Deadly Anniversaries is an anthology to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Mystery Writers of America. All its stories—all of them new—are written by Grand Masters or Edgar winners. Laurie has one, too, but she was also instrumental in the collection as a whole, acting as the Publications Committee’s liaison with the guest editors Muller and Pronzini. This is one of Laurie’s babies, start to finish.
Laurie’s own tale, “Ten Years On,” is a Mary Russell story set in April, 1925, when Russell and Holmes have returned from their travels to Morocco (and probably Istanbul…) but have not yet started the case that turns into Dreaming Spies. Here, an irritated Russell answers the front door to a Sikh gentleman, who has a problem that requires a detective…