Crimes Collide Series

The First Volume in the Acclaimed Series! For more than four decades, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith have been writing professional mystery short stories that have won awards and sold millions of copies, plus they have been acclaimed and enjoyed by fans over the entire world. Now, for the first time, they collect 100 of their mystery short stories into a five-volume series called Crimes Collide. Fifty stories total from each author, with ten stories from Rusch and ten from Smith in every volume. Volume 1 starts off the series with light or cozy stories. Beginning with Rusch's "Stomping Mad," from her Spade/Paladin series, about a "murder" at a science fiction convention and ending with Smith's "Under the Skin of Death," from his Cold Poker Gang series, where two retired Las Vegas homicide detectives solve a cold murder case, this volume puts puzzle-solving front and center from page one.

The Second Volume in the Acclaimed Series! For more than four decades, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith have been writing professional mystery short stories that have won awards and sold millions of copies, plus they have been acclaimed and enjoyed by fans over the entire world. Now, for the first time, they collect 100 of their mystery short stories into a five-volume series called Crimes Collide. Fifty stories total from each author, with ten stories from Rusch and ten from Smith in every volume. Volume 2 takes a journey through history, but not always the one we remember. Beginning with Smith's "Idanha Hotel," from his Thunder Mountain series, about a desperate attempt to change the past in the old West and ending with Rusch's "Updates," which features crimes set on election night 1984, this volume explores past mysteries—from our own timeline and alternate ones.

The Third Volume in the Acclaimed Series! For more than four decades, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith have been writing professional mystery short stories that have won awards and sold millions of copies, plus they have been acclaimed and enjoyed by fans over the entire world. Now, for the first time, they collect 100 of their mystery short stories into a five-volume series called Crimes Collide. Fifty stories total from each author, with ten stories from Rusch and ten from Smith in every volume. Volume 3 features mysteries colliding across genres. Beginning with Rusch's literary "The Young Shall See Visions and the Old Dream Dreams," about a woman seeking a lifetime of answers, and ending with Smith's "The Remodeling of a Life," which features a fantastically long-lived assassin, this volume explores mysteries and crimes in otherworldly settings.

The Fourth Volume in the Acclaimed Series! For more than four decades, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith have been writing professional mystery short stories that have won awards and sold millions of copies, plus they have been acclaimed and enjoyed by fans over the entire world. Now, for the first time, they collect 100 of their mystery short stories into a five-volume series called Crimes Collide. Fifty stories total from each author, with ten stories from Rusch and ten from Smith in every volume. Volume 4 features non-human detectives. Beginning with Smith's "Cat Caught in the Art," from his Pakhet Jones series featuring a superhero in the world of cats, and ending with Rusch's "Helmie," in which the search for a missing cat requires magical investigation, this volume offers wild adventures and some truly strange crimes.

The Final Volume in the Acclaimed Series! For more than four decades, New York Times and USA Today bestselling writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith have been writing professional mystery short stories that have won awards and sold millions of copies, plus they have been acclaimed and enjoyed by fans over the entire world. Now, for the first time, they collect 100 of their mystery short stories into a five-volume series called Crimes Collide. Fifty stories total from each author, with ten stories from Rusch and ten from Smith in every volume. Volume 5 ends the series with dark or noir stories. Beginning with Rusch's Edgar-nominated "Cowboy Grace" and ending with Smith's "The Road Back," from his Doc Hill murder mystery series, this volume offers stories you need to read with the lights on.