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Ten Year Stretch: Celebrating a Decade of Crime Fiction at Crimefest Kindle Edition

by Bill Beverly (Author), Simon Brett (Author), Lee Child (Author), Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 59 ratings

"Edwards and Muller have assembled top-notch talent in this entertaining anthology of 20 original short stories... High-quality entries from the likes of Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and Ian Rankin, as well as from lesser-known authors such as Bill Beverly, elevate this above similar volumes."—Publishers Weekly

The twenty brand new crime stories in this book have been specially commissioned to celebrate the tenth anniversary of CrimeFest, described by the Guardian as "one of the 50 best festivals in the world." Contributors come from around the world and include the legendary Maj Sjöwall who, together with partner Per Wahlöö, was the originator of Nordic noir. The editors are Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller. Martin Edwards is responsible for many award-winning anthologies and Adrian Muller is one of the co-founders of CrimeFest.

Contributors to Ten Year Stretch are:

Bill Beverly, Simon Brett, Lee Child, Ann Cleeves, Jeffery Deaver, Martin Edwards, Kate Ellis, Peter Guttridge, Sophie Hannah, John Harvey, Mick Herron, Donna Moore, Caro Ramsay, Ian Rankin, James Sallis, Zoë Sharp, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Maj Sjöwall, Michael Stanley and Andrew Taylor.

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"A remarkable compilation of fresh and unexpected stories from the best in the genre." (Library Journal, Starred Review)

"In honor of a decade of CrimeFest, Edwards and Muller have assembled top-notch talent in this entertaining anthology of 20 original short stories. Highlights include two impossible crime tales: Simon Brett's "The Last Locked Room," about a retired policeman's attempts to solve the cold case of the locked-room death of his grandfather, a mystery novelist specializing in concocting such crimes; and Ann Cleeves's "Moses and the Locked Tent Mystery," set during a safari in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park. Mick Herron's "How Many Cats Have You Killed?" pokes fun at the double standards of mystery readers, who easily tolerate the fictional slaughter of people, but not of cats. Maj Sjöwall fans will revel in "Long Time, No See," about the chilling aftermath of an uncomfortable reunion of schoolmates almost 40 years after their last encounter. High-quality entries from the likes of Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and Ian Rankin, as well as from lesser-known authors such as Bill Beverly, elevate this above similar volumes." (Publishers Weekly)

"This volume is for red-meat crime fans who love murder, mayhem, and plenty of it." (Kirkus Reviews)

About the Author

Simon Brett has published over a hundred books, many of them crime novels, including the Charles Paris, Fethering, Mrs Pargeter, and Blotto and Twinks series. His extensive comedy writing includes the series After Henry, which was successful on both radio and television. In 2014 he received the Crime Writers' Association's highest award, the Diamond Dagger, and in 2016 he was awarded an OBE for services to literature. simonbrett.com



Jeffery Deaver is an international number-one bestselling author who has written thirty-nine novels, three collections of short stories, a nonfiction law book, and is a lyricist of a country-Western album. He's received or been shortlisted for dozens of awards. His The Bodies Left Behind was named Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers association, and his Lincoln Rhyme thriller, The Broken Window, and a stand-alone, Edge, were also nominated for that prize. jefferydeaver.com



Lee Child has more than a dozen number-one best sellers under his belt. Forbes calls the Jack Reacher series 'The Strongest Brand in Publishing.' Not bad for a guy out of work and on the dole when he first conceived of being a writer. The fictional Reacher is a kind-hearted soul who allows Lee lots of spare time for reading, listening to music, Aston Villa, and the Yankees. leechild.com



Ann Cleeves is the author of the Vera Stanhope and Shetland series, both of which have been adapted into acclaimed television dramas. She has written thirty-one novels and is translated into as many languages. In 2006 Raven Black, was awarded the Duncan Lawrie CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel, and in 2017, Ann received the Crime Writers' Association's Diamond Dagger. anncleeves.com



