Following on the heels of the successful first volume of this series, the stories in this stellar field include:
"Final Rites" by Doug Allyn - "Don't Kill a Karate Fighter" by William Chambers - "Entrapped" by Harlan Coben - "Yellow Gal" by Michael Collins - "Together" by Jeffrey Deaver - "The Rough Boys" by Harlan Ellison - "Tole My Cap'n" by Joe Gores - "Layover" by Ed Gorman - "A Bunch of Mumbo-Jumbo" by Jan Grape - "The Cure" by David Handler - "Till Tuesday" by Jeremiah Healy - "Village of the Dead" by Edward D. Hoch - "Chalk" by Evan Hunter - "It's a Wise Child Who Knows" by Stuart Kaminsky - "Who Killed Cock Robin?" by H. R. F. Keating - "Medford & Son" by Dick Lochte - "Thieves' Honor" by John Lutz - "Not All Brides Are Beautiful" by Sharyn McCrumb - "Manslaughter" by Joyce Carol Oates - "You Don't Know What It's Like" by Bill Pronzini - "The Disappearance of Penny" by Robert J. Randisi - "A Victim Must Be Found" by Henry Slesar - "Blue Rose" by Peter Straub - "A Bad Night For Burglars" by Lawrence Block