Laura Lippman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Baltimore-based Tess Monaghan novels, featuring a reporter (like Lippman herself) turned private investigator.Otto Penzler is the founder of New York's Mysterious Bookshop and the Mysterious Press. He lives in New York.

Preface - Otto PenzlerIntroduction - Laura LippmanAngel Face - Cornell WoolrichChosen to Die - Leslie T. WhiteA Pinch of Snuff - Eric TaylorKiller in the Rain - Raymond ChandlerSally the Sleuth - Adolphe BarreauxA Shock for the Countess - C. S. MontanyeSnowbound - C. B. YorkeThe Girl Who Knew Too Much - Randolph BarrThe Corpse in the Crystal - D. B. McCandlessHe Got What He Asked For - D. B. McCandlessGangster's Brand - P. T. LumanDance Macabre - Robert ReevesThe Girl with the Silver Eyes - Dashiell HammettThe Jane from Hell's Kitchen - Perry PaulThe Duchess Pulls a Fast One - Whitman ChambersMansion of Death - Roger TorreyConcealed Weapon - Roger TorreyThe Devil's Bookkeeper - Carlos MartinezBlack Legion - Lars AndersonThree Wise Men of Babylon - Richard SaleThe Adventure of the Voodoo Moon - Eugene ThomasBrother Murder - T. T. FlynnKindly Omit Flowers - Stewart Sterling