William Burton McCormick “Deeds of Darkness”

“McCormick is one of the most inventive and original writers currently working in the mystery short story field.”

-Janet Hutchings, Editor-in-Chief, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine

Deeds of darkness is the best short fiction by award-winning author William Burton McCormick. A collection of twenty-four stories of suspense, mystery, crime, espionage, horror, and historical genres nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, Shamus Award, Thriller Award, and five Derringer Award-nominated stories.

Deeds of Darkness takes readers from war-torn Eastern Europe to gangster America and deep below the frozen seas of the Arctic Ocean. From modern tales of crime to World War II espionage to ghost stories in shadowy Odessa and murder in Ancient Rome, every flavor of suspense and adventure awaits within.

William Burton McCormick is an Edgar-award nominated writer of crime and thriller fiction set mainly in Eastern Europe. A native of Nevada, William earned his MA in Novel Writing from the University of Manchester in the UK. He has lived in seven countries for writing purposes, including Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia and Russia.

Publisher: Level Best Books