{"title":"John M. Floyd","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"river-road-and-other-mystery-stories-paperback","title":"River Road and Other Mystery Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Floyd is the author of more than a thousand short stories in publications like Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Strand Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, Best American Mystery Stories (2015, 2018, 2020), and Best Mystery Stories of the Year (2021, 2024). A former Air Force captain and IBM systems engineer, John is also an Edgar Award nominee, a Shamus Award winner, a six-time Derringer Award winner, and a past recipient of the Short Mystery Fiction Society's lifetime achievement award. River Road and Other Mystery Stories is his ninth book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClever, witty, full of heart and a sense of place - John M. Floyd's stories are engaging and meticulously crafted. This collection is sure to bring him new admirers. -- Linda Landrigan, Editor of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every generation, the world gets a short fiction writer like Poe, Doyle, Saki, Stanley Elin, Shirley Jackson, or Guy de Maupassant and John Floyd is just that writer. Tales with twists, a keen sense of the macabre, the wry humor never gets in the way of those gripping plots, and after each story you'll take a deep breath-because each journey is exhilarating and you'll be saying to yourself, 'one more.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Gulli-Managing editor, \u003cem\u003eStrand Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102593618143,"sku":"9781936363995","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/hdjRq27L8l9781936363995.webp?v=1781083552"},{"product_id":"a-killing-at-the-copa-crime-fiction-inspired-by-the-music-of-barry-manilow-paperback","title":"A Killing at the Copa: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Barry Manilow - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom his early days in the 1970s playing piano for Bette Midler in the bathhouses of New York City to his 2025 lifetime residency in Las Vegas, Barry Manilow has put his stamp on the music industry. With legendary hits such as \"Weekend in New England,\" \"Mandy,\" and \"I Write the Songs,\" Manilow has created a catalog of instantly recognizable songs that have lasted decades and continue to be in rotation on radio stations, elevators and Spotify playlists to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManilow also created a legendary musical crime in his song \"Copacabana,\" telling the story of feather-wearing dancer Lola who is caught between bartender Tony and patron Rico as the two men vie for her affections...and ultimately meet untimely ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, 13 crime author fans of Barry (affectionately known as \"Fanilows\") take on other songs from his collection of hits to tell all new stories of love, life, relationships and other situations gone horribly wrong. All the hits are here, as well as a few lesser-known tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Manilow sings, \"there was blood and a single gunshot. But just who shot who?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection features all new stories from Karen Keeley, Linda Kay Hardie, Adam Gorgoni, Maya St. Clair, Matt McGee, Laurie Stevens, Caleb Weinhardt, Kurtis Rup?, Recita Clemons, J. M. Taylor, John M. Floyd, T. Fox Dunham, Christine Verstraete and Shari Held.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103160504543,"sku":"9781963479706","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/aB1sQfk3cB9781963479706.webp?v=1781090403"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/john-m-floyd.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}