This collection of the best crime and mystery short fiction of 1999, gathered from around the globe and including more award-winners and stories than any other comparable volume, fills the void for those with a hunger for the best international mystery and suspense stories of the past year. Included among the bestselling authors are: Jeffery Deaver, Marcia Muller, Donald E. Westlake, Ed McBain and Joyce Carol Oates. This comprehensive anthology is the definitive annual collection of the very best mystery and suspense stories from the world over. Ed Gorman has been nominated for the Edgar and Bram Stoker Awards.

"Here is top quality of the top writers." (Chicago Sun Times)