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Millikin, Patrick,

The highway kind : tales of fast cars, desperate drivers, and dark roads / edited by Patrick Millikin. - First edition. - New York, NY Mulholland Books 2016. - xii, 335 pages ; 21 cm

Test drive / Power Wagon / Burnt matches / Runs good / Night run / What you were fighting for / The triple black 'cuda / Fogmeister / Whipperwill and back / Driving to Geronimo's grave / Hannah Martinez / Apache youth / The two falcons / The kill switch / The pleasure of God / by Patrick Millikin -- by Ben H. Winters -- by C. J. Box -- by Michael Connelly -- by Kelly Braffet -- by Walace Stroby -- by James Sallis -- by George Pelecanos -- by Diana Gabaldon -- by Patterson Hood -- by Joe R. Lansdale -- by Sara Gran -- by Ace Atkins -- by Gary Phillips -- by Willy Vlautin -- by Luis Alberto Urrea. Preface /

Thrilling crime stories about cars, driving, and the road from the world's bestselling and critically acclaimed writers. Like fiction, cars take us into a different world: from the tony enclaves of upper crust society to the lowliest barrio; from muscle car-driving con men to hardscrabble kids on the road during the Great Depression; from a psychotic traveling salesman to a Mexican drug lord who drives a tricked-out VW Bus. We all share the roads, and our cars link us together. Including entirely new stories from Michael Connelly, C.J. Box, George Pelecanos, Diana Gabaldon, James Sallis, Ace Atkins, Luis Alberto Urrea, Sara Gran, Ben H. Winters, and Joe Lansdale, THE HIGHWAY KIND is a street-level look at modern America, as seen through one of its national obsessions.

ISBN: 9780316394864 0316394866 1473650186 9781473650183

Standard No.: 40026509414

LCCN: 2016017934

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Detective and mystery stories, American.
Crime--United States--Fiction.
Automobiles--Fiction.
Automobile driving--Fiction.
Muscle cars--Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories, American.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Short stories
Thrillers (Fiction).
Detective and mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Suspense fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS648.D4 / H54 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.08720806