A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime (2003) Mystery Writers of America Anthology

TEMPERS FLARE IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT... ...And the wrong move, the wrong word, even the wrong look can set off any man or woman already driven past their boiling point. A Hot and Sultry Night for Crime, edited by bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, features 20 stories of people dealing with not just the torrid weather, but all different kinds of heat. From a retired police chief pitching in on a missing dog report that leads to him solving a murder to a mystery of Southern manners that proves the heat brings out the worst in everybody to a Los Angeles gumshoe who goes to a movie to cool off, but finds a still-warm body inside the theater, these mystery stories all prove that when the temperature rises, anyone can go crazy from the heat, and the most cold-blooded crimes can be committed during the hottest, darkest nights... Contents: Foreword Introduction Ninety-Eight Point Six The Last of the Bad Girls Child Support Old Dog Days Body in the Pond Lady on Ice El Palacio Heat Lightning Too Hot to Die Green Heat No Lie The Stay-at-Home Thief War Crimes The Slow Blink: A Rory Calhoun Story Hot Days, Cold Nights Prom Night Night Rose Neighborhood Watch Splitting What the Dormouse Said About the Editor