Greatest Hits - Original Stories of Hitmen, Hired Guns, and Private Eyes

Featuring standout writers of mystery and suspense like Lawrence Block, Jeffery Deaver, James W. Hall, Jeff Abbott, Michael Collins, Max Allan Collins, and Lee Child -- all of them best-selling authors, most of them winners of Edgar or Shamus awards (or both) -- this anthology comes with a chamberful of surefire stories. Loaded with tension, charged with uncertainty, these taut tales bring their unsuspecting or hunted and fearful marks into the deadly sight of a hired killer's gun. The hit men, or women, meanwhile match their criminal wits with police detectives, seasoned private eyes, the resolute everyguy, or amateur sleuths to often unexpected and frequently startling ends.

Every one of the stories here is a hit. Each of them craftily calibrated and written expressly for this collection, they include new work by the popular, award-winning Ed Gorman, the versatile writer-editor Robert J. Randisi, and the recipient of the first-ever Sherlock Award for best detective, John Harvey. With cunning invention hit-lit authors Christine Matthews, Barbara Serenella, Marcus Pelegrimas, and Kevin Wignall further ratchet up the suspense to keep Greatest Hits true to its name, and aim.

Contents:
Keller's karma by Lawrence Block
The catch by James W. Hall
Quarry's luck by Max Allan Collins
A trip home by Ed Gorman
Misdirection by Barbara Seranella
Snow, snow, snow by John Harvey
Upon my soul by Robert J. Randisi
Karma hits dogma by Jeff Abbott
The greatest trick of all by Lee Child
Dr. Sullivan's library by Christine Matthews
Retrospective by Kevin Wignall
The right tool for the job by Marcus Pelegrimas
For sale by owner by Jenny Siler
The closers by Paul Guyot
Chapter and verse by Jeffery Deaver