The detectives at the 87th precinct are in over their heads when they try to catch a gang of thieves who are attempting to get their hands on a large stash of money.
An anthology of nineteen short mystery stories by a variety of authors, including Lawrence Block, Joyce Carol Oates, and John Updike, selected by the editors as the best to be published in 1998.
Real estate agent Alice Glendenning's two children are kidnapped and the ransom is the exact amount due her from from the insurance company for her husband's fatal accident; but instead of going to the police, she turns to new friend Charlie Hobbs.
When a woman is run down by a sixteen-year-old driving student, her instructor, Andrew Newell is charged with negligent homicide, but when the woman is identifies as Newell's wife, Detective Katie Logan begins to suspect a more sinister plot.
