Foreword
Introduction
Dоug Allyn
Blind Lemon
from Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
James Crumley
Hot Springs
from Murder for Love
Jeffery Deaver
The Weekender
from Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
Brendan Dubois
The Dark Snow
from Playboy
Elizabeth George
The Surprise of His Life
from Women on the Case
Jeremiah Healy
Eyes That Never Meet
from Unusual Suspects
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Melodie Johnson Howe
Another Tented Evening
from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
Pat Jordan
The Mark
from Playboy
Jonathan Kellerman
The Things We Do for Love
from Murder for Love
Andrew Klavan
Lou Monahan, County Prosecutor
from Guilty as Charged
Elmore Leonard
Karen Makes Out
from Murder for Love
Michael Malone
Red Clay
from Murder for Love
Mabel Maney
Mrs. Feeley Is Quite Mad
from Out for More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women
Joyce Carol Oates
Will You Always Love Me?
from Story
George Pelecanos
When You’re Hungry
from Unusual Suspects
S. J. Rozan
Hoops
from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine
Allen Steele
Doblin’s Lecture
from Pirate Writings
Brad Watson
Kindred Spirits
from Last Days of the Dog-Men
John Weisman
There Are Monsterim
from Unusual Suspects
Monica Wood
Unlawful Contact
from Mãnoa
Contributors’ Notes