By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year
edited by Ed Gorman and Martin Greenberg
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In this annual staple of the crime fiction world, Ed Gorman and Martin Greenberg collect the best short crime fiction of 2009. Stories include:
- Dennis Lehane – “Animal Rescue”
- Laura Lippman – “Cougar”
- Mary Higgins Clark – “The Tell-Tale Purr”
- Marcia Muller – “Telegraphing”
- Nancy Pickard – “Dark Chocolate”
- Kris Nelscott – “Family Affair: A Smokey Dalton Story”
- Sandra Seamans – “Survival Insticts”
- Dave Zeltserman – “Julius Katz”
- S.J. Rozan – “Seeing the Moon”
- Doug Allyn – “The Valhalla Verdict”
- Bill Crider – “Pure Pulp”
- Tom Piccirilli – “Blood Sacrifices and the Catatonic Kid”
- Richard Lupoff – “Patterns”
- Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins – “The Big Switch: A Mike Hammer Story”
- Greg Bardsley – “Crazy Larry Smells Bacon”
- Dana Cameron – “Femme Sole”
- Brendan DuBois – “The Dark Island”
- Terence Faherty – “The Caretaker”
- Gillian Linscott – “The Case of Colonel Crockett’s Violin”
- Lyndsay Faye – “The Case of Colonel Warburton’s Madness”
- Twist Phelan – “Time Will Tell”
- Charlie Drees – “By Hook or By Crook”
- Bob Randisi – “The Final Nail: A Val O’Farrell Story”
- Luis Alberto Urrea – “Amapola” (Edgar Award Winner)
- Jim Fusilli – “Digby, Attorney at Law”
- Clark Howard – “The Way They Limp”
- Michael Nethercott – “O’Nelligan’s Glory”
- Robert Levinson – “Between Sins”