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  Susan Straight, “The Golden Gopher”

  Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2008

  Michael Connelly, “Mulholland Dive”

  Robert Ferrigno, “The Hour When the Ship Comes In”

  Manhattan Noir

  Edgar Award Finalists 2007

  S.J. Rozan, “Building”

  Thomas H. Cook, “Rain”

  Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2007

  Robert Knightly, “Take the Man’s Pay”

  Miami Noir

  Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2007

  John Bond, “T-bird”

  New Jersey Noir

  Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2012

  Lou Manfredo, “Soul Anatomy”

  New Orleans Noir

  Shamus Award Finalist 2008

  James Nolan, “Open Mike”

  Paris Noir

  Edgar Award Finalist 2009

  Dominique Mainard, “La Vie en Rose”

  Philadelphia Noir

  Macavity Award Finalist 2011

  Keith Gilman, “Devil’s Pocket”

  Phoenix Noir

  Edgar Award Winner 2010

  Luis Alberto Urrea, “Amapola”

  Anthony Award Finalist 2010

  Luis Alberto Urrea, “Amapola”

  Macavity Award Finalist 2010

  Luis Alberto Urrea, “Amapola”

  Shamus Award Finalist 2010

  Gary Phillips, “Blazin’ on Broadway”

  Queens Noir

  Robert L. Fish Memorial Award Winner 2009

  Joe Guglielmelli, “Buckner’s Error”

  San Diego Noir

  Southern California Independent Booksellers Association

  Award Finalist 2011

  Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2012

  T. Jefferson Parker, “Vic Primeval”

  San Francisco Noir

  Macavity Award Finalist 2006

  David Corbett, “It Can Happen”

  Staten Island Noir

  Robert L. Fish Memorial Award Winner 2013

  Patricia Smith, “When They Are Done with Us”

  Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013

  Patricia Smith, “When They Are Done with Us”

  Toronto Noir

  Arthur Ellis Award Winner 2009

  Pasha Malla, “Filmsong”

  Arthur Ellis Award Finalist 2009

  Peter Robinson, “Walking the Dog”

  Twin Cities Noir

  Shamus Award Finalist 2007

  Bruce Rubenstein, “Smoke Got in My Eyes”

  Venice Noir

  Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013

  Emily St. John Mandel, “Drifter”

  Wall Street Noir

  Derringer Award Finalist 2008

  Twist Phelan, “A Trader’s Lot”

  Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2008

  Stephen Rhodes, “At the Top of His Game”

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