A collection of detective fiction by award winning authors Joe R. Lansdale and Lewis Shiner. This book collects for the first time some of Lansdale and Shiners earliest works including the first piece of fiction Joe R. Lansdale ever sold.

The collection features: The Slater Stories which include: The Full Count, Long Gone Forever and One Blonde, Well Dead by Joe R. Lansdale, The Sloane Stories which include: Deep Without Pity, The Killing Season and Prodigal Son by Lewis Shiner and The Talbot

Stories which include Black As The Night and Man Drowning which were collaboratively written by Joe R. Lansdale and Lewis Shiner. Each group of stories includes new introductions by the authors. The book features cover artwork by George Pratt, artist of DC Comics' Enemy Ace. Private Eye Action As You Like It is limited to 1000 copies and is signed by the authors.