The Ehrengraf Reverse by Lawrence Block

Semi-Pro by James Crumley

A Sunday in January by Brendan DuBois

Whatever it Takes to Win by Tim Green

Good Seats by Colin Harrison

Gone Down to Corpus by Dennis Lehane

No Thing by Mike Lupica

The Empire Strikes Back by Brad Meltzer

The Arcane Receiver by Carol O'Connell

The End of Innocence by Anne Perry

Hollywood Spring and Axle by Gary Phillips

Gone to the Dawgs by Peter Robinson

Rumors of Gravity by John Westermann

These tales of football (and in one case European football, rugby) include macabre deaths, ultimate suspense, theft, drugs, big money and football. Tales of Super Bowl Sunday, NFL teams, has-been players, great fans, and final plays are a collection like no other.

All the best writers in one book, edited by the famous Otto Penzler, founder of The Mysterious Press.