Table of Contents
Hush, dear conscience / by C.B. Gilford -- Death by misadventure / by Elijah Ellis -- The death desk / by S.S. Rafferty -- The room at the end of the hall / by Helen Nielsen -- Kisses and chloroform / by Donald Olson -- A left-handed profession / by Al Nussbaum --Second spring / by Theodore Mathieson -- Bank night /by Arthur Porges -- The contagious killer / by Bryce Walton -- The man who came back / by Edward D. Hoch --Bad actor / by Gary Brandner -- Pigeon in an iron lung / by Talmage Powell -- Alfred Hitchcock photoquiz / by Peter Christian -- King of the world / by John Lutz --Nice shooting / by A.E. Eddenden -- Too solid Mildred /by Jack Ritchie -- Free advice, incorporated / by Michael Brett -- Payoff time / by Clark Howard -- The way the world spins / by Bill Pronzini -- The real criminal / by James M. Gilmore -- Bang! you're dead! /by Margaret B. Maron -- The hard sell / by William Dolan -- The prosperous Judds / by Bob Bristow -- The dead Indian / by Robert W. Alexander -- The China cottage / by August Derleth.