Following on the heels of the successful first volume of this series, the stories in this stellar field include:

"Final Rites" by Doug Allyn * "Don't Kill a Karate Fighter" by William Chambers * "Entrapped" by Harlan Coben * "Yellow Gal" by Michael Collins * "Together" by Jeffrey Deaver * "The Rough Boys" by Harlan Ellison * "Tole My Cap'n" by Joe Gores * "Layover" by Ed Gorman * "A Bunch of Mumbo-Jumbo" by Jan Grape * "The Cure" by David Handler * "Till Tuesday" by Jeremiah Healy * "Village of the Dead" by Edward D. Hoch * "Chalk" by Evan Hunter * "It's a Wise Child Who Knows" by Stuart Kaminsky * "Who Killed Cock Robin?" by H. R. F. Keating * "Medford & Son" by Dick Lochte * "Thieves' Honor" by John Lutz * "Not All Brides Are Beautiful" by Sharyn McCrumb * "Manslaughter" by Joyce Carol Oates * "You Don't Know What It's Like" by Bill Pronzini * "The Disappearance of Penny" by Robert J. Randisi * "A Victim Must Be Found" by Henry Slesar * "Blue Rose" by Peter Straub * "A Bad Night For Burglars" by Lawrence Block