From the authorBecause they were collected into a single hardcover volume published by Subterranean Press, a good number of readers are acquainted with my three collaborations with Donald E. Westlake. Thats not the case with CIRCLE OF SINNERS, a similar joint effort undertaken with another longstanding (and, Im pleased to say, still standing) friend and colleague, Hal Dresner. Unlike two of the Block/Westlake titles, CIRCLE OF SINNERS did not bear a joint byline Nightstand issued it as "by Don Holliday," which was in fact Hals pen name. (To increase the level of confusion, one book of mine was originally published under that pen name, though Im not entirely certain why its since been reissued by Hard Case Crime under my name and retitled BORDERLINE, and just the other day my Hollywood agent reported a movie guy inquiring about rights. Trust me, nothing will come of it.) But I digress. Its a pleasure to be able to bring back CIRCLE OF SINNERS, which was both easy and enjoyable to writeand, I can but hope, to read. The model here was REIGEN, a very successful play of Arthur Schnitzlers, better known as LA RONDE, the title of the Frenchlanguage film by Max Ophls. The structurea chain of affairs, which each character in turn hooking up with someone else, served as the model for at least three additional films, beginning with Roger Vadims CIRCLE OF LOVE in 1964. Well, Hal and I got there ahead of Vadim, though surely with less impact. I might add that one short novel of...

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