A New Omnibus of Crime

"Three-quarters of a century ago, Dorothy L. Sayers compiled the classic anthology The Omnibus of Crime, a definitive collection of short fiction that brought together crime and mystery works from the Apocryphal Scriptures to whodunits from the 1920s. Now, reflecting the explosive developments in the genre, Tony Hillerman and Rosemary Herbert celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of that book's publication with A New Omnibus of Crime. Like Sayers's volume, this new book is envisioned as a vehicle carrying stories the editors think represent the best in crime and mystery writing in our time. Selections also reflect the tastes of Contributing Editors Sue Grafton and Jeffery Deaver, both of whom have stories in this volume."--BOOK JACKET.

Tony Hillerman, one of America's leading mystery novelists, was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. He is the creator of the Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee characters, and his books include Dance Hall of the Dead, A Thief of Time, Talking God, and The Shape Shifter.
Rosemary Herbert has reviewed mysteries for many publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Herald, and Minneapolis Star-Tribune. She is editor-in-chief of The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing and the co-editor (with Tony Hillerman) of The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories. She also edited Whodunit? A Who's Who in Crime and Mystery Writing and Murder on Deck! Shipboard & Shoreline Mystery Stories. She lives in Rockland, Maine, and Gloucester, Massachusetts.