A modern treasury of great detective and murder mysteries Book

This is the essential one-volume companion for all lovers of mystery and suspense fiction. Here you'll find the leading story-tellers of our time including Tony Hillerman, Ed McBain, Sara Paretsky, Charlotte MacLeod and many others. This handsome, comprehensive book represents crime fiction at its absolute best. The people across the canyon /Margaret Millar -- Bodyguards shoot second /Loren D. Estleman -- Chee's witch /Robert Block -- Water's edge /Robert Bloch -- A Predatory woman /Sharyn McCrumb -- Lucky Penny /Linda Barnes -- Second chance /Edward D. Hoch -- Last rites /Linda Grant -- A Blow for freedom /Lawrence Block -- Nine sons /Wendy Hornsby -- Incident in a neighborhood tavern /Bill Pronzini -- The broken man /Marcia Muller -- Ghost station /Carolyn Wheat -- More like Martine /Charlone MacLeod -- Skin deep /Sara Paretsky -- Dead on arrival /Joan Hess -- Malibu dog /Kaye Kellerman -- Lieutenant Harold and the impossible gun / Margaret Maron -- Death flight / Ed McBain -- The second coming / Joe Gores -- While she was out / Edward Bryant -- Horn man / Clark Howard -- Faces / F. Paul Wilson -- Ride the lightning / John Lutz -- Afraid all the time / Nancy Pickard