Steal Away Crime Fiction Inspired by the Captains of Yacht Rock

From Christopher Cross and the Doobie Brothers to Robbie Dupree and Toto, Yacht Rock is a favorite playlist not just for summer on the water but year 'round, wherever you might find yourself. In Steal Away: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Captains of Yacht Rock, twenty authors use classic Yacht Rock hits to inspire tales of mystery, malfeasance, and murder both at sea and ashore...and there's plenty of buried treasure to unearth, since the writers have loaded their stories with Easter-egg references to the artists and lyrics for eagle-eyed readers to discover!

Contributors include Anthony winner Marcia Talley, Agatha winners Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier and Kate B. Jackson, Shamus winner James D.F. Hannah, Derringer winner Adam Meyer, Black Orchid Novella winner Pete Barnstrom, former NPR correspondent Corey Flintoff, and many more.

Josh Pachter is the award-winning author of more than 140 short stories and two novels and the editor of two dozen anthologies, including nine previous entries in the "inspired by" series. He was the 2020 recipient of the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Golden Derringer for Lifetime Achievement.

With stories by Pete Barnstrom, Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier, Leone Ciporin, John DeDakis, Mary Dutta, Corey Flintoff, Debra H. Goldstein, Matthew Greene, James D.F. Hannah, Kate B. Jackson, Sharon Marchisello, Adam Meyer, Sally Milliken, Paul Awad and Kathryn O'Sullivan, Josh Pachter, Marcia Talley, Ed Teja, Joseph S. Walker, and Cathy Wiley.

Critical Acclaim for Steal Away:

"It's an honor of a special order to see my song Steal Away used as the inspiration for a terrific crime story and the title of an anthology of stories that kept me fully involved through every twist and turn." -Robbie Dupree