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. 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. Edited By Robert J. Randisi. An Edgar-nominated collection of new short stories by some of the genre's most popular writers features hired assassins who match their criminal wits with seasoned or novice investigators, in a volume that includes contributions by such authors as Ed Gorman, Robert J. Randisi, and John Harvey. Reprint. IN WHITE PLAINS, Keller sat in the kitchen with Dot for twenty minutes.