TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Page

Introduction

CHARLES ARDAI                                Midtown

The Good Samaritan

CAROL LEA BENJAMIN                      Greenwich Village

The Last Supper

LAWRENCE BLOCK                            Clinton

If You Can’t Stand the Heat

THOMAS H. COOK                             Battery Park

Rain

JEFFERY DEAVER                                Hell’s Kitchen

A Nice Place to Visit

JIM FUSILLI                                         George Washington Bridge

The Next Best Thing

ROBERT KNIGHTLY                             Garment District

Take the Man’s Pay

JOHN LUTZ                                          Upper West Side

The Laundry Room

LIZ MARTÍNEZ                                     Washington Heights

Freddie Prinze Is My Guardian Angel

MAAN MEYERS                                    Lower East Side

The Organ Grinder

MARTIN MEYERS                                 Yorkville

Why Do They Have to Hit?

S.J. ROZAN                                            Harlem

Building

JUSTIN SCOTT                                        Chelsea

The Most Beautiful Apartment in New York

C.J. SULLIVAN                                        Inwood

The Last Round

XU XI                                                      Times Square

Crying with Audrey Hepburn

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