From award-winning author, Richard Barre, come seven compelling short stories, four of them brand new. Each story is accompanied by a foreword from one of today's best authors: J.L. Abramo, Harlan Coben, Michael Connelly, Robert Crais, Michael Koryta, Brad Parks, and Gary Phillips. Richard Barre was born in Los Angeles and raised in California. He is the author of seven novels, including The Innocents (winner of the Shamus Award for best first P.I. novel), Bearing Secrets, The Ghosts of Morning, Blackheart Highway, Burning Moon, Echo Bay, and soon-to-be-released Lost. Prior to writing crime fiction and short stories, he was creative director and copywriter at Barre Advertising and wrote and edited travel publications. In addition to his writing career, he is currently owner, art director, photographer, copywriter, and chief bottle-washer of an eBay business (route343) offering historically accurate 1:18 scale model racecars, a passion. He lives in Santa Barbara with his wife Susan and innumerable space aliens posing as dogs.