New York: William H. Morrow, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The talents of eight great mystery writers" - Thomas Chastain, Mary Higgins Clark, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Lucy Freeman, Joyce Harrington, Warren Murphy, Bernard St. James, and Whitley Strieber - conspire to create a stories of suspense set in New York City. Notes on the authors. 305 pp. ISBN: 0-688064752.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Otto Penzler, series editor. Notes on the contributors and a list of other distinguished stories of 2002. xv, 328 pp.

London: Chatto & Windus, (1992) dj. SIGNED first edition - True 1st edition of this anthology of the Crime Writers' Association - bound in wrappers with an outer wrapper. Many are original stories by such writers as Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell, Susan Moody, Reginald Hill, Dick Francis, Robert Barnard, Simon Brett and more. INSCRIBED on the title page by Sara Paretsky. Illustrated with Clewsey's Cliches, biographical notes. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-7011-59235.

London: Chatto & Windus, (1994) dj. SIGNED first edition - Includes stories by Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, Bill James, Sara Paretsky, Val McDermid , Susan Kelly, Celia Dale and others. INSCRIBED on the title page by Sara Paretsky. Frontispiece drawing. Biographical notes. 263 pp. ISBN: 0-701161442.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. SIGNED first edition - The seventh in this series of mystery anthologies includes a Prohibition-era tale of a scorned lover's revenge, a Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery solved by an actor playing the famous detective onstage, stories of a woman's near-fatal search for self-discovery, a bar owner's gutsy attempt to outwit the mob, and a showdown between double-crossing detectives, and a tale of murder by psychology. Among the contributors are Elmore Leonard, Walter Mosley, James Crumley, Joyce Carol Oates, George Pelecanos, Scott Phillips, Brendan DuBois, Daniel Stashower, Hanna Tinti, Monica Wood and more. Otto Penzler, series editor. SIGNED by Connelly on the title page. Notes on the contributors and a list of other distinguished stories of 2002. xv, 328 pp. ISBN: 0-618-32965X.

New York: Doubleday, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 20th anniversary edition of this anthology which focuses on the best British crime writers. Includes nine stories by Simon Brett, Elizabeth Ferrars, Michael Gilbert, Michael Z. Lewin, Peter Lovesey, Jill McGown, D. W. Smith, Jean Stubbs and David Williams. Brief editor's note. 188 pp. ISBN: 0-385262116.

London: Macmillan, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology of all new stories which focuses on the best British crime writers. Includes eleven stories by Elizabeth Ferrars, Ellis Peters, Colin Dexter, James McClure, Margaret Yorke and others. Brief editor's note. 188 pp. ISBN: 0-385262116.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. A collection of 46 mystery stories from O. Henry in 1903 and Willa Cather in 1905 to Tom Franklin in 1998 and Dennis Lehane in 1999. Includes selections from Dashiell Hammet, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Joyce Carol Oates, Shirley Jackson, Flannery O'Connor, Sue Grafton Stephen King, James Crumley Brendan DuBois, Patricia Highsmith, Sara Paretsky, Dennis LeHane, Steven Greenleaf and more. Preface by series editor Otto Penzler and introduction by Tony Hillerman. Biographical notes.xviii, 813 pp. ISBN: 0-618-012672.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The talents of eight great suspense writers combine to create Murder in Los Angeles." Introductory note by Thomas Chastain. Contributors include Jon L. Breen, D. C. Fontana, George Fox, William Campbell Gault, M. R. Henderson, Vincent McConnor, William F. Nolan, and Ray Russell. Notes on the authors. 381 pp. ISBN: 0-688066844.

New York: Carroll & Graf, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An anthology containing fifteen stories featuring women sleuths by women authors, Ruth Rendell, Amanda Cross, Sara Paretsky, Mary Higgins Clark, Joan Hess, Faye Kellerman, Anne Perry and others. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-88184-8069.

