Edited by: Mystery Scene Magazine Staff

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