Unlikely pairs join forces to crack a slew of intriguing cases in an anthology edited by New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry, featuring original stories by Jacqueline Winspear, Jeffery Deaver, Allison Brennan, Charles Todd, and many more, including Perry herself.
Throughout the annals of fiction, there have been many celebrated detective teams: Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Nick and Nora Charles. Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings. Thomas and Charlotte Pitt. That last pair is the creation of beloved mystery writer Anne Perry, who, as the editor of Odd Partners and in conjunction with Mystery Writers of America, has enlisted some of todayâs best mystery writers to craft all-new stories about unlikely duos who join forcesâsometimes unwillinglyâto solve beguiling whodunits.
From Perryâs own entry, in which an English sergeant and his German counterpart set out to find a missing soldier during World War I, to a psychological tale of an airplane passenger who wakes up unsure of who he is and must enlist his fellow passengers to help him remember, to a historical mystery about a misguided witch-hunt and the unlikely couple that brings it down, each story deals in the wonderful complexities of human interactions. And not just human interactions: Honey bees avenge the death of their beekeeper, a wandering cat brings home clues to a murder, and a gray wolf and a fly fisherman in the Minnesota woods try to protect their land from a brash billionaire.
Featuring work by New York Times bestselling authors, Edgar Award winners, and up-and-coming members of the Mystery Writers of America, these tales of friends, enemies, and pairs who lie somewhere in the middle will satisfy every type of mystery reader. With each authorâs signature brand of suspense, these stories give new meaning to the word âteamwork.â
Featuring stories by:
Ace Atkins âĸ Allison Brennan âĸ Shelley Costa âĸ Jeffery Deaver âĸ Robert Dugoni âĸ William Frank âĸ Georgia Jeffries âĸ Lou Kemp âĸ William Kent Krueger âĸ Joe R. Lansdale âĸ Lisa Morton âĸ Claire Ortalda âĸ Anne Perry âĸ Adele Polomski âĸ Stephen Ross âĸ Mark Thielman âĸ Charles Todd âĸ Jacqueline Winspear âĸ Amanda Witt