The best American mystery stories 2012

Introduction / Robert Crais

The Hilt / Tom Andes

The Bridge partner / Peter S. Beagle

Filament / K. L. Cook

The Funeral bill / Jason DeYoung

Fifty minutes / Joe Donnelly and Harry Shannon

Man on the run / Kathleen Ford

The Other place / Mary Gaitskill

Safety / Jesse Goolsby

Trafficking / Katherine L. Hester

Soul anatomy / Lou Manfredo

The Good samaritan / Thomas McGuane

Looking for service / Nathan Oates

Dog on a cow / Gina Paoli

Vic primeval / T. Jefferson Parker

Hard truths / Thomas J. Rice

Local knowledge / Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Icarus / Lones Seiber

Trafalgar / Charles Todd

Half-lives / Tim L. Williams

Returning the river / Daniel Woodrell.