Music of the night : a Crime Writers' Association anthology / edited by Martin Edwards.

"25 gripping new crime stories"--Dust jacket.

Introduction / Martin Edwards -- Be prepared / Abi Silver -- A sharp thorn / Alison Joseph -- Wrong notes / Andrew Taylor -- The melody of murder / Antony M. Brown -- Love me or leave me : a fugue in G minor / Art Taylor -- The scent of an ending / Brian Price -- Mix tape / Cath Staincliffe -- The last green bottle / Catherine Aird -- Taxi! / Chris Simms -- Some other Dracula / Christine Poulson -- Violin--CE / David Stuart Davies -- The sound and the fury / Dea Parkin -- A vulture sang in Berkeley Square / Jason Monaghan -- Not a note / Kate Ellis -- His greatest hit / L.C. Tyler -- Requiem / Leo McNeir -- The crazy cries of love / Martin Edwards -- Waiting for Cornelia / Maxim Jakubowski -- The watch room / Neil Daws -- The ghosts of peace / Paul Charles -- No more 'I love you's' / Paul Gitsham -- And the band played on / Peter Lovesey -- 4 x 3.3 / Ragnar Jónasson -- A death in four parts / Shawn Reilly Simmons -- Bombay blues / Vaseem Khan.

The Annual Crime Writers' Association anthology is always a thrilling read, and eagerly anticipated by readers and authors of crime and mystery fiction worldwide. Music of the Night is a new anthology of original short stories contributed by Crime Writers' Association (CWA) members and edited by Martin Edwards, with music as the connecting theme. The aim, as always, is to produce a book which is representative both of the genre and the membership of the world's premier crime writing association. The CWA has published anthologies of members' stories in most years since 1956, with Martin Edwards as editor for over 25 years, during which time the anthologies have yielded many award-winning and nominated stories by writers such as Ian Rankin, Reginald Hill, Lawrence Block, and Edward D. Hoch. Stories by long-standing authors and stellar names sit alongside contributions from relative newcomers, authors from overseas, and members whose work haven't appeared in a CWA anthology before. -- Publisher's description.