An unprecedented collective features pairings by 23 best-selling and critically acclaimed suspense writers, including John Sandford, F. Paul Wilson and R. L. Stine, who in short high-action stories pit their most popular characters against one another.

Red eye /Dennis Lehane vs. Michael Connelly -- In the nick of time / Ian Rankin vs. Peter James -- Gaslighted / R. L. Stine vs. Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child -- The laughing Buddha / M. J. Rose vs. Lisa Garnder -- Surfing the panther / Steve Martini vs. Linda Fairstein -- Rhymes with prey / Jeffery Deaver vs. John Sandford -- Infernal night / Heather Graham v.s F. Paul Wilson -- Pit stop / Raymond Khoury vs. Linwood Barclay -- Silent hunt / John Lescroart vs. T. Jefferson Parker -- The devil's bones / Steve Berry vs. James Rollins -- Good and valuable consideration / Lee Child vs. Joseph Finder.