From Mystery Writers of America, edited by Edgar-nominated author Jeffery Deaver, comes A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime -- a steamy collection of original stories by mystery's finest authors, set in hot climates where jealousy, greed, and murderous rage reach the boiling point...

In John Lutz's "El Palacio," local thugs and American expatriates drink together on the coast of Mexico -- and discover an answer to a chilling mystery. An overheated car on a deserted highway in Michigan leads to some very twisted goings-on in Jeffery Deaver's "Ninety-eight Point Six." In Marilyn Wallace's "Splitting," a group therapist urges one woman to speak her mind and express her anger -- a decision that comes with painful consequences. Tempers rage in Loren D. Estleman's "Lady on Ice," proving it's just as hot on the skating rink as it is outside on the gritty streets of Detroit. When a Canadian woman never shows up for her spring break vacation in "The Slow Blink" by Jeremiah Healy, Florida P.I. Rory Calhoun searches for clues to what may be a cold-blooded crime.

Contents:

• Introduction by Jeffery Deaver
• Ninety-eight Point Six by Jeffery Deaver
• The Last of the Bad Girls by David Handler
• Child Support by Ronnie Klaskin
• Old Dog Days by Toni L. P. Kelner
• Body in the Pound by Suzanne C. Johnson
• Lady on Ice by Loren D. Estleman
• El Palacio by John Lutz
• Heat Lightning by Gary Brandner
• Too Hot to Die by Mat Coward
• Green Heat by Angela Zeman
• No Lie by Robert Lee Hall
• The Stay-at-Home Thief by Tim Myers
• War Crimes by G. Miki Hayden
• The Slow Blink by Jeremiah Healy
• Hot Days, Cold Nights by Alan Cook
• Prom Night by David Bart
• Night Rose by Ana Rainwater
• Neighborhood Watch by Sinclair Browning
• Splitting by Marilyn Wallace
• What the Dormouse Said by Carolyn Wheat