Crime in the Old Dominion
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Overflowing with history and charm, Virginia may be for lovers but in this collection of stories, it's home to mayhem, mishap, and murder. From the city streets to small towns to the coast and everywhere in between, these short mysteries will take you on a criminally fun tour of the Old Dominion.
Contributors, all from the Central Virginia Chapter of Sisters in Crime, are Mary Dutta, May G. Kennedy, Kristin Kisska, Maggie King, Cindy Martin, Adam Meyer, K.L. Murphy, Josh Pachter, Kathryn Prater Bomey, Leah St. James, Heather Weidner, and Carol Willis.
Josh Pachter
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
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