Fast-paced gumshoe tales that have won the coveted Shamus award from the Private Eye Writers of America. Volume I includes stories by John Lutz, Bill Pronzini, Lawrence Block, Brendan DuBois, Loren D. Estleman, Ed Gorman, Mickey Spillane, Marcia Muller, Nancy Pickard, Benjamin M. Schutz, Linda Barnes, Max Allan Collins, and Sue Grafton. Collected and introduced by Robert J. Randisi.