Ice Cold: Tales of Intrigue from the Cold War

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Compilation copyright © 2014 by Mystery Writers of America, Inc.

Introduction copyright © 2014 by Gunner Publications, LLC and Raymond Benson

“Comrade 35” copyright © 2014 by Gunner Publications, LLC

“Police Report” copyright © 2014 by Joseph Finder

“The Last Confession” copyright © 2014 by Lescroart Corporation

“A Card for Mother” copyright © 2014 by Gayle Lynds and John C. Sheldon

“Miss Bianca” copyright © 2014 by Sara Paretsky

“The Essence of Small People” copyright © 2014 by Gary Alexander

“Checkpoint Charlie” copyright © 2014 by Alan Cook

“Crush Depth” copyright © 2014 by Brendan DuBois

“The Honey Trap” copyright © 2014 by Bev Vincent

“House of a Thousand Eyes” copyright © 2014 by Katia Spiegelman Lief

“A Neighbor’s Story” copyright © 2014 by Vicki Doudera

“East Meets West” copyright © 2014 by Jonathan Stone

“Show Stopper” copyright © 2014 by Gigi Vernon

“Deep Submergence” copyright © 2014 by Joseph Wallace

“Sparks to the Bear’s Hide” copyright © 2014 by Robert Mangeot

“Side Effects” copyright © 2014 by T. Jefferson Parker

“The Everyday Housewife” copyright © 2014 by Laura Lippman

“Cuba Libre” copyright © 2014 by Katherine Neville

“His Mother’s Son” copyright © 2014 by J. A. Jance

“Ghosts” copyright © 2014 by Raymond Benson

Cover design and illustration by Christine Foltzer

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