Foreword / Otto Penzler --
Introduction / Jonathan Lethem --
Coach O / Robert Hinderliter --
The keepers of all sins / Sharon Hunt --
Open house / Reed Johnson --
A damn fine town / Arthur Klepchukov --
The walk-in / Harley Jane Kozak --
Top ten vacation selfies of YouTube stars / Preston Lang --
Mastermind / Jared Lipof --
That Donnelly crowd / Anne Therese Macdonald --
Interpreting American Gothic /
Hannah-beast / Jennifer McMahon --
The archivist / Joyce Carol Oates --
A box of hope / Brian Panowich --
Payback / Tonya D. Price --
If you say so / Suzanne Proulx --
Faint of heart / Amanda Rea --
Lush / Duane Swierczynski --
Inside man / Robb T. White --
Burning down the house / Ted White --
Other distinguished mystery stories of 2018.
