Invisible Blood

Description

A collection of seventeen brand-new crime stories from bestselling authors Lee Child, Jeffrey Deaver, Stella Duffy, and more, featuring a brand-new Jack Reacher story! Open the files on seventeen new crime stories to probe the brutal and complex hearts of criminals. Watch as a secretive group of intelligence community officers traces Jack Reacher's steps through Heathrow airport in Lee Child's Smile. In Mary Hoffman's Fallen Woman, a journalist on the trail of a secretive drug lord gets caught up in the violent suicide of a young woman in Siena. And in Jeffrey Deaver's Connecting the Dots, detectives follow the trail of clues in the brutal killing of a homeless man, wherever it may lead... Invisible Blood is a gripping collection of the compulsions of the criminal mind. Featuring additional stories by Lavie Tidhar, R. J. Ellory, Christopher Fowler, Lauren Henderson, Jason Starr, Stella Duffy, James Grady, Johana Gustawsson, Denise Mina, Bill Beverly, Ken Bruen, Cathi Unsworth, John Harvey, and A. K. Benedict, Invisible Blood is an essential collection of crime fiction for any fan.

Maxim Jakubowski is a noted anthology editor with over seventy volumes to his credit. A publisher for over twenty years, he was also the co-owner of London's Murder One bookstore and the crime columnist for Time Out and then the Guardian. He is currently the Vice Chair of the Crime Writers' Association and a Sunday Times bestselling novelist in another genre.

"Sometimes a brief zap of great writing is just what you're in the mood for or have time for. That's when anthologies like Invisible Blood are ideal.... Intellectually outstanding - New York Journal of Books There's something for everyone in this volume - Publishers Weekly "For fans of crime fiction short stories on the dark side, this anthology delivers again and again." - Booklist "I particularly love a satisfying short story, there really is nothing like that intense burst of gratifying pleasure. If you need a crime and mystery fix, look no further." - Love Reading "A wonderfully varied collection of excellently written crime stories, with something for everyone" - The Crime Review