Murder in the Rough : Original Tales of Bad Shots, Terrible Lies, and Other Deadly Handicaps from Today's Great Writers

by Penzler, Otto

• ISBN13: 9780892960170
• ISBN10: 0892960175
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-21
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

An anthology of original short mysteries in the tradition of Murder Is My Racquet is comprised of murder stories set on the golf fairway, in a volume that includes contributions by such top genre writers as Lawrence Block, H. R. F. Keating, Ian Rankin, Simon Brett. and John Sandford. Simultaneous. 15,000 first printing.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Otto Penzler
Welcome to the Real World	1	(20)
Lawrence Block
The Man Who Didn't Play Golf	21	(18)
Simon Brett
Spittin Iron	39	(8)
Ken Bruen
His Mission	47	(73)
Christopher Coake
Water Hazard	120	(40)
Stephen Collins
Those Good Days	160	(22)
Tom Franklin
Death by Golf	182	(37)
Jonathan Gash
Room for a Fourth	219	(14)
Steve Hamilton
Miss Unwin Plays by the Rules	233	(24)
H.R.F. Keating
A Good**** Spoiled	257	(14)
Laura Lippman
The Hoarder	271	(27)
Bradford Morrow
Graduation Day	298	(24)
Ian Rankin
Lucy Had a List	322	(30)
John Sandford
Unplayable Lies	352	(17)
William G. Tapply
The Secret	369	(26)
John Westermann
Golf Mysteries	395