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I Spy

August 3, 2010

Two nice reviews of Otto Penzler’s excellent spy story anthology Agents of Treachery single out yours truly for praise.  In the Chicago Tribune, Julia Keller points out that, with Salt in theaters and Covert Affairs on TV, there’s a lot of espionage in the entertainment world this summer–but she says Agents is “the best of [...]

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You Heard It Here First!

June 29, 2010

Okay, get this.  In today’s Wall Street Journal, we read:
Federal prosecutors alleged 11 people were spies living secret lives in American communities, from Seattle to Washington D.C., sent years ago to infiltrate U.S. society and glean its secrets.
In an extensive and bizarre affidavit whose details echoed Cold War spy thrillers, the [...]

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“Agents” Garnering Top Reviews

June 8, 2010

Agents of Treachery, Otto Penzler’s anthology of espionage stories–the first anthology of original spy stories ever–is receiving rave reviews.  The collection, which includes a story by Andrew, received starred pre-publication raves from both Publishers Weekly and Booklist and has now received glowing praise in the Washington Times and  from Clea Simon at the Boston Globe.  [...]

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Agents of Treachery Review

May 11, 2010

Otto Penzler’s spy story anthology Agents of Treachery is due out June 1st and was pre-greeted by a starred pre-publication review by the industry’s top trade journal Publishers Weekly.
“Astonishingly, as mystery maestro Penzler points out in his cogent introduction, “there has never been, until now, a collection of original stories devoted” to spy [...]

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Special “Agents” Due in April

March 30, 2010

The Mysterious Bookshop will release a special edition of Agents of Treachery in April, two months before its official June publication by Vintage Books. The collector’s edition, signed by all contributing writers, will have marbled boards and a leather spine. It will be limited to 250 copies at $150 each. There will [...]

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Agents of Treachery Set For June

February 9, 2010

Random House’s Vintage Press has set June 2 as the pub date for Agents of Treachery, Otto Penzler’s collection of espionage stories by today’s top suspense writers.  It will include Andrew’s story “Sleeping With My Assassin” about a Soviet sleeper cell mysteriously re-activated long after the Soviet Union itself is gone.

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