This anthology contains: Blond and Blue by Loren D. Estleman; Moving Spirit by Arthur C. Clarke; Address Unknown by Joyce Harrington; Charlie's Game by Brian Garfield; The Curious Facts Preceding My Execution by Donald E. Westlake; The Jail by Jesse Hill Ford; The Arrow of God by Leslie Charteris; Dagger by John Jakes; Skin Deep by Sara Paretsky; Buried Treasure by John Lutz; The Candy Skull by Ray Bradbury; The Killer by Norman Mailer; The People Across the Canyon by Margaret Millar; and Iris by Stephen Greenleaf.
Mystery Writers of America Awards "Grand Master" 2008 Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1999) for Boobytrap Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (1998) for A Wasteland of Strangers Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1997) for Sentinels Shamus Awards "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) 1987 Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1982) for Hoodwink