Murder — His and Hers

This delightful husband-and-wife collaboration features three stories by two-time Shamus award-winner Max Allan Collins, four stories by acclaimed short-story writer Barbara Collins, and two stories that the couple co-wrote.

Among the contributions from Max Allan Collins — whose credits include novels, nonfiction, film criticism, songwriting, and four independent films — is “Catgate,” in which a womanizing senator tries to replace his dead mistress with a lookalike.

Barbara Collins’ work has been included in the first three volumes of The Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories. Her pieces include “The Inconvenience Store,” in which a late-night craving drives a pregnant private eye out to a convenience store and into a hostage situation; and “Seeing Red,” where PMS meets road rage and leads to tragedy.

And the talented duo conspired on “Eddie Haskell in a Short Skirt,” the story of a father-daughter private eye team who hire an office manager and become the suckers in a scam.