The best American mystery stories, 2003
(Book)

The Jukebox king / Doug Allyn -- Aardvark to Aztec / Christopher Chambers -- The pickpocket / Christopher Cook -- After you've gone / John Peyton Cooke -- Hostages / James Crumley -- Death on denial / O'Neil De Noux -- The jeweler / Pete Dexter -- Thugs: signification and the (de) construction of self / Tyler Dilts -- War can be murder / Mike Doogan -- Richard's children / Brendan DuBois -- When the women come out to dance / Elmore Leonard -- The confession / Robert McKee -- Lavender / Walter Mosley -- The skull / Joyce Carol Oates -- The dead their eyes implore us / George P. Pelecanos -- Sockdolager / Scott Phillips -- The adventure of the agitated actress / Daniel Stashower -- Home sweet home / Hannah Tinti -- Controlled burn / Scott Wolven -- That one autumn / Monica Wood.