A Stab in the Heart
"A Stab in the Heart" (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine) A holocaust survivor's fatal plunge down a New York tenement stairway evokes a detective's memories of his brutal African past, and forces him to choose between vengeance and justice.
- Winner, Best Short Story of the Year (International Thriller Writers Association)
- Finalist, Derringer Award (Short Mystery Fiction Society)
Listen to Twist read "A Stab in the Heart" at Crimewav.com
- Winner, Best Short Story of the Year (International Thriller Writers Association)
- Finalist, Derringer Award (Short Mystery Fiction Society)
Listen to Twist read "A Stab in the Heart" at Crimewav.com
Time Will Tell
"Time Will Tell" (MWA PRESENTS THE PROSECUTION RESTS) explores a certain kind of relationship.
- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
- BY HOOK OR BY CROOK AND 27 MORE OF THE BEST CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES OF THE YEAR selection
- Finalist, Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Short Story of the Year (Crime Writers of Canada)
- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
- BY HOOK OR BY CROOK AND 27 MORE OF THE BEST CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES OF THE YEAR selection
- Finalist, Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Short Story of the Year (Crime Writers of Canada)
"A Trader's Lot" (WALL STREET NOIR) tracks a commodity futures trader's dizzy ride on Fortune’s roller coaster.
- "A standout," Publishers Weekly (starred review)
- Finalist, Derringer Award (Short Mystery Fiction Society)
- "A standout," Publishers Weekly (starred review)
- Finalist, Derringer Award (Short Mystery Fiction Society)
The Fourteenth Juror
“The Fourteenth Juror” (MWA PRESENTS VENGEANCE) follows two detectives as they go fishing for justice in waters bloodied by a vengeful judge, quarrelsome jurors, and efficient executioners.
Happine$$
Crime Wave
Floored
Strange Bedfellows
The Peahen
Talk to Me
For the Good of the Game
“Happine$$” (MWA PRESENTS THE RICH AND THE DEAD) just might be what is left when a Ponzi-schemer heads off to prison and the feds confiscate his ill-gotten wealth.
I'm Learning
“I’m Learning” (ACWL MURDER HERE, MURDER THERE) tells the story of how things can go bad down Mexico way when you’re on the lam with a bag of stolen diamonds, a pair of bloody scissors, and a boyfriend you can’t trust.
I'm Learning
“I’m Learning” (ACWL MURDER HERE, MURDER THERE) tells the story of how things can go bad down Mexico way when you’re on the lam with a bag of stolen diamonds, a pair of bloody scissors, and a boyfriend you can’t trust.
Crime Wave
"Crime Wave" (CrimeSpree Magazine) takes an ironic look at the idea of crime being in the eye of the beholder.
"Floored" (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine) is set in the natural gas pit of the New York Mercantile Exchange, and follows a female broker's introduction to the realities of the male-dominated trading floor, where morality and economics collide. The story looks at the choice faced by every trader: Where to draw the line?
"Strange Bedfellows" (POLITICS NOIR) is an ironic/darkly funny tale in which every character’s actions circle back so s/he gets what s/he deserves.
- "A wise and funny story" (Dick Adler, Chicago Tribune)
"The Peahen" (Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine) is a homage to Pete Dexter. Written in Dexter's understated, linear style—much happens that isn’t on the page—the story looks at the tension that arises from the influx of things foreign on formerly all-American endeavors.
"Talk to Me" (ACWL MURDER PAST, MURDER PRESENT) tells the tale of an antiques dealer who wakes up with a bump on the head, a serious case of amnesia, and a gallery full of furniture that talks to him—about murder.
"For the Good of the Game" (Red Herring Mystery Magazine; The Mystery Review) looks at what happens when an athlete takes team loyalty to the extreme.
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