What’s Your Lucky Number?

Two new crime/mystery authors have submitted their recent writings to Marshal Zeringue’s popular snapshot examinations. Matthew Pearl puts his 2006 novel, The Poe Shadow, to the Page 99 Test, excitedly remarking that “hey, it is one of my favorite parts of the book! I didn’t plan that.” Meanwhile, our friend Mark Billingham places his recently released novel, Buried, under the Page 69 microscope. (“Anything to put off starting a new book.”)