Fourteen illustrious members of the Crime Writers of Canada explore what happens when people stand at the brink. In some cases, the view is shocking or terrifying. In other cases it's whimsical. But when the story is told by award winning writers like Eric Wright, Robert J. Sawyer and Lawrence Block, it's always captivating.

In "The Altdorf Syndrome," a travelling salesman looks into the abyss to solve a baffling puzzle or lose his life. In "You See But do Not Observe," Sherlock Holmes examines one of the greatest mysteries of the universe.

In "Generation Y," doctors study a murderer's soul and in "Keller's Therapy," a hired killer peers deep into himself.

Contents:

• Introduction by Peter Sellers & Robert J. Sawyer · in
• Licensed Guide by Eric Wright · ss Criminal Shorts, ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada, 1992
• But the Corpse Can’t Laugh by Mary Jane Maffini · ss EQMM Apr ’99
• Legacy by Terence M. Green · ss F&SF Mar ’85
• The Detective’s Wife by Edward D. Hoch · ss Crosscurrents Oct ’90
• The Altdorf Syndrome by James Powell · nv EQMM May ’69
• Double Bogey by John North · ss Cold Blood IV, ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1992
• Generation Y by Nancy Kilpatrick · ss *
• Trophy Hunter by Peter Sellers · nv Whistling Past the Graveyard, Mosaic Press, 1999
• Gifts Rosemary Aubert · ss *
• You See But You Do Not Observe [Sherlock Holmes] by Robert J. Sawyer · ss Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995
• Ice Bridge by Edo van Belkom · ss Northern Frights 4, ed. Don Hutchison, Mosaic Press, 1997
• The Prize in the Pack by William Bankier · ss EQMM Oct ’86
• Sister Companion by Therese Greenwood · ss *
• Keller’s Therapy [John Keller] by Lawrence Block · nv Playboy May ’93

Edited by: Peter Sellers and Robert J. Sawyer.