A collection of suspense stories, puzzle stories, whodunits and tricky whydunits involving police detectives, private eyes, talented and sometimes lucky amateurs, armchair detectives, and ethnic detectives.

This anthology features some of the most famous authors writing at the peak of their careers!

A walk on the wild side! In this series of collections of gritty Noir and Hardboiled stories, you’ll find some of the best writers of the craft writing in their prime.

Here, for the first time in one volume, are the best stories of the year from Mike Shayne's Mystery Magazine — featuring the incomparable Mike Shayne himself. Whether you prefer your crimes brutal, clever, daring or disastrous... whether you relish a case with infinite complications or of deceptive simplicity, you will enjoy this superior collection by and for connoisseurs of crime.