The Ransome Women; The Things They Left Behind

New York Times bestsellers and thriller legends John Farris and Stephen King each provided a brand-new, never-before-published tale for this unique collection of stories edited by New York Times bestselling author and mystery legend Ed McBain.

The Ransome Women by John Farris: A psychological thriller that questions the role beauty plays in society and the cult of celebrity. A young and beautiful, starving artist catches a break when her idol, the reclusive portraitist John Ransome offers her a lucrative modeling contract. But how long will her excitement last when she discovers the fate shared by all Ransome's past subjects?

The Things They Left Behind by Stephen King: A hauntingly moving tale of survival guilt in New York City after 9/11. Scott Staley called in sick for his job at the World Trade Center that Tuesday morning. Now in the aftermath of 9/11, he must face his guilty conscience as he begins to find the things his deceased coworkers left behind.

• Author
• Ed McBain, Stephen King, John Farris

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 320

• Series
• Transgressions

• Publisher
• Forge Books

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780765347510

• Genres
• fiction, horror, mystery, thriller, anthologies, suspense

• Release date
• 2006