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Transgressions

by edited by Ed McBain

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Transgressions by edited by Ed McBain

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  • Published in USA  May 2005
    784 pages
    Genre: Short Stories/Essays

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10 novellas (each between 10-40,000 words) combine into a whopping 780 page book. Contributions from Donald E. Westlake, Anne Perry, Joyce Carol Oates, Walter Mosley, Sharyn McCrumb, Ed McBain, Stephen King, John Farris, Jeffery Deaver, Lawrence Block.

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