Now Available: COAST TO COAST, a Crime Anthology edited by Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks

TAMPA, Fla. - Oct. 1, 2015 - PRLog -- Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks have assembled a killer anthology of stories in COAST TO COAST: Murder from Sea to Shining Sea. The cast of authors whose stories appear include 4-time Edgar Award winner William Link, Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Bill Pronzini, Shamus Award winner Paul D. Marks, Sherlock Holmes Bowl winner Andrew McAleer, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Award winner Robert S. Levinson, Scribner Crime Novel winner William G. Tapply, Al Blanchard Award winner James T. Shannon, and many other poisoned pen professionals. COAST TO COAST is now available in trade paperback and ebook formats.

About COAST TO COAST: Murder from Sea to Shining Sea …

Crime in high places. Crime in low places. Crime from coast to coast.

Crime in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace of Boston to the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the Port of Los Angeles. From the wind-swept sails of the New England shoreline to the transitioning Italian-American neighborhood of North Beach in San Francisco and the Disney Concert Hall in L.A.

Crime is everywhere, from the murky depths of Echo Park Lake and the body dump of the Angeles National Forest, to the clear waters of Oyster Bay and the beaches of Cape Cod — even Mexico City — in this collection of stories that range from hardboiled to suspense-thrillers. And while these stories differ in locale, climate, mood and the tone and voices of the various writers, they all resonate with the dark underbelly of crime.

Praise for COAST TO COAST: Murder from Sea to Shining Sea …

"Envelope-pushers! A truly WOW collection by the best mystery writers out there — full of surprises only they can pull off."
 — Thomas B. Sawyer, best-selling author of Cross Purposes and No Place to Run, and head-writer of Murder, She Wrote

Meet the Editors …

Andrew McAleer is the editor of Crimestalker Casebook and best-selling author of seven books including the 101 Habits of Highly Successful Novelists, A Miscellany of Murder, Fatal Deeds, and Mystery Writing in a Nutshell, which he co-authored with his father, Edgar winner John McAleer. Past president of the Boston Authors Club, Andrew teaches at Boston College and works in public service. He is a winner of the Sherlock Holmes Revere Bowl Award. As a sergeant in the U.S. Army, he served in Afghanistan as a Combat Historian. He is also a commissioned Kentucky Colonel.

Paul D. Marks pulled a gun on the LAPD … and lived to tell about it. Which makes him uniquely qualified to write mystery and noir stories. Paul's novel White Heat won the Shamus Award from the Private Eye Writers of America. Publishers Weekly calls White Heat a "… taut crime yarn." Midwest Book Review says: "White Heat is a riveting read of mystery, much recommended." Paul's story "Howling at the Moon" is short-listed for both this year's (2015) Anthony Award and Macavity Award for Best Short Story. It was published in the November 2014 issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and came in #7 in their Reader's Poll Award. His latest noir-thriller, Vortex, was published this past Summer. LA Late @ Night is a collection of five of his previously published short stories. He also has the distinction, dubious though it might be, of being the last person to have shot a film on the fabled MGM backlot before it bit the dust to make way for condos. According to Steven Bingen, one of the authors of the well-received book MGM: Hollywood's Greatest Backlot: "That forty-page chronological list I mentioned of films shot at the studio ends with his [Paul D. Marks'] name on it."

Founded in 2011, Down & Out Books (DownAndOutBooks.com (http://www.downandoutbooks.com/)) is an independent publisher of crime fiction based in Tampa, Florida. For more information, contact Christy@DownAndOutBooks.com.