The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition by Ed Gorman, John Harvey, Jan Grape, Deloris Forbes, John Lutz, Carolyn G. Hart, M.D. Lake, Reginald Hill, Bill Crider, Jerry Sykes, Diane Mott Davidson, Jon L. Breen, Joyce Carol Oates, Carolyn Wheat, Edward Bryant, Donald E. Westlake, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Lawrence Block, D.A. McGuire, Walter Mosley, Jeffery Deaver, Nancy Pickard, Marcia Muller, Melissa Mia Hall, Richard Chizmar, Simon Brett, Bill Pronzini