Introduction / by Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson -- Comrade 35 / by Jeffery Deaver -- Police report / by Joseph Finder -- The last confession / by John Lescroart -- A card for mother / by Gayle Lynds and John Sheldon -- Miss Bianca / by Sara Paretsky -- The essence of small people / by Gary Alexander -- Checkpoint Charlie / by Alan Cook -- Crush depth / by Brendan Dubois -- The honey trap / by Bev Vincent -- House of a thousand eyes / by Katia Leaf -- A neighbor's story / by Vicki Doudera -- East meets West / by Jonathan Stone -- Show stopper / by Gigi Vernon -- Deep submergence / by Joseph Wallace -- Sparks to the bear's hide / by Robert Mangeot -- Side effects / by T. Jefferson Parker -- The everyday housewife / by Laura Lippman -- Cuba libre / by Katherine Neville -- His mother's son / by J.A. Jance -- Ghosts / by Raymond Benson.