Pericles "Perry" Christo is a PI with a past -- a former cop who lost his badge and his family in a corruption scandal. When a wealthy Upper East Side matron summons him one cold February night, Perry grabs what seems to be a straightforward case. In this classic noir tale set on New York's mean streets and along Hamptons' back roads, twenty authors bring distinctive voices to each chapter as the tension builds to a shocking, explosive finale.
Contents
Introduction / Lee Child -- One / Jonathan Santlofer -- Two / Stephen L. Carter -- Three / Marcia Clark -- Four / Heather Graham -- Five / Charlaine Harris -- Six / Weinman, Sarah -- Seven / Bryan Gruley -- Eight / Alafair Burke -- Nine / John Connolly -- Ten / James Grady -- Eleven / Ken Bruen -- Twelve / Lisa Unger -- Thirteen / S. J. Rozan -- Fourteen / Dana Stabenow -- Fifteen / Val McDermid -- Sixteen / Mary Higgins Clark -- Seventeen / C. J. Box -- Eighteen / Max Allan Collins -- Nineteen / Mark Billingham -- Twenty / Lawrence Block -- Acknowledgments -- About safe horizon / Linda Fairstein.