By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime + Mystery Stories of the Year, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (978-1935562320; Trade pbk; Tyrus; November 2010)


The Mystery in 2009  by JON L. BREEN		  1
Animal Rescue  by DENNIS LEHANE			 23
Family Affair: A Smokey Dalton Story
  by KRIS NELSCOTT				 51
Survival Instincts  by SANDRA SEAMANS		 89
Julius Katz  by DAVE ZELTSERMAN			 93
Seeing the Moon  by S.J. ROZAN			151
Dark Chocolate  by NANCY PICKARD		175
Telegraphing  by MARCIA MULLER			183
The Valhalla Verdict  by DOUG ALLYN		201
Pure Pulp  by BILL CRIDER			219
Blood Sacrifices and the Catatonic Kid
  by TOM PICIRRILLI				241
Patterns  by RICHARD LUPOFF			259
The Tell-Tale Purr  by MARY HIGGINS CLARK	285
The Big Switch: A Mike Hammer Story
  by MICKEY SPILLANE and MAX ALLAN COLLINS	297
Crazy Larry Smells Bacon  by GREG BARDSLEY	313
Femme Sole  by DANA CAMERON			327
The Dark Island  by BRENDAN DUBOIS		349
The Caretaker  by TERENCE FAHERTY		371
The Case of Colonel Crockett's Violin
  by GILLIAN LINSCOTT				395
The Case of Colonel Warburton's Madness
  by LYNDSAY FAYE				421
Time Will Tell  by TWIST PHELAN			445
By Hook or By Crook  by CHARLIE DREES		463
The Final Nail: A Val O'Farrell Story
  by BOB RANDISI				487
Amapola  by LUIS ALBERTO URREA			503
Cougar  by LAURA LIPPMAN			527
Digby, Attorney at Law  by JIM FUSILLI		541
The Way They Limp  by CLARK HOWARD		557
O'Nelligans Glory  by MICHAEL NETHERCOTT	583
Between Sins  by ROBERT LEVINSON		653