A collection showcasing the short story talents of the collective known as the Murder Squad--featuring several award-winning and highly acclaimed crime writers The Murder Squad all share a special passion for crime, which is reflected in this superb new volume of previously unpublished tales. Funny and sad, atmospheric and dark, ingenious and frightening, each of the 13 stories in this collection--two or three from each contributor--will thrill lovers of crime fiction. In "The Habit of Silence," DI Vera Stanhope--whom Ann Cleeves developed "Because I was so cross with even feminist...