Introduction / Otto Penzler -- End of the string / Charles McCarry -- Section 7(a) operational / Lee Child -- Destiny city / James Grady -- Neighbors / Joseph Finder -- East of Suez, west of Charing Cross Road / John Lawton -- Father's Day / John Weisman -- Casey at the bat / Stephen Hunter -- Max is calling / Gayle Lynds -- Interrogator / David Morrell -- Sleeping with my assassin / Andrew Klavan -- Hamburg redemption / Robert Wilson -- Courier / Dan Fesperman -- Hedged in / Stella Rimington -- You know what's going on / Olen Steinhauer.