The common thread binding all nineteen of these brand-new short stories by Charles Todd, Jacqueline Winspear, Anne Perry (who edited the collection), William Kent Krueger, and more of the mystery world's biggest authors? Each involves an unlikely pair coming together to solve (or, sometimes, to commit) a crime. Two World War I officers from different sides of the conflict unite to save a wayward soldier, a fly fisherman and a wild gray wolf conspire to save the land they love, an elderly woman and her caretaker form an unorthodox neighborhood watch, a PI and an art thief team up to find a painting…the various interpretations of the "odd partners" theme results in a wonderfully diverse collection of brief mysteries that will intrigue and delight mystery lovers of all stripes.