"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

The year in mystery and crime fiction, 2003 / Jon L. Breen -- 2003 yearbook of crime and mystery / Edward D. Hoch -- World mystery report, Great Britain / Maxim Jakubowski -- World mystery report, Canada / Edo van Belkom -- World mystery report, Germany / Thomas Wörtche -- The year 2003 in mystery fandom / George A. Easter -- Cowboy Grace / Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- Palace in the pines / Doug Allyn -- Offenders / Mat Coward -- Bet on Red / Jeff Abbott -- Doctor's orders / Judith Cutler -- Esther Gordon Framlingham / Antony Mann -- Nighthawks / John Lutz -- Starting over / Carol Anne Davis -- Dreams of Jeannie / Catherine Dain -- The face of Ali Baba / Edward D. Hoch -- Take my word for it and you don't have to answer / Robert S. Levinson -- The maids / G. Miki Hayden -- Black Heart and Cabin Girl / Shelley Costa -- Dollface / Marion Arnott -- Doppelganger / Rhys Bowen -- No man's land / Elizabeth Foxwell -- Safety first / Marcia Talley -- Red meat / Elaine Viets -- Sex and bingo / Elaine Viets -- Aces & eights / David Edgerly Gates -- Proportionate response / Jeremiah Healy -- The hunter / Joyce Carol Oates -- The Cherub affair / Peter Robinson -- The corpse that lost its head / John Vermeulen -- The best / Chris Rippen -- The rival / Helga Anderle -- African Christmas / Frauke Schuster -- The gallows necklace / Sharyn McCrumb -- One shot difference / Brendan DuBois -- Woke up this morning / Liza Cody -- The leper colony / Clark Howard -- Honorable mentions -- Aout the editors.