New York: Akashic Books. (2005). SIGNED first edition - Includes an introduction by the editor and new stories by Barry Gifford, Eddie Muller, Robert Mailer Anderson, Michelle Tea, Peter Plate, Kate Braverman, David Corbett, Alejandro Murgu’a, Sin Soracco, Alvin Lu, Jon Longhi, Will Christopher Baer, Jim Nesbit, and David Henry Sterry - "hard-biting, all-original tales exploring the shadowy nether regions" of this city by the Bay. SIGNED by Domenic Stansberry at his story "The Prison." Map. 291 pp plus notes on contributors and publishers ads. ISBN: 1888451912.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. dj. Hardcover - The first murder stories of the masters of the craft - including August Derleth, Ellery Queen, Kenneth Millar, Simenon and others. Also included are two stories being published for the first time by Anthony Boucher and David Alexander. Includes an introduction by John Dickson Carr, and each story is preceded by a brief discussion by the author.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "The world's greatest crime writers tell the inside stories of their greatest detectives." Includes Ken Bruen, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Robert Crais, Jonathan and Faye Kellerman, John Lescroart, Anne Perry, Ridley Pearson, David Morrell, Anne Perry, Robert B. Parker, Ian Rankin and more. Introduction by Otto Penzler. SIGNED by TWO authors at their contributions: Michael Connelly and Ian Rankin. 501 pp. ISBN: 9780316031936.

New York: Doubleday, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by Paretsky at her story "Strung Out." Alsp includes stories by Max Allan Collins, Joan Hess, John Lutz, Michael Collins, Susan Dunlap, Loren Estleman, Jeremiah Healy, Nancy Pickard, Sue Grafton, Julie Smith and others. Foreword and brief notes preceding each story by the editors. ix, 369 pp. ISBN: 0-385-422350.

New York: Berkley, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition - An anthology with "sixteen culinary capers" including all-new recipes and author interviews, with stories by Donna Andrews, Claudia Bishop, Rhys Bowen, Don Bruns, Meg Chittenden, Nick DiChario, Marcos Donnelly, Carole Nelson Douglas, Elizabeth Foxwell, Parnell Hall, Lyn Hamilton, Jeremiah Healy, Dean James, Mary Jane Maffini, William Moody, and Anne Perry. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Rhys Bowen, Donna Andrews and Carol Nelson Douglas. Foreword by Claudia Bishop. xiv, 370 pp. ISBN: 0-425192628.

New York: Akashic Books, (2006). SIGNED first edition - An anthology of original stories on how writers from the US and the UK - as well as Dublin itself - view the city. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories - Reed Farrel Coleman, Eoin Colfer and Gary Philips. Other authors included are Laura Lippman, Peter Spiegelman, Eoin Colfer and more. 228 pp plus notes on the contributors, ads. ISBN: 978-1888451924.

New York: Dutton, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collects stories by 42 writers, including Issac Babel, P.D. James, James Ellroy, Sue Grafton, Tony Hillerman, Lawrence Block, Jorge Luis Borges, Sara Paretsky, Stuart M. Haminsky, Walter Mosely, Donald E. Westlake, Don DeLillo, Joyce Carol Oates, Italo Calvino, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, James Ellroy, George C. Chesbro, Harlan Ellison, Andrew Vachss, Graham Greene, Angela Carter, Eric Wright and others. SIGNED by Lawrence Block at his story "The Merciful Angel of Death." Black and white illustrations by Vidal Centero at the head of each story. Introduction by Charyn, notes on the authors. Red ribbon marker bound in. xii, 387 pp. . ISBN: 0-525935169.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2013). SIGNED - An anthology collecting 21 stories from some of the top crime writers of today, all dealing with a different kind of justice - swift, effective and personal. SIGNED by TWO authors - Brendon DuBois at his story "The Final Ballot" and Michael Connellly at "A Fine Mist of Blood." Other contributors include Dennis Lehane, Alafair Burke, Karen Slaughter, Darrell James and Michelle Gagnon. Notes about the authors. 384 pp. ISBN: 978-0316176354.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An anthology collecting 21 stories from some of the top crime writers of today, all dealing with a different kind of justice - swift, effective and personal. SIGNED by FIVE authors - by Lee Chld on the title page and by Michelle Gagnon, Brendan DuBois, Dennis Lehane and Darell James at their stories. Notes about the authors. 384 pp. ISBN: 9780316176347.

New York: Forge / Tom Doherty Associates, (2010.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A collection of 25 never-before-published stories, SIGNED by FOUR authors at their stories: by John Lescroart at 'The Gato Conundrum'; Rebecca Cantrell at 'On the Train; Gregg Hurwitz at "The Thief" and Kelli Stanley at 'Children's Day.' Also includes stories by Sean Michael Bailey, Lee Child, Stephen Coonts, Jeffery Deaver, J. T. Ellison, Alex Kava, CJ Lyons, Michael Palmer, Cynthia Robinson, Karin Slaughter, John Lutz, Ken Bruen, Wendy Corsi Staub and others. Afterword by Steve Berry. 367 pp. ISBN: 978-0765326485.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1987.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Anthology edited and with an introduction by Mary Higgins Clark. In addition to the writers mentioned above, this includes stories by Lawrence Treat, Ron Goulart, Henry Slesar and others. SIGNED by TWO authors: by Clark on the title page and by William Nolan at his story 'Saturday's Shadow' with the comment "My favorite story!" . 214 pp. ISBN: 0-671-634666.

