SHORT STORIES: Bad night for burglars -- Blow for freedom -- Little off the top -- And miles to go before I sleep -- As good as a rest -- Books always balance -- Boy who disappeared clouds -- Change of life -- Cleveland in my dreams -- Click! -- Collecting Ackermans -- Dangerous business -- Death wish -- Dettweiler solution -- Funny you should ask -- Gentle way -- Going through the motions -- Good for the soul -- Hilliard's ceremony -- Hot eyes, cold eyes -- How would you like it? -- If this be madness -- Leo Youngdahl, R.I.P. -- Like a bug on a windshield -- Like a dog in the street -- Most unusual snatch --Nothing short of highway robbery -- One thousand dollars a word -- Passport in order -- Someday I'll plant more walnut trees -- Some days you get the bear -- Something to remember you by -- Some things a man must do -- Sometimes they bite -- Strangers on a handball court -- That kind of a day -- This crazy business of ours -- Tulsa experience -- Weekend guests -- When this man dies -- With a smile for the ending -- You could call it blackmail -- CHIP HARRISON: Death of the Mallory Queen -- As dark as Christmas gets -- MARTIN EHRENGRAF: Ehrengraf defense -- Ehrengraf presumption -- Ehrengraf experience -- Ehrengraf appointment -- Ehrengraf riposte -- Ehrengraf obligation -- Ehrengraf alternative -- Ehrengraf Nostrum -- Ehrengraf affirmation -- Ehrengraf reverse -- BERNIE RHODENBARR: Like a thief in the night -- Burglar who dropped in on Elvis -- Burglar who smelled smoke -- KELLER: Answers to soldier -- Keller's therapy -- Keller on the spot -- Keller's horoscope -- Keller's designated hitter -- MATTHEW SCUDDER: Out the window -- Candle for the bag lady -- By the dawn's early light -- Batman's helpers -- Merciful Angel of Death -- Night and the music -- Looking for David -- Let's get lost -- Moment of wrong thinking -- NEW STORIES: Almost perfect -- Headaches and bad dreams -- Hit the ball, drag Fred -- How far it could go -- In for a penny -- Like a bone in the throat -- Points -- Sweet little hands -- Terrible Tommy Terhune -- Three in the side pocket -- You don't even feel it -- TWO OLD STORIES: It took you long enough -- You can't lose.
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Collects eighty-four short stories, arranged in part in chronological order, that feature the author's popular characters.