Collection of previously published mystery stories edited by Loren D. Estleman and Martin H. Greenberg.

Contents:

• Fedoras and Flourishes: The State of the Private-Eye Art by Loren D. Estleman · ar
• By the Dawn’s Early Light [Matt Scudder] by Lawrence Block · nv Playboy Aug ’84
• On the Prod by L. J. Washburn · nv A Matter of Crime v2, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
• Death of an Iron Maiden by Wayne D. Dundee · ss Hardboiled #1 ’85
• Skin Deep [V.I. Warshawski] by Sara Paretsky · ss The New Black Mask No.8, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
• Sherlocks by Al Sarrantonio · ss, 1982
• The Crooked Way by Loren D. Estleman · nv A Matter of Crime v3, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1988
• She Didn’t Come Home [Kinsey Millhone] by Sue Grafton · ss Redbook Apr ’86
• Turn Away by Ed Gorman · ss The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction, ed. Ed Gorman, Black Lizard, 1987
• A Shot in the Arm by Richard Deming · na Black Mask Jul ’48
• Eighty Million Dead [Dan Fortune] by Michael Collins · ss The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984
• The Heat Is Killing Me! by Fletcher Flora · ss Dime Detective Magazine Feb ’53
• Ride the Lightning [Al Nudger] by John Lutz · ss AHMM Jan ’85
• Down This Mean Street by Robert Twohy · ss EQMM Jan 14 ’80
• The Forever Trip [Ben Perkins] by Rob Kantner · nv AHMM Sep ’85