Synopsis

Edited by Otto Penzler with guest editor James Ellroy, the perennially popular anthology is a favorite of mystery buffs and general readers alike.
     This year the series offers pieces from Michael Connelly, Robert B. Parker, Joyce Carol Oates, Thomas H. Cook, Brendan DuBois, James Grady, Clark Howard, Annette Meyers, Joe Lansdale, John Biguenet, Sean Doolittle, Michael Downs, David Edgerley Gates, Joe Gores, Michael Malone, Fred Melton, F. X. Toole, Daniel Waterman, Scott Wolven, and Stuart Kaminsky.