The Year's best mystery and suspense stories, 1993 / [electronic resource] edited by Edward D. Hoch.

Candles in the rain / Doug Allyn -- A poisoned chance / Jo Bannister -- A bit of flotsam / Jacklyn Butler -- Louise / Max Allan Collins -- Mother Darkness / Ed Gorman -- The problem of the leather man / Edward D. Hoch -- The last Sara / Susan B. Kelly -- You may see a strangler / Peter Lovesey -- The model / Joyce Carol Oates -- Sex and violence / Nancy Pickard -- The man who was the god of love / Ruth Rendell -- A will is a way / Steven Saylor -- Mary, Mary, shut the door / Benjamin M. Schutz -- Love in the lean years / Donald E. Westlake.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-230).