The Best Laid Plans: 21 Stories of Mystery & Suspense

Whether it’s a subway station in Norway, ski resort in Vermont, McMansion in the suburbs, or trendy art gallery in Toronto, the 21 authors represented in this superb collection of mystery and suspense interpret the overarching theme of the best-laid plans in their own inimitable style. And like many best-laid plans, they come with no guarantees.

Includes “A Sure Thing” by CC Guthrie, nominated for a 2020 Derringer Award for Best Short Story.

Includes “Who They Are Now by Victoria Weisfeld, winner of the 2020 Public Safety Writers Association competition for Best Short Story.

*Long-listed for the 2020 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Readers’ Choice Award.

Stories by Tom Barlow, Susan Daly, Lisa de Nikolits, P.A. De Voe, Peter DiChellis, Lesley A. Diehl, Mary Dutta, C.C. Guthrie, William Kamowski, V.S. Kemanis, Lisa Lieberman, Edward Lodi, Rosemary McCracken, LD Masterson, Edith Maxwell, Judy Penz Sheluk, KM Rockwood, Peggy Rothschild, Johanna Beate Stumpf, Victoria Weisfeld, and Chris Wheatley.