Ten Year Stretch

Foreword / Peter James -- Introduction / Martin Edwards -- The hired man / Bill Beverly -- The last locked room / Simon Brett -- Shorty and the briefcase / Lee Child -- Moses and the locked tent mystery / Ann Cleeves -- Blind date / Jeffery Deaver -- Strangers in a pub / Martin Edwards -- Crime scene / Kate Ellis -- Normal rules do not apply / Peter Guttridge -- Ask Tom St. Clare / Sophie Hannah -- Blue and sentimental / John Harvey -- How many cats have you killed? / Mick Herron -- Daylight robbery / Donna Moore -- The snapperoody / Caro Ramsay -- Inside the box / Ian Rankin -- Freezer burn / James Sallis -- Caught on camera / Zoë Sharp -- Road trip / Yrsa Sigurðardóttir -- Long time no see / Maj Sjöwall, translated by Catherine Edwards -- The ring / Michael Stanley -- The five-letter word / Andrew Taylor -- Afterword / Adrian Muller.;The twenty brand new crime stories in this book have been specially commissioned to celebrate the tenth anniversary of CrimeFest, described [...]by the Guardian as "one of the 50 best festivals in the world." Contributors come from around the world and include the legendary Maj Sjöwall who, together with partner Per Wahlöö, was the originator of Nordic noir. The editors are Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller. Martin Edwards is responsible for many award-winning anthologies and Adrian Muller is one of the co-founders of CrimeFest.