Introduction / Otto Penzler
The twenty-fourth hour / Jerome Beatty
Red wine / Lawrence G. Blochman
The baby in the icebox / James M. Cain
Spider / Mignon G. Eberhart
The moment of decision / Stanley Ellin
The dog died first / Bruno Fischer
Murder for two / James A. Kirch
Love comes to Miss Lucy / Q. Patrick
Challenge to the reader / Hugh Pentecost
Terror town / Ellery Queen
The perfect crime / Ben Ray Redman
Man afraid / Ben Ames William
Dime a dance / Cornell Woolrich.
