Ruth Rendell...untangles the truth behind a haunting childhood memory in "The Orchard Walls"...

Sharyn McCrumb...learns that "Not All Brides Are Beautiful" as a conniving woman prepares to marry a man on death row...

Joyce Harrington...explores the dark connection between sex and violence in "Cop Groupie"...

Antonia Fraser...visits a tropical island that's not quite paradise in "Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave"...

Joan Hess...reveals some unexpected perils of drinking and driving in "The Maggody Files: D.W.I."...

Contents:

• Introduction by Cynthia Manson
• Emerald Hookers and Gold Shields by D.L. Richardson
• One Beautiful Body by Gillian Roberts
• Not All Brides Are Beautiful by Sharyn McCrumb
• Evelyn Lying There by Anne Wingate
• Sideshow by B.K. Stevens
• Body English by S.J. Rozan
• The General’s Task Force by Pearl G. Aldrich
• The Maggody Files: D.W.I. by Joan Hess
• Arrie and Jasper [Kate Fansler] by Amanda Cross
• Deadly Fantasies [Sharon McCone] by Marcia Muller
• Cop Groupie by Joyce Harrington
• Match Point in Berlin [Selena Mead] by Patricia McGerr
• Jemima Shore at the Sunny Grave [Jemima Shore] by Antonia Fraser
• Mrs. Howell and Criminal Justice 2.1 by Margaret Maron
• The Orchard Walls by Ruth Rendell