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It's the most totally tubular anthology you'll read this year!
The songs of the 1980s will go down in history as some of the most memorable and lasting music in chart-topping history. Whether it's a song from a movie soundtrack or a single by one of the many giant hitmakers, the Decade of Decadence has given pop culture some of the most fun tunes to ever appear on a Walkman.
Now, 11 of the best and most notable crime authors take some of the biggest hits of the 1980s and put their own fresh spin on defining the songs of the MTV generation. Combining a healthy dose of humor with classic crime capers, these authors show what happens when you take some of the most gnarly and bodacious tunes and put a new twist on them that some would say are, like, grody to the max.
Our totally bitchin' lineup includes contributions from Linda Kay Hardie, Steve Shrott, Marilyn Todd, Terese Inge, Michael Bracken, John M. Floyd, Lesley A. Diehl, Sandra Murphy, Shari Held, Joseph S. Walker and Josh Pachter.
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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Teresa Inge
Teresa Inge grew up reading Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys' mysteries. Combining her love of reading mysteries and writing professional articles led to writing short fiction, novellas, and novels. By day, she works for at a global financial firm, and is president of the Sisters in Crime, Mystery by the Sea chapter. Teresa is the author of the Virginia is for Mysteries Series, 50 Shades of Cabernet, Mutt Mysteries Series, Coastal Crimes: Mysteries by the Sea, Murder by the Glass, Promophobia, and Malice, Matrimony, & Murder. Teresa can be found on the classic car circuit showing her Torch Red, 1955 Thunderbird. She resides in Southeastern Virginia with her husband and two dogs. She can be reached on all social media or by posting a comment on her website.
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