Two of the Deadliest: New Tales of Lust, Greed, and Murder, ed. Elizabeth George (978-0061350337; Hardcover; Harper July 2009) Introduction by Elizabeth George ix DARK CHOCOLATE by Nancy Pickard 1 THE OFFER by Patricia Smiley 9 E-MALE by Kristine Kathryn Rusch 27 ENOUGH TO STAY THE WINTER by Gillian Linscott 47 PLAYING POWERBALL by Elizabeth Engstrom 69 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? by Marcia Talley 91 GOLD FEVER by Dana Stabenow 101 YOUR TURN by Carolyn Hart 111 A CAPITOL OBSESSION by Allison Brennan 129 CONTEMPORARY INSANITY by Marcia Muller 169 THE VIOLINIST by Wendy Hornsby 191 COUGAR by Laura Lippman 215 LUSTING FOR JENNY, INVERTED by Elizabeth George 227 OTHER PEOPLE'S CLOTHING by Susan Wiggs 255 BUMP IN THE NIGHT by Stephanie Bond 269 INVASION by Julie Barrett 293 COLD, HARD FACTS by S. J. Rozan 313 CATCH YOUR DEATH by Linda Barnes 327 INTRODUCING . . . THE RUNAWAY CAMEL by Barbara Fryer 353 A MADNESS OF TWO by Peggy Hesketh 371 ANYTHING HELPS by Z. Kelley 393 BACK TO SCHOOL ESSAY by Patricia Fogarty 417 PADDY O'GRADY'S THIGH by Lisa Alber 431 About the Authors 453 About the Editor 461