Bill Beverly teaches at Trinity University in Washington, DC. His debut novel, Dodgers (No Exit Press), won the Gold Dagger and John Creasey New Blood Dagger from the CWA, the British Book Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His dissertation on criminal fugitives became the book On the Lam: Narratives of Flight in J. Edgar Hoover's America. authorbillbeverly.com

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Poisoned Pen Press (April 26, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 26, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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  1. Martin Edwards

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    Martin Edwards has received the CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honour in British crime writing, given for the sustained excellence of his contribution to the genre. His recent novels include Gallows Court and Sepulchre Street, which were each nominated for the CWA Historical Dagger and shortlisted for the eDunnit award for best crime novel. British librarians awarded him the CWA Dagger in the Library in 2018 in recognition of his body of work. His eighth and latest Lake District Mystery is The Crooked Shore and earlier books in the series include The Coffin Trail, short-listed for the Theakston's prize for best British crime novel. Seven books in his first series, featuring Liverpool lawyer Harry Devlin, starting with the CWA John Creasey Dagger-nominated All the Lonely People, have been reissued by Acorn in new editions with introductions by leading writers including Ann Cleeves and Val McDermid.

    Martin is a well-known crime fiction critic, and series consultant to the British Library's Crime Classics. His ground-breaking study of the genre between the wars, The Golden Age of Murder won the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating and Macavity awards. The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books won the Macavity and was nominated for four other awards, while Howdunit, a masterclass in crime writing by members of the Detection Club, won the H.R.F. Keating prize and was nominated for five other awards. His ground-breaking history of the genre, The Life of Crime, won the Edgar, H.R.F. Keating, Macavity, and Anthony awards.

    In addition, Martin has won lifetime achievement awards for his short fiction (the Golden Derringer), his non-fiction (the Poirot award) and his scholarship (the George N. Dove award). He has written a stand-alone novel of psychological suspense, Take My Breath Away, and a much acclaimed novel featuring Dr Crippen, Dancing for the Hangman. He also completed Bill Knox's last book, The Lazarus Widow. He has published many short stories, including the ebooks The New Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes and Acknowledgments and other stories. 'The Bookbinder's Apprentice' won the CWA Short Story Dagger, for which he has been nominated for three other stories.

    He has edited over 50 anthologies and published diverse non-fiction books, including a study of homicide investigation, Urge to Kill. An expert on crime fiction history, he is archivist of both the Crime Writers' Association and the Detection Club. He was elected eighth President of the Detection Club in 2015, spent two years as Chair of the CWA, and posts regularly to his blog, 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?' He is consultant to the bestselling British Library Crime Classics.

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    Zoë Sharp opted out of mainstream education at the age of twelve and wrote her first novel when she was fifteen. She created the no-nonsense heroine of her highly acclaimed Charlotte 'Charlie' Fox crime thriller series after receiving death-threat letters as a photojournalist.

    If you haven't met Charlie Fox, the Chicago Tribune described her as: "Ill-tempered, aggressive and borderline psychotic, Fox is also compassionate, introspective and highly principled: arguably one of the most enigmatic — and coolest — heroines in contemporary genre fiction."

    In his introduction to the VENGEANCE anthology, Lee Child said: "If I were a woman, I'd be Zoë. If Jack Reacher were a woman, he'd be Zoë's main character, Charlie Fox."

    Zoë's work has been used in school textbooks in Denmark, made into a short film, optioned twice for TV and film, inspired an original song and has won or been nominated for numerous awards both in the United States and in the UK.

    So far there are twelve books in the Charlie Fox series, plus a novella, a short story anthology, two e-boxed sets, and numerous short stories, with more coming soon! She has also written a standalone crime thriller, THE BLOOD WHISPERER, which features another strong female protagonist: former CSI turned crime-scene cleaner, Kelly Jacks, and collaborated with espionage thriller author John Lawton on a novella, AN ITALIAN JOB.

    After receiving such a positive reaction to DANCING ON THE GRAVE, which was intended as a standalone crime thriller involving a sniper on the loose in the English Lake District, Zoë decided to turn this into a series. The second book featuring CSI Grace McColl and Detectivew Nick Weston is BONES IN THE RIVER, published May 2020.

