Dying time / William J. Caunitz -- For whom the beep tolls / Carol Higgins Clark -- Definitely, a crime of passion / Mary Higgins Clark -- Hot springs / James Crumley -- The loving you get / John Gardner -- The stalker / Faye Kellerman -- The things we do for love / Jonathan Kellerman -- Karen makes out / Elmore Leonard -- Red Clay / Michael Malone -- Nancy Drew remembers (A parody) / Bobbie Ann Mason -- Running from legs / Ed McBain -- At the Paradise Motel, Sparks, Nevada / Joyce Carol Oates -- Heartbreak house / Sara Paretsky -- The blackmailer / Anne Perry -- For what she had done / Shel Silverstein -- True crime / Donna Tartt.