About this ebook
The Grateful Dead's music keeps on truckin' in this crime fiction collection inspired by lyrics from the band's thirteen studio albums and two of their many live recordings. Edited by Josh Pachter, Friend of the Devil features short stories based on classic hits like "Touch of Grey," "Shakedown Street," "Althea," and many more beloved tunes from the Dead's vast catalog. Fans can search for Easter-egg references to lyrics while enjoying stories by some of the mystery genre's finest authors, including award winners Bruce Robert Coffin, James D.F. Hannah, Vinnie Hansen, James L'Etoile, G.M. Malliet, Twist Phelan, Faye Snowden, and Joseph S. Walker, as well as Flemish writer Dominique Biebau, married writers Kathryn O'Sullivan and Paul Awad, David Avallone—son of legendary crime writer Michael Avallone—and even a debut short mystery from Linda Landrigan, editor of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and more. With fifteen spine-tingling tales, this collection is a must-read for mystery lovers and fans of the Dead alike.
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About the author
JOSH PACHTER is an author, editor, and translator. More than 140 of his short stories have appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and elsewhere, and he wrote the traditional whodunit Dutch Threat and the mystery for younger readers First Week Free at the Roomy Toilet. He's edited anthologies inspired by the songs of Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Buffett, Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Stephen Sondheim, Lyle Lovett, the Beatles, and by the films of the Marx Brothers. His work has won two Derringer Awards and been a finalist for the Edgar, Anthony, Agatha, Thriller, Macavity, Lefty, and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Reader Awards. He was the 2020 recipient of the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement. joshpachter.com
