Foreword / Peter James --
Introduction / Martin Edwards --
The hired man / Bill Beverly --
The last locked room / Simon Brett --
Shorty and the briefcase / Lee Child --
Moses and the locked tent mystery / Ann Cleeves --
Blind date / Jeffery Deaver --
Strangers in a pub / Martin Edwards --
Crime scene / Kate Ellis --
Normal rules do not apply / Peter Guttridge --
Ask Tom St. Clare / Sophie Hannah --
Blue and sentimental / John Harvey --
How many cats have you killed? / Mick Herron --
Daylight robbery / Donna Moore --
The snapperoody / Caro Ramsay --
Inside the box / Ian Rankin --
Freezer burn / James Sallis --
Caught on camera / Zoë Sharp --
Road trip / Yrsa Sigurðardóttir --
Long time no see / Maj Sjöwall, translated by Catherine Edwards --
The ring / Michael Stanley --
The five-letter word / Andrew Taylor --
Afterword / Adrian Muller.
