Hell's belle / Jim Wilsky. Day after tomorrow / Richard Aleas -- Hansel, Gretel, and the witch / Gary Alexander -- Preparations / Tasha Alexander -- Thunder at the horizon / Charles Ardai -- Fortune / Erik Arneson -- One person's clutter / Albert Ashforth -- Fightin' man / N. J. Ayres -- Break-in / Eric Beetner -- Once upon a time in the woods / Raymond Benson -- Job opening / John Billheimer -- The chair / Peter Blauner -- Sucker's bet / James O. Born -- Entitled / Rhys Bowen -- Get the confession / Jay Brandon -- Piece of cake / R. Thomas Brown -- Thug City / Ken Bruen -- What you wish for / C.E. Lawrence -- Where's dad? / Peter Cannon -- They'll call me whistlin' Pete / Chuck Caruso -- The bunny / William E. Chambers -- The banyan tree / Joe Clifford -- Acknowledgments / Christopher Coake -- The terminal / Reed Farrel Coleman -- The ant who carried stones / David Corbett -- Watch the skies / Bill Crider -- A foolproof plan / Bruce DeSilva -- A tree in Texas / Jo Dereske -- After / Tyler Dilts -- Next right / Sean Doolittle -- The professional / Brendan DuBois -- The promise / Warren C. Easley -- A student of history / Gerald Elias -- Wolfe on the roof / Loren D. Estleman -- Hit me / Christa Faust -- Beneath the bridge / Lyndsay Faye -- The girl who loved French films / Christopher Fowler -- David to Goliath / Matthew C. Funk -- The one who got away / Jim Fusilli -- Halloween / Carolina Garcia Aguilera -- The old gal / Gregory Gibson / -- Necessity / Ed Gorman -- Lost cat / Ron Goulart -- Sunday in the park with Sarge / Chris Grabenstein -- Nails / James Grady -- Lye / Derek Haas -- The pledge / Parnell Hall -- Games people play / Bruce Harris -- Built with love / Jamie Harrison -- The gun with two triggers / Rob W. Hart -- Blindfolded / John Harvin -- Present company / Michael Haynes -- The Einstein divorce / Gar Anthony Haywood -- Fringe benefit / Jeremiah Healy -- Wyolene / Sam Hill -- AKA / Steve Hockensmith -- Hijackers / Chuck Hogan -- Full bloom / Wendy Hornsby -- The blackmailers wanted more / David Housewright -- Nothing left to lose / Dana C. Kabel -- In the hours before her death / Michael Kardos -- Arson and old luce / Marvin Kaye -- Daddy's girl / Nicola Kennington -- Countdown / John Kenyon -- ATM: Get cash inside / Jonathon King -- Testimony / Andre Klavan -- Losing my religion / K. A. Laity -- The tenth notch / Jon Land -- The ear / Joe R. Lansdale -- The imperfect detective / Janice Law -- Michael Coalhouse / Adrian McKinty -- Dog / Charles McLeod -- Slow roasted / M.B. Manteufel -- Saturday night live / Paul Newman -- Dealer sets price / Tom Pitts -- Death buys a burger / Stephen D. Rogers -- Hail, Tiger! / Cindy Rosmus -- Fall guy / Jim Spry -- Death by sobriety / J. M. Vogel -- A Russian storm / Andrew Waters -- Hell's belle / Jim Wilsky.
Summary:
81 short stories of criminal adventures by as many authors.
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