"The Rose in the Snow": A shocking tale of child abuse and justice delayed, that takes a strong look at the walking wounded, and the challenges that stand between them and finally capturing the resilient spirits that will save them.

"LA Justice": Tracy Eaton, celebrity offspring and detective wannabe, and her daffy movie star mother hilariously reinvent criminal detection in this start of a multi-award-honored short story and mystery novel series. So much fun, it ought to be a crime! A Derringer Award winner.

"Capital Justice": A celebrity's battered ex-wife finds a dark and original way to win her freedom from her abuser. A Derringer Award winner.

"Showtime on the Winter Solstice": When a flakey, questionable psychic teams up with a contemporary goddess hidden within the FBI, the bad guys in our world, not to mention those from other worlds far worse than we know, had better watch out! A hilarious look at who might be putting on one solstice's powerful show.

With two Derringer Award and two Pushcart Prize wins for her short mystery fiction, Kris Neri really knows the short mystery form. And this collection contains her best. Included are a variety of tones and outcomes, from the madcap, over-the-top humor of "Nothing Good Ever Came of a Bad Hair Day" to the conflict a compulsive professional triathlete faces in"Sentence Imposed," between her overwhelming drive to win versus her desperate need to do the right thing for a haunting little girl . So...whether you like cats as protagonists, or a little of the mystical in your mysteries, there's something here for everyone.