Boston: Mariner / Houghton Mifflin, 2011. SIGNED first edition - Among the contributors are Lawrence Block, Tom Franklin, Loren D. Estleman and more. SIGNED by FIVE authors: by Otto Penzler, series editor, on the title page with the comment 'These really are the best!." and by 4 authors at their stories - David Corbett, Brendan Du Bois , S, J. Rozan and Max Allan Collins, Notes on the contributors and a list of other distinguished stories of 2010. xv, 412 pp. ISBN: 0-618-32965X.

New York: St Martin's, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED by Sara Paretsky at her story 'The Great Tesuji.' Also includes stories by Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, Bill James, Val McDermid , Susan Kelly, Celia Dale and others 263 pp. ISBN: 0-312117361.

London: Chatto & Windus, (1994) dj. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Sara Paretsky at her story 'The Great Tesuji.' Also includes stories by Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, Bill James, Val McDermid , Susan Kelly, Celia Dale and others Frontispiece drawing. Biographical notes. 263 pp. ISBN: 0-701161442.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. SIGNED first edition - The seventh in this series of mystery anthologies includes a Prohibition-era tale of a scorned lover's revenge, a Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery solved by an actor playing the famous detective onstage, stories of a woman's near-fatal search for self-discovery, a bar owner's gutsy attempt to outwit the mob, and a showdown between double-crossing detectives, and a tale of murder by psychology. SIGNED by Walter Mosley at his story "Lavender." Other contributors include Elmore Leonard, James Crumley, Joyce Carol Oates, George Pelecanos, Scott Phillips, Brendan DuBois, Daniel Stashower, Hanna Tinti, Monica Wood and more. Otto Penzler, series editor. Notes on the contributors and a list of other distinguished stories of 2002. xv, 328 pp. ISBN: 0-618-32965X.

Sydney, Australia: Allen & Unwin, (1992). SIGNED first edition - "Featuring the best of American crime writing." Collects stories by Chet Williamson, Lawrence Block, Charles de Lint, Julie Smith, Joe R Lansdale, Andrew Vachss, Joyce Harrington, Neal Barrett Jr, Michael A Black, Wayne D Dundee, Rose Dawn Bradford, James Colbert, Gary Lovisi & Joel A Dvoskin. SIGNED twice by Lansdale - on the table of contents and again at his Bram Stoker award winning story "Night They Missed the Horror Show." Each story is preceded by a photograph of the writer and a short biography. xii, 212 pp. ISBN: 1-863732217.

Boston: Mariner / Houghton Mifflin, 2012. SIGNED first edition - Among the contributors are Peter Beagle, Mary Gaitskill, Thomas McGuane, Charles Todd, Kristine Katherine Rusch, Daniel Woodrell and more. SIGNED by TWO authors at their stories: T. Jefferson Parker at "Vic Primeval" and Peter Beagle at "The Bridge Partner." Otto Penzler, series editor. Notes on the contributors and a list of other distinguished stories of 2011. xiv, 397 pp. ISBN: 0-618-32965X.

Ontario, Canada: Mira, (2009). dj. SIGNED hardcover - A collection of twenty-three original stories by the most critically acclaimed contemporary authors in this genre, all members of International Thriller Writers Inc. SIGNED by THREE authors at their stories: Ridley Pearson, Jeffery Deaver and Simon Wood.. Contributors include Jeffrey Deaver, Robert Ferrigno, Lisa Jackson, Jon Land, Philip Margolin, Ridley Pearson, Marcus Sakey, Simon Wood, R. L. Stine and others. Introduction by Clive Cussler, plus a brief introduction to each story, biographical notes on the authors. 506 pp. ISBN: 9780778327233.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. SIGNED first edition - Among the contributors are Stephen King, Jonathon King, Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Lupoff, Dick Lochte and more. SIGNED by Richard Lupoff at his story "The Incident of the Impecunius Cavalier." Otto Penzler, series editor. Notes on the contributors and a list of other distinguished stories of 2003. xiv, 432 pp. ISBN: 0-618-32965X.