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  Elaine Viets writes two national bestselling mystery series. Publishers Weekly called her Dead-End Job series “wry social commentary.” In book nine, Half-Price Homicide, Helen Hawthorne works at a designer consignment shop in south Florida. Her Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series is set in Elaine’s hometown, St. Louis. Elaine has won the Agatha Award and Anthony Award, as well as the Lefty for the funniest mystery novel in 2008. Her grandmother Frances Vierling believed she had second sight. Elaine is relieved she has no psychic gifts.

  Mike Wiecek once traveled widely in Asia and worked many different jobs, mostly in finance. Now he lives outside Boston, at home with the kids. His short stories have received wide recognition, including a Shamus Award. His first novel, Exit Strategy, was short-listed for the ITW’s Thriller Award. More at www.mwiecek.com.

  ABOUT THE EDITOR

  Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author, has been writing for twenty-seven years. Her body of work includes many novels, a few novellas, and a growing body of short stories in genres ranging from mystery to science fiction and romance. Married and the mother of three, Charlaine lives in rural Arkansas with her family, three dogs, and a Canada goose. She pretty much works all the time. The HBO series True Blood is based on Charlaine’s Sookie Stackhouse novels.

  COPYRIGHTS

  Introduction copyright © 2010 by Charlaine Harris, Inc.

  “Dahlia Underground,” copyright © 2010 by Charlaine Harris, Inc.

  “Hixton,” copyright © 2010 by William Kent Krueger

  “Small Change,” copyright © 2010 by Margaret Maron

  “The Trespassers,” copyright © 2010 by Brendan DuBois

  “Madeeda,” copyright © 2010 by Harley Jane Kozak

  “House of Horrors,” copyright © 2010 by S. W. Hubbard

  “Sift, Almost Invisible, Through,” copyright © 2010 by Jeffrey Somers

  “The Bedroom Door,” copyright © 2010 by Elaine Viets

  “The Conqueror Worm,” copyright © 2010 by Barbara D‘Amato

  “In Memory of the Sibylline,” copyright © 2010 by Lou Kemp

  “The Bloodflower,” copyright © 2010 by Martin Meyers

  “The Awareness,” copyright © 2010 by Terrie Farley Moran

  “Tadesville,” copyright © 2010 by Jack Fredrickson

  “Limbo,” copyright © 2010 by Steve Brewer

  “The Insider,” copyright © 2010 by Mike Wiecek

  “Swing Shift,” copyright © 2010 by Dana Cameron

  “Riding High,” copyright © 2010 by Carolyn Hart

  “Grave Matter,” copyright © 2010 by Mickey Spillane Publishing, L.L.C.

  “Death of a Vampire,” copyright © 2010 by Parnell Hall

  “Taking the Long View,” copyright © 2010 by Toni L. P. Kelner