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  • Cloggie Downunder
    5.0 out of 5 stars Twenty excellent doses of crime.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2019
    Ten Year Stretch is a collection of twenty short stories of the crime genre. They are written for the tenth anniversary of CrimeFest and royalties go to charity.
    Bill Beverly -The Hired Man: A young man follows a girl from college to St Paul, Minnesota, where he has an unexpected encounter with a mobster.
    Simon Brett - The Last Locked Room: A man solves the cold case mystery of his grandfather’s murder in an excellent locked room mystery.
    Lee Child – Shorty and the Briefcase: an injured cop is instrumental in solving a case while on his back with a leg in traction.
    Ann Cleeves – Moses and the Locked Tent Mystery: a safari employee solves the mysterious death of an Englishwoman killed inside a locked tent.
    Jeffery Deaver – The Blind Date: a serial killer tale with a perfect twist.
    Martin Edwards – Strangers in a Pub: a blackly funny tale of an ex-cop meeting a contact in a pub for some PI work.
    Kate Ellis – Crime Scene: a crime-writer finds himself inside his own plot.
    Peter Guttridge – Normal Rules Do Not Apply: a big-name crime writer is murdered at the Bristol CrimeFest so authors speculate about who, among them, is the murderer.
    Sophie Hannah – Ask Tom St Clare: a woman is extremely dissatisfied with the PI she hires to find her missing boyfriend.
    John Harvey – Blue and Sentimental: A saxophonist engages a PI to look for her lover, missed also by the lover’s husband and sons.
    Mick Herron – How Many Cats Have You Killed?: Herron details his own career as a spy, and confesses (in advance) to a murder he’s about to commit.
    Donna Moore – Daylight Robbery: Polly Fulton’s father-in-law comes to stay. His obnoxious son is constantly critical, but Polly and Col get on OK.
    Caro Ramsay – The Snapperoody: The younger sister prides herself on her observation skills, she has a newly-passed-down Box Brownie (her Snapperoody) and she’s not stupid.
    Ian Rankin – Inside the Box: At a colleague’s farewell, Rebus and Calder muse on another colleague, recently buried, and the jewellery heist he investigated years earlier. A little extra dose of Rebus.
    James Sallis – Freezer Burn: His children are surprised when Daddy is thawed out: he claims he is (and always was) a freelance assassin. But then they have to drive him to meet a client.
    Zoë Sharp – Caught on Camera: A freshly graduated detective in the New London Police Service takes on a gun man in a heroic act at a motorway toll booth, so why is her new boss less than impressed?
    Yrsa Sigurðardóttir – Road Trip: Signy is determined to get her follow-up story on her exclusive interview with the murderer’s mother, even if it means driving an unsafe car on isolated icy roads.
    Maj Sjöwall – Long Time No See: fifty-five-year-old Blomman has lived rough for years; she’s almost at her current abode when she encounters a friend from high school. Netta is amazed at how accepting Blomman is with her lot.
    Michael Stanley – The Ring: Having encountered an angry Mrs Joubert at 15 Fairfield St, the recycler tries to check her bins when she’s not about to drive past in her shiny BMW. One week, he gets a nasty shock in her bin…
    Andrew Taylor –The Five-Letter Word: On the first day of his leave, DI Richard Thornhill attends the house of a wealthy lady as a favour to his wife. But it’s not the nasty word written on the lawn with weedkiller that’s most disturbing.

    This collection proves that all of these authors, many better known for longer works, are also talented short story writers. There’s the added bonus that readers unfamiliar with some of these names can get a taste without investing in a whole novel. Several are about crime writers (obviously a topic about which they have intimate knowledge); two even set their stories at the CrimeFest for which the book is published. Many are amusing, although the humour is often quite dark, and a few are truly chilling. Twenty excellent doses of crime.
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  • CJ-MO
    5.0 out of 5 stars Twenty short mystery stories by a variety of authors including Jeffrey Deaver, Lee Child, and Sophie Hannah
    Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2018
    "Ten Year Stretch" is a collection of twenty new short stories written to celebrate the tenth anniversary of CrimeFest. A couple of the authors even worked CrimeFest into their stories. Although most of us can't attend the convention in Bristol, we can still help celebrate with this collection of stories.

