THE WORLD'S FINEST MYSTERY AND CRIME STORIES First Annual Collection

1st printing, Sept. 2000. Design by Ellen Cipriano. Includes "The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 1999" by Jon L. Breen; "A 1999 Yearbook of Mystery and Crime" by Edward D. Hoch; "Heroes" by Anne Perry; "Rio Grande Gothic" by David Morrell; "The Hanged Man" by Ian Rankin; "Spooked" by Carolyn G. Hart; "Show Me the Bones" by Carolyn Wheat; "A Flash of Chrysanthemum" by J. A. Jance; "The Man in the White Hat" by Loren D. Estleton; "'53 Buick" by Gary Phillips; "Crack" by James W. Hall; "Paleta Man" by Laurie R. King; "Snow" by Stuart Kaminsky; "The Canasta Club" by Eleanor Taylor Bland; "Unchained Melody" by Doug Allyn; "Something Simple" by Rob Kantner; "The Circle of Ink" by Edward D. Hoch; "The Death Cat of Hester Street" by Carol Gorman; "Dark Times" by Peter Crowther; "Those That Trespass" by Peter Tremayne; "Blitzed" by Phil Lovesey; "For Services Rendered" by Jeffrey Deaver; "The Tinder Box" by Minette Walters; "Symptoms of Loss" by Jerry Sykes; "Taking Care of Frank" by Antony Mann; "Styx and Bones" by Edward Bryant; "Not Long Now" by Carol Anne Davis; "The Shortest Distance" by Mat Coward; "I Love Everything About You" by Mathayn Pelerimas & Robert J. Randisi; "The case of the Headless Witness" by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.; "The Mummy Case" by Carole Nelson Douglas; "Recycle" by Marcia Muller; "Now What?" by Donald E. Westlake; "Barking at Butterflies" by Ed McBain; "The Dark prince" by Joyce carol Oates; "Rappin' Dog" by Dick Lochte; "Dream lawyer" by Lia Matera; "Flood" by Bill pronzini; "The Ice Shelf" by Clark Howard; "In for a Penny" by Lawrence Block; "honorable Mentions: 1999"; "About the Editor". Creasing; minor bumps and scuffs. 200.