A collection of original crime and mystery stories by 17 members of the Crime Writers of Canada.

To court disaster /Elaine Matlow -- McGowney's miracle / Margaret Millar -- My vacation in the numbers racket / Howard Engel -- The cure / Eric Wright -- A natural death / Sandra Woodruff -- The Mandalasian garotte / James Powell -- St. Anthony's man / Tim Wynne-Jones -- The capitalist / Marion Crook -- Strange archaeology / Josef Skvorecky -- Common or garden murder / Ellen Godfrey -- Dame Millicent's revenge / Tim Heald -- Wish you were here / Frank Jones -- Hard luck Joey / Elaine Slater -- An evening at the opera / Anna Sandor and Bill Gough -- Death on horseback / John Ballem -- The girl in the white dress / Tony Aspler.