Death Do Us Part : New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder

by Mystery Writers of America, Inc.; Coben, Harlan

• ISBN13: 9780316012508
• ISBN10: 0316012505
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-28
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co

Summary

Eighteen gripping stories about relationships from some of the top mystery writers working today. From the Civil War-era south to 1950s New York to the present day's gritty cities and seemingly innocuous suburbs, these stories chart the complicationsalways surprising, sometimes deadlythat arise between lovers, dear friends, and even complete strangers coming together for a single, shocking encounter. In Lee Child's Safe Enough, a blue-collar city boy takes up with a wealthy suburban wife, with dire consequences. In Harlan Coben's Entrapped, a woman's husband disappears and is replaced by a handsome impostor. In Laura Lippman's One True Love, a high-end prostitute seeks a radical solution to a PR problem. In P. J. Parrish's One Shot, a man returns to his childhood home to learn the truth about a long-ago tragedy. Other contributors of original stories include Ridley Pearson, R. L. Stine, Jim Fusilli, Jeff Abbott, Charles Todd, and Tom Savage.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
QUEENY, by Ridley Pearson	3	(9)
SAFE ENOUGH, by Lee Child	12	(15)
THE HOME FRONT, by Charles Ardai	27	(28)
THE LAST FLIGHT, by Brendan DuBois	55	(15)
PART LIGHT, PART MEMORY, by Bonnie Hearn Hill	70	(13)
BLARNEY, by Steve Hockensmith	83	(21)
HEAT LIGHTNING, by William Kent Krueger	104	(11)
TILL DEATH DO US PART, by Tim Maleeny	115	(10)
THE COLD, HARD TRUTH, by Rick McMahan	125	(19)
ONE SHOT, by P.J. Parrish	144	(24)
CYBERDATE.COM, by Tom Savage	168	(16)
HOME COMING, by Charles Todd	184	(13)
THE MASSEUSE, by Tim Wohlforth	197	(15)
A FEW SMALL REPAIRS, by Jeff Abbott	212	(19)
CHELLINI'S SOLUTION, by Jim Fusilli	231	(16)
ONE TRUE LOVE, by Laura Lippman	247	(21)
WIFEY, by R.L. Stine	268	(20)
PUSHED OR WAS FELL, by Jay Brandon	288	(25)
ENTRAPPED, by Harlan Coben	313	(18)
About the Authors	331	(8)
Copyright Information	339