Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The world's top mystery writers--including Lawrence Block, Phil Lovesey, Anne Perry, and Melodie Johnson Howe--fill this enthralling collection of stories exclusively with award-winning mysteries.
Table of Contents
In for a penny / Lawrence Block -- Triangle / Jeffery Deaver -- Spooked / Carolyn Hart -- Out of control / Clark Howard -- Da capo / Janet LaPierre -- The serpent's back / Ian Rankin -- Saint Bobby / Doug Allyn -- Best behaviour / Simon Brett -- Hoops / S.J. Rozan -- The carer / Ruth Rendell -- The safest little town in Texas / Jeremiah Healy -- Because it was there / Peter Lovesey -- The third Manny / Terence Faherty -- Details / Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- One bag of coconuts / Edward D. Hoch -- The sky-blue ball / Joyce Carol Oates -- The wrong hands / Peter Robinson -- Not enough monkeys / Benjamin M. Schutz -- Big sister / Andrew Vachss -- Poppy and the poisoned cake / Steven Saylor -- Rumpole and the absence of body / John Mortimer -- Killing the sixties / Melodie Johnson Howe -- Trade wars / Brendan DuBois -- Under the knife / Phil Lovesey -- The escape / Anne Perry -- Joyce's children / Stuart M. Kaminsky -- Of course you know that chocolate is a vegetable / Barbara D'Amato.