Edited by: Mystery Scene Magazine staff

List of contents

• Introduction by Jon L. Breen
• 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
• Beasts in Buildings, Turning 'Round by J.N. Williamson
• The Best Sort of Husband by Susan B. Kelly
• An Act of Violence by William F. Nolan
• The End Of It All by Ed Gorman
• The Hudson Chain by Edward D. Hoch
• The Holes in the System by Marcia Muller
• Double Take by L.J. Washburn
• Grace Notes by Sara Paretsky
• Keepsakes by Peter Crowther
• Dirty Dancing by Carole Nelson Douglas
• Of Mice, Men and Two Women by Julian Rathbone
• The Silence of Sorrow by Richard T. Chizmar
• All That Glitters by Joan Hess
• The Pushover by Peter Lovesey
• Keller in Shining Armor by Lawrence Block
• Midnight Sun by Barbara Paul
• The Blackmailer by Anne Perry