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A collection of sixteen short and thought-provoking stories penned by some of the Sisters in Crime New York/Tri-State chapter's most prolific authors.

Madeline Lane, co-owner of an upscale jewelry store in Boston, steps up to save an innocent prime suspect from a homicide charge.

Seattle 1955. When a wealthy matriarch dies under questionable circumstances, Inspector Michael Riggs is assigned to the high-profile case.

A pharmaceutical executive wakes up in a strange apartment and finds herself suspected of the murder of her company''s CEO. Believing she''s insane, or a murderer, Jillian Cooper finds herself on the run from not only the police but also gang enforcers. Life-sustaining prescription drugs are a trillion-dollar industry, but who really knows what''s hidden inside those pills and capsules? Big Pharma has a secret and it''s costing thousands of lives. Prison gangs and corporate board members make strange bedfellows, but where there''s money to be had, peace exists through an off-the-books Black Label drug lab. Jillian is left to unravel the company''s secrets before she lands in jail or becomes another victim.

In this prequel to Rose''s Thorn, Detective Joe Erickson discovers a clever and vile serial killer preying on women in Chicago. Only a few cat hairs provide clues to the perpetrator of six mutilation murders. Joe''s razor-sharp intuition and unorthodox methods ultimately lead him on a trail fraught with twists, turns, and close calls. But pushing himself day and night begins taking its toll, and his obsession with apprehending the killer will be his undoing.

Lisa Jamison has done well for a single mom who got pregnant at fifteen. She is a reporter at a well-respected newspaper and her teenage daughter is both an athlete and honors student. Though their relationship is rocky these days, Lisa has accomplished what she set out to do. She has given her daughter the kind of life she never had. But all that changes when Lisa sees her daughter in the eyes of a dead man. The cops call it a drug killing, but Lisa doesn''t believe it. She knows her ex-boyfriend was no drug dealer even though she had not seen him in sixteen years. Lisa ignores warnings from her medical-examiner friend. She fails to heed barely veiled threats from the sheriff of a neighboring county. Instead, she risks her life and the lives of her daughter and their closest friend on a dangerous quest for answers. The investigation leaves Lisa fighting for her family in a morbid, black market world she never knew existed. She learns that trust is complicated and that she, despite her cynical nature, has been blind. She trusted the wrong people and now she might have to pay with her life. 

Parker City now...Parker City then...Every city has its stories and secrets.  In the spring of 1981, Parker City is rocked by a series of brutal murders. Unthinkable crimes the likes of which are unheard of in the close-knit community. Under great pressure from the powers-that-be, it is made clear to newly minted Parker City Police Detectives Ben Winters and Tommy Mason that their first case could very well be their last if they can''t catch the killer.  Decades later, after distinguished careers in law enforcement, Ben and Tommy find themselves on the eve of retirement. But in their final days on the job, their very first case comes back to haunt them in a heart-wrenching twist, leaving everyone to wonder-did they get it wrong all those years ago? Has the killer been on the loose all this time?  The investigation unfolds simultaneously in the ''80s and the present as the case of the Spring Strangler looms large over Parker City. 

When Redwoods Park Enforcement Ranger Kathleen Shepherd finds a third dead bear in the forest, its paws and gallbladder harvested, she contacts U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services for assistance. They send Nick Tanner, one of an elite cadre of undercover USFWS Special Agents. Highly valued in Traditional Chinese Medicine, bear gallbladders fetch the type of money that attracts dangerous and desperate criminals. When the killing of bears escalates to a series of equally macabre human murders, Nick and Kathleen follow the clues that lead them into a lethal trap-all under the darkly surreal canopy of the world''s oldest known living organisms, the old-growth redwoods. 

Strait-laced forty-something Franco definitely picked the wrong night to get freaky. A hook-up with a hot guy on his Manhattan rooftop, and a joint he''s unaware is laced, leaves him dazed. And-if memory serves him-the sole witness to a murder across the street.  Except, the cops can''t find a crime scene or a body, and Franco''s perforated recollections and conflicting testimony leave the detectives unimpressed. When days later the mutilated body of a philanthropic millionaire is discovered, he''s not only shocked to learn he knew him, but with Franco''s fingerprints all over the crime scene, he quickly graduates from unreliable witness to prime suspect. And the random trick who could alibi him has vanished into the anonymity of the Internet.  Unsettled, and confronted with forty-year-old memories, when Franco''s father was murdered in front of him during Manhattan''s infamous blackout, a shocking revelation finallyΓÇ»unmasks the man who pulled the trigger that night. And painting Franco the perfect suspect.  With a target on his back and time running out, the truth will set Franco free, or earn him a toe tag at the morgue. 

Olivia Callahan's life is shattered when she regains consciousness in a hospital and discovers she is paralyzed and cannot remember a thing. An apparent assault landed her in the hospital, but nobody knows who attacked her, or why.

She''s into high tech. He''s into homicide. The North Woods rock and roll when a savvy cyber-sleuth teams up with a hunky homicide cop to route corporate miscreants and to solve a murder. When she arrives in Wisconsin''s North Woods to determine who is sabotaging an unpopular business project, Laura Goode discovers her only contact is now a corpse. Gar Morris, information officer at Great Northern Shoe Company, was a local lothario whose killer could be anyone from an enraged husband to a bitter factory worker whose job is heading overseas.Along with murder, office politics thwart Laura''s mission to find out who is sabotaging the project. Adding more complications to her life, boyfriend Jack, a cop, and husband Taylor, with more money than sensitivity, appear unannounced on alternate weekends. Who needs these distractions when you''re swanning from boardroom to bar room, trolling for bass, hunting hackers, and rescuing your kidnapped cat? A nude biker''s club and the whitewater raft trip from hell provide a bizarre but thrilling climax.

Star ballerina Leah Siderova becomes a murder suspect when her main rival is found stabbed in the back.