"Melisende Dulac is a fish out of water after relocating from the East Coast to a small community in the Oregon high desert. But just as she's beginning to think of Barlow County as home, her life takes an ominous turn when she comes upon a grisly multiple car wreck and three shattered bodies on an isolated road outside of town. Near the scene, Melisende trips over a fourth body, that of a newborn girl lying a physics-defying distance from the wreckage....

An anthology of short stories from some of the rising stars in the crime, suspense, and mystery genres, with each story introduced by such mentors as Tess Gerritsen, Jeffery Deaver, and Lee Child