Contents

Foreword—Peter James      

Introduction—Martin Edwards     

Bill Beverly—The Hired Man

Simon Brett—The Last Locked Room

Lee Child—Shorty and the Briefcase

Ann Cleeves—Moses and the Locked Tent Mystery

Jeffrey Deaver—Blind Date

Martin Edwards—Strangers in a Pub

Kate Ellis—Crime Scene

Peter Guttridge—Normal Rules Do Not Apply

Sophie Hannah—Ask Tom St Clare

John Harvey—Blue and Sentimental

Mick Herron—How Many Cats Have You Killed?

Donna Moore—Daylight Robbery

Caro Ramsay—The Snapperoody

Ian Rankin—Inside the Box

James Sallis—Freezer Burn

Zoë Sharp—Caught on Camera

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir—Road Trip

Maj Sjöwall, translated by Catherine Edwards—Long Time No See

Michael Stanley—The Ring

Andrew Taylor—The Five-Letter Word

Afterword—Adrian Muller

Biographical Notes