Odd Partners: An Anthology

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Throughout the annals of fiction, there have been many celebrated detective teams: Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Nick and Nora Charles. Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings. Thomas and Charlotte Pitt. That last pair is the creation of beloved mystery writer Anne Perry, who, as the editor of Odd Partners and in conjunction with Mystery Writers of America, has enlisted some of today’s best mystery writers to craft all-new stories about unlikely duos who join forces—sometimes unwillingly—to solve beguiling whodunits.

From Perry’s own entry, in which an English sergeant and his German counterpart set out to find a missing soldier during World War I, to a psychological tale of an airplane passenger who wakes up unsure of who he is and must enlist his fellow passengers to help him remember, to a historical mystery about a misguided witch-hunt and the unlikely couple that brings it down, each story deals in the wonderful complexities of human interactions. And not just human interactions: Honey bees avenge the death of their beekeeper, a wandering cat brings home clues to a murder, and a gray wolf and a fly fisherman in the Minnesota woods try to protect their land from a brash billionaire.

Featuring work by 'New York Times' best-selling authors, Edward Award winners, and up-and coming members of the Mystery Writers of America, these tales of friends, enemies, and pairs who lie somewhere in the middle will satisfy every type of mystery listener.

Audio Content/Contributors:
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Reconciliation

by Anne Perry

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The Nature of the Beast

by William Kent Krueger

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Sad Onions: A Hap and Leonard Story

by Joe R. Lansdale

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The Wagatha Labsy Secret
Dogtective Alliance: A Dog Noir Story

by Jacaqueline Winspear

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Glock, Paper, Scissors

by Shelley Costa

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Blood Money: An Inspector Rutledge Story

by Charles Todd

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The Victims Played Before Junshan

by Lou Kemp

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What Ever Happened to Lorna Winters?

by Lisa Morton

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Oglethorpe's Camera

by Claire Ortelda

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The Last Game

by Robert Dugoni

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No. 11 Squater

by Adele Polomski

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A Cold Spell

by Mark Thielman

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What Would Nora Do?

by Georgia Jeffries

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Hector's Bees

by Amanda Witt

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Georgia in the Wind

by William Frank

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From Four till Late

by A. Nick Travers

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Bite out of Crime

by Allison Brennan

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Songbird Blues

by Stephen Ross

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Security

by Jeffrey Deaver