From the rib-tickling to the spine-chilling, these perplexing puzzlers and terrifying tales of suspense will keep you turning page after page...

Sara Paretsky sends V.I. Warshawski on a visit to a gracious Japanese couple- and serves up a cup of tainted tea...Joyce Carol Oates pries inside the terrifying mind of a woman in torment...Susan Dunlap explains the importance of following directions- especially in cases of murder...Dorothy Sucher pits cat lover against cat hater- in a fight to the finish...and fifteen other carefully selected treasures for connoisseurs of crime fiction!

Contents:

• Foreword by Marilyn Wallace
• A Burning Issue by Susan Dunlap
• Felis Domestica by Dorothy Sucher
• What’s a Woman to Do? by Gillian Roberts
• The Takamoku Joseki [V.I. Warshawski] by Sara Paretsky
• A Friendly Place by Sister Carol Anne O’Marie, CSJ
• Extenuating Circumstances by Joyce Carol Oates
• Wild Card by T.J. MacGregor
• The Woman Who Knew What She Wanted by Janet LaPierre
• A Golden Opportunity by Rochelle Majer Krich
• One Hit Wonder by Gabrielle Kraft
• Alley Kat by Karen Kijewski
• Mirror Image by Joyce Harrington
• Country Hospitality by Jean Hager
• Don’t Eat the Red Herring by Jaqueline Girdner
• Cold Turkey by Diane Mott Davidson
• Coulda Been You by Susan Taylor Chehak
• Dirty Little Coward That Shot Mr. Howard; or, Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On [Bridget Mooney] by P.M. Carlson
• Seascape [Iris Cooper; Jack Clancy] by K.K. Beck
• A Simple Matter of Training by K.T. Anders