    Although I wouldn't give each story in the collection 5 stars, I've given the book 5 stars because of the quality of the collection as a whole. I like the fact that all of the stories are new, specifically for this anthology. It includes stories from a wide variety of authors, some more well-known that others. I enjoyed stories from some authors I regularly follow, but the stories featured different characters from their regular series characters, such as the "Blind Date" but Jeffrey Deaver, which has clever, surprising ending. I also enjoyed a story set in Africa by Ann Cleeves, a new author to me. Other highlights include "The Last Locked Room" by Simon Brett, "Shorty and the Briefcase" by Lee Child, and "Ask Tom St Clare" by Sophie Hannah.

    There is also a history of CrimeFest following the stories, along with short biographies of each of the contributing authors. This is an excellent collection for mystery lovers and fans of short stories.

    I received this book from NetGalley, through the courtesy of Poisoned Pen Press. The book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review.
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  • joycesmysteryandfictionbookreviews
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great anthology
    Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2018
    This excellent collection of mystery short fiction is published by Poisoned Pen Press and No Exit Press. It honors the tenth anniversary of CrimeFest, a festival that I would love to attend. Profits from the book benefit the Royal National Institute of Blind People.

    There are many reasons to purchase this book. One of the best reasons is the quality of the authors who contributed to the anthology. To name a few of my favorites, there are contributions by Simon Brett, Kate Ellis, Sophie Hannah, Ian Rankin and Lee Child.

    Two of my favorite stories were Moses and the Locked Tent Mystery by Ann Cleeves and Crime Scene by Kate Ellis. I have long adored both series written by Ann Cleeves, one set in England and the other in Scotland. What fun to read a story by her that was set in an African safari camp. For her part, Kate Ellis writes mysteries that feature Wesley Peterson as the detective. His good friend, an archaeologist, is also involved and the novels take place in both the past and present. Again, her story was not like her books. It features a mystery writer at a conference and what befalls him...uh-oh.

    I am generally not a big short story fan, preferring full length novels. However, these stories are helping to change my mind. Highly recommended!
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  • booklover
    5.0 out of 5 stars Anthology For Crime Fiction Fans
    Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2018
    Many thanks to the authors / editors / Poisoned Pen Press / Netgalley for the digital copy of this anthology. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

    In honor of a decade of CrimeFest, Edwards and Muller have assembled top-notch talent in this entertaining anthology of 20 original short stories.

    Lee Childs, Jeffery Deaver, Ian Rankin, Sophie Hannah, and John Harvey are among the better known authors participating in this book. But don't let the lesser known artists keep you from reading. There is some real talent among them.

    I liked that all of the stories are new, specifically for this anthology. It was like a smorgasbord of the juiciest rib-eye steak and loaded baked potato.

    It's really hard to pinpoint my favorite of all the stories, but one of my favorites is by Jeffery Deaver which featured characters from his prior books. Another one I immensely enjoyed is THE LAST LOCKED ROOM ... a suspenseful mystery with a surprising ending.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars good
    Reviewed in Japan on June 10, 2022
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  • RT
    5.0 out of 5 stars A very good read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2019
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    All the stories I have read so far (approx. half) have been a very good read. Well written, and innovative storylines that fit much action in to a short story format. It is interesting to read a different type of story from authors we associate with long novels. Interesting variety.
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  • Easyreader
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good stories
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2020
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    I enjoy short stories and this is a book of very good crime stories.
    They are all satisfying reads and good quality, something for everyone
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  • JenMedBookLover
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fab collection of crime shorts.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 8, 2018
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    Thoroughly enjoying reading this collection of short stories by some of (fictional) crime's big hitters. Many names which are new to me in here but the stories are fun, short, sometimes surprising but always entertaining. Highly recommended for fans of the genre
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  • JAMES DAVIS
    3.0 out of 5 stars Varied
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 26, 2019
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