Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson (ed.): Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold - Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War (USA 2014)

From the Publisher:
Nuclear brinksmanship. Psychological warfare. Spies, double agents, femme fatales, and dead drops.
The Cold War -- a terrifying time when nuclear war between the world's two superpowers was an ever-present threat, an all-too-real possibility that could be set off at the touch of a button -- provides a chilling backdrop to this collection of all-new short stories from today's most celebrated mystery writers.

Bestselling authors Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson -- the only American writers to be commissioned to pen official James Bond novels -- have joined forces to bring us twenty masterful tales of paranoia, espionage, and psychological drama. In Joseph Finder's "Police Report," the seemingly cut-and-dry case of a lunatic murderer in rural Massachusetts may have roots in Soviet-controlled Armenia. In "Miss Bianca" by Sara Paretsky, a young girl befriends a mouse in a biological warfare laboratory and finds herself unwittingly caught in an espionage drama. And Deaver's "Comrade 35" offers a unique spin on the assassination of John F. Kennedy -- with a signature twist.

Introduction by Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson -- Comrade 35 by Jeffery Deaver -- Police report by Joseph Finder -- The last confession by John Lescroart -- A card for mother by Gayle Lynds and John Sheldon -- Miss Bianca by Sara Paretsky -- The essence of small people by Gary Alexander -- Checkpoint Charlie by Alan Cook -- Crush depth by Brendan Dubois -- The honey trap by Bev Vincent -- House of a thousand eyes by Katia Leaf -- A neighbor's story by Vicki Doudera -- East meets West by Jonathan Stone -- Show stopper by Gigi Vernon -- Deep submergence by Joseph Wallace -- Sparks to the bear's hide by Robert Mangeot -- Side effects by T. Jefferson Parker -- The everyday housewife by Laura Lippman -- Cuba libre by Katherine Neville -- His mother's son by J.A. Jance -- Ghosts by Raymond Benson.

Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson (ed.): Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold - Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9781455520718 (April, 2014), 384 p., $16.00.

Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson (ed.): Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold - Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War (USA 2014)

From the Publisher:
Nuclear brinksmanship. Psychological warfare. Spies, double agents, femme fatales, and dead drops.
The Cold War--a terrifying time when nuclear war between the world's two superpowers was an ever-present threat, an all-too-real possibility that could be set off at the touch of a button--provides a chilling backdrop to this collection of all-new short stories from today's most celebrated mystery writers.

Bestselling authors Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson -- the only American writers to be commissioned to pen official James Bond novels -- have joined forces to bring us twenty masterful tales of paranoia, espionage, and psychological drama. In Joseph Finder's "Police Report," the seemingly cut-and-dry case of a lunatic murderer in rural Massachusetts may have roots in Soviet-controlled Armenia. In "Miss Bianca" by Sara Paretsky, a young girl befriends a mouse in a biological warfare laboratory and finds herself unwittingly caught in an espionage drama. And Deaver's "Comrade 35" offers a unique spin on the assassination of John F. Kennedy -- with a signature twist.

Introduction by Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson -- Comrade 35 by Jeffery Deaver -- Police report by Joseph Finder -- The last confession by John Lescroart -- A card for mother by Gayle Lynds and John Sheldon -- Miss Bianca by Sara Paretsky -- The essence of small people by Gary Alexander -- Checkpoint Charlie by Alan Cook -- Crush depth by Brendan Dubois -- The honey trap by Bev Vincent -- House of a thousand eyes by Katia Leaf -- A neighbor's story by Vicki Doudera -- East meets West by Jonathan Stone -- Show stopper by Gigi Vernon -- Deep submergence by Joseph Wallace -- Sparks to the bear's hide by Robert Mangeot -- Side effects by T. Jefferson Parker -- The everyday housewife by Laura Lippman -- Cuba libre by Katherine Neville -- His mother's son by J.A. Jance -- Ghosts by Raymond Benson.

Jeffery Deaver and Raymond Benson (ed.): Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold - Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN: 9781455520732 (April, 2014), 384 p., $25.00, eBook $9.99.