Publisher's Synopsis
"One of the best new collections of crime stories for a long while". - CITY LIFE In this star-studded collection of previously unpublished short mysteries, award-winning editor Otto Penzler has gathered the best of the best - bestselling authors who dare to explore a deliciously chilling subject: obsession at its most insidious...What happens when a hard-nosed insurance investigator lights up a joint and sniffs out a case of arson? It's a tale only Elmore Leonard can tell in SPARKS. In SLOW BURN, Eric Van Lustbader describes a beautiful detective haunted by a past injustice, a consuming passion, and a savage crime that links them both. In BARKING AT BUTTERFLIES, Ed McBain tells of a man who goes barking mad when a Maltese terrier takes over his life...
