Carefully chosen by the discriminating editors of Mystery Scene magazine comes an incomparable collection of stories by an unbeatable lineup of authors! Lawrence Block pits Keller, his humane hitman, against a client who tried to con him. Carole Nelson Douglas dances to a dangerous turn as an office party fuels a fateful revenge. John Harvey fans the flames of family relations in urban, lower-class England. Sharyn McCrumb makes a fatal match at a deadly dating service. Anne Perry brings blackmail home in a vexing Victorian mystery. Sara Paretsky gets up close and personal with V.I. Warshawski, her adored heroine. And Ian Rankin deviously turns the tables on a notorious kidnapper.

Contents:

• She Rote by John Harvey
• Valentine's Night by Nancy Pickard
• The Matchmaker by Sharyn McCrumb
• The Judge's Boy by Jean B. Cooper
• One Night at Dolores Park by Bill Pronzini
• When Your Breath Freezes by Kathleen Dougherty
• Principles of Accounts by Ian Rankin
• Mommy by Max Allan Collins
• The End of It All by Ed Gorman
• The Holes in the System by Marcia Muller
• Grace Notes by Sara Paretsky
• Dirty Dancing by Carole Nelson Douglas
• All That Glitters by Joan Hess
• The Pushover by Peter Lovesey
• Keller in Shining Armor by Lawrence Block
• The Blackmailer by Anne Perry

Edited by: Mystery Scene Magazine Staff.