Whether committed with good intentions or bad, every small crime has consequences. What goes around comes around in Neil Schofield's "Chainmail." An apple a day keeps the father away in Paula J. Matter's "Not Too Far From the Tree." Charity begins at home in Tom Sweeney's "Hidashar." The poor guy just wants to buy his daughter a dress in Michael Bracken's "Dreams Unborn." These and many more stories from today's finest mystery writers, including -- Jack Bludis, Gary R. Bush, James S. Dorr, Kevin Egan, Ted Hertel, Jr., T. P. Keating, Chelle Martin, Dorothy Rellas, Stephen D. Rogers, Tim Wohlforth, and Simon Wood

Twenty stories, including the Derringer Award winning "All My Yesterdays" and the Derringer Award nominated "Cuts Like a Knife," introduce readers to the hardboiled world of crime fiction writer Michael Bracken. Included are tales of hard-bitten newspaper reporters, average men pushed too far by an uncaring world, and criminals of all stripes. Each of these stories tears back society's scabs to reveal the festering fear, prejudice, and violence hidden beneath the surface. Whether alone or helped by family, friends, and co-workers, the characters in these stories ultimately face the darkness within men's souls.

Fourteen hardboiled tales of love and hate, sex and power, fear and retribution - tales that grab you by the throat, slam you against the wall, then drag you back for more, tales of men and women who catch everything life throws at them.

Fourteen delicious private eye tales guaranteed to whet your appetite for detection.Wining, dining, and death. Fast living and fine dining combine to present today's private eyes with culinary crimes suitable for even the most refined palate. The private eyes in these stories face delicious dangers, savory sins, and tasty temptations . . . and the bad guys always get their just desserts. An appetizing selection of today's top private eye writers and talented newcomers season their tales with the exciting spices of love, hate, justice, and vengeance. Here are fourteen delicious private eye tales--and one poem--guaranteed to whet your appetite for detection.

There's a serial killer loose in the Windy City--a stalker picking off prostitutes in the red light district. The catch--his victims are all white girls.

This ain't never gonna be your Mama's anthology. Like a sucker punch with a fistful of quarters, these stories will knock you off your feet. From cold freezers to hot fires, the private eyes and tough guys between these covers travel through the blackness of men's souls. Working skip traces, investigating abusive spouses, and collecting bad debts brings them face-to-face with their worst fears. They fight back the only way they know how, using every trick they've learned while working the mean streets. . . . "New anthology series makes its debut with this impressive collection of P.I. stories . . ." THRILLING DETECTIVE said of the first volume of FEDORA. And this volume is even more impressive . . .

This still ain't your Mama's anthology. Whether they crawl up from the gutters or stroll down from the mansions, the private eyes and tough guys in these stories make the mean streets meaner and the dark alleys darker. While some stories punch you full in the face, others sneak up from behind and place the cold steel barrel of a .38 against the back of your skull. Either way, you won't be able to defend yourself against the raw, gritty power between these covers. Noir never looked so dark as it does in these tales -- tales of twisted love, violence, and vengeance. Here are fourteen more hardboiled tales guaranteed to blow your hat off

tales of natural and supernatural noirWhether real or imagined, natural or supernatural, the horrors in these macabre tales of lost love, quiet desperation. These are dark, dark tales -- of lost love, of quiet desperation; painful memories that will linger in your thoughts long after you turn the last page.