Each story in this anthology includes a mystery featuring a thick fog, a thick book, and a thick steak.

How far it could go / Lawrence Block -- Foolproof / Edna Buchanan -- Man next door / Mary Higgins Clark -- Too many cooks / Carol Higgins Clark -- Revenge and rebellion / Nelson DeMille -- Last peep / Janet Evanovich -- Going under / Linda Fairstein -- Thick-headed / Walter Mosley -- Love's cottage / Nancy Pickard -- Road trip / Ann Rule -- Take it away / Donald Westlake.