Contents:

• Introduction by Maxim Jakubowski · in
• One of Those Days, One of Those Nights by Ed Gorman · nv *
• The Woman of Goodwill [Sherlock Holmes] by Robert Richardson · nv *; first published, in an abridged form, in the Independent, Christmas 1993.
• Much Ado About Something by Susan Kelly · ss *
• Last of Kin by Jo Bannister · ss *
• Do the World a Favour by Mat Coward · ss *
• Two Birds, One Stone by Lesley Grant-Adamson · ss *
• A House Is Not a Home [Harry Devlin] by Martin Edwards · ss *
• Pawn Sacrifice by Chaz Brenchley · ss *
• A Morning for Remembering by Robert E. Skinner · ss *
• The Wrong Reasons [Tim Simpson] by John Malcolm · ss *
• Brace Yourself by Russell James · nv *
• Dr Bud, CA by Michael Z. Lewin · ss *
• Fitting Up Stanley by Howard Douglas · ss *
• Mangrove Mama [Jannie Jansen] by Janwillem van de Wetering · ss The Armchair Detective Win ’90
• Hollow Point [Dino Francis LaStanza] by O’Neil De Noux · nv *
• Midnight at the Lost and Found [Nick Sharman] by Mark Timlin · nv *