Features historical mysteries from today's best American and British authors. Death of a place seeker/Lynda S. Robinson; Archimedes' tomb/Steven Saylor; Solomon's decision/Sharan Newman; Murder at anchor/Edward Marson; The hangman's apprentice/Leonard Tourney; Suffer a witch/Miriam Grace Monfredo; The lullaby cheat/Kate Ross; Anything in the dark/Edward D.Hoch; Bertie and the boat race/Peter Lovesey; The high constable and the visiting author/Maan Meyers; Look to the lady/Alanna Knight; Mrs. Hudson's case/ Laurie King; Exit centure stage/M.J.Trow; Decision of the umpire/Troy Soos; Uncle Charlie's letters/Anne Perry; Killing the critic/Gillia Linscott; Portrait of the artist as a young corpse/Barbara Paul; The Mamur Zapt and the Kodaker's eye/Michael Pearce; Storm in a teas shoppe/ Carola Dunn; The enemy/Ken Kuhlken; The soldier and his dead companion/Nicholas A. DiChario.
A collection of short historical mystery stories by a variety of award-winning British and American writers, including Anne Perry, Jan Burke, Robert Barnard, Nancy Kress, and others.