Introduction / Vince Flynn -- Perfectly grimn : a Joe Pickett story / C. J. Box -- Time of the green / Ken Bruen -- Last laugh / David Housewright -- Issue of women and money / Michael Stanley -- Dumber than dirt / Libby Fischer Hellman -- Snow birds / Gary Phillips -- Pinked off / Maureen Fischer -- Santa's little helper / Anne Frasier -- 17th rule of highly effective bank robbers / Troy Cook -- Puck / Pat Dennis -- Why I write mysteries / Pete Hautman -- Eddie's dungeon / Chris Everheart -- Contender / William Kent Krueger -- Den of iniquity / Lori L. Lake -- You can be too thin / Gary R. Bush -- Jibber jabber / Reed F. Coleman -- Surrogate / Anthony Neil Smith -- Cat's meow / Mary Logue -- Uninvolved / Lois Greiman -- Rage against the machines / Terri Persons -- Flyover land / Max Allan Collins and Barbara Collins -- Live bait / Sujata Massey -- Dumb luck / Marilyn Victor -- I seen that / S. J. Rozan.