The Mighty Johns and Other Stories

The original novella from David Baldacci highlights this collection of football mysteries from the greatest names in suspense. In the title thriller, college football player and physics major, Tor North investigates the mysterious unsolved disappearance of a legendary football hero from his school forty years before. Both his brains and his brawn are tested to the limit when his path leads much closer to home than he could ever have imagined. Titles from Anne Perry, Brad Meltzer, and other all-stars round out this anthology. Contents: The Mighty Johns / David Baldacci -- The best of the rest / Otto Penzler -- The Ehrengraf reverse / Lawrence Block -- Semi-pro / James Crumley -- A Sunday in January / Brendan DuBois -- Whatever it takes to win / Tim Green -- Good seats / Colin Harrison -- Gone down to Corpus / Dennis Lehane -- No thing / Mike Lupica -- The empire strikes back / Brad Meltzer -- The arcane receiver / Carol O'Connell -- The end of innocence / Anne Perry -- Hollywood spring and axle / Gary Phillips -- Gone to the dawgs / Peter Robinson -- Rumors of gravity / John Westermann.