Murder for Revenge, Murder and Obsession, The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, and The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century. He wrote 101 Greatest Movies of Mystery & Suspense. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paula

If you read just one read Child's,he's a cut above.......more

Goodreads review by Denise

From WWII through the Cold War up to present day, this collection of fourteen spy stories covers a lot of ground. Like most anthologies, it's a bit of a mixed bag, and it saves the best for last: Olen Steinhauer's You Know What's Going On was the only one of these stories that I was already familiar......more

Goodreads review by Giovanni

Fourteen short stories written by some of the thriller genre’s best authors: Gayle Lynds, Joseph Finder, Lee Child, David Morell, John Weisman….., are contained in this novel. I am not sure what it took to get this done, but every page is like gold. I have made a point on this in a previous post abo......more

Goodreads review by Sandra

La reseña completa en: [URL not allowed] Creo que algo que le voy a destacar a esta antología es que tira el estigma de que los libros que hablan de espías, policías y novelas negras se escriben exactamente igual o tienen el mismo cliché de "policía borracho, engreído, que se ac......more

Goodreads review by S D

The End of the String by Charles McCarry Set in Ndala, Africa, the story follows a revolution of a brutal dictatorship. The revolutionary, Benjamin, is chief of police and he takes on a secret agent to oversee everything in hopes of gaining the approval of the United States. The story is like a novel......more

Quotes

"Only Otto Penzler could bring together this dream team of espionage fiction-the short stories by some of America's most original thriller writers constitute an instant classic. Joseph Finder might be said to have supplied the tone for this splendid collection with the first line of his yarn: 'I can't shake the feeling that they're up to something.' The members of this dream team all are!"--Robert Littell

"The sheer variety of distinctive voices here gives us espionage fiction at its most pleasurable--impossible to read just one."--Joseph Kanon

"In Agents of Treachery, Otto Penzler doesn't just get A-plus talent--he does the real magic trick--he gets A-plus stories out of them.  Embrace your inner spy and join the secret club."--Brad Meltzer

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