Exit Wounds

Exit Wounds is a thrilling anthology of crime stories written by masters of the genre, including Dean Koontz, Val McDermid, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Elly Griffiths, Dennis Lehane, Joe R. Lansdale, and others.

After an introduction by the editors, Paul B. Kane and Marie O’Regan, this collection includes the following stories:

• “The Bully” by Jeffery Deaver
• “Dead Weight” by Fiona Cummins
• “Like a Glass Jaw” by Mark Billingham
• “On The Anatomization of an Unknown Man (1637) by Frans Mier” by John Connolly
• “The Pitcher” by Sarah Hilary
• “Disciplined” by Martyn Waites
• “The Consumers” by Dennis Lehane
• “Voices Through the Wall” by Alex Gray
• “Wet with Rain” by Lee Child
• “Happy Holidays” by Val McDermid
• “Fool You Twice” by Steph Broadribb
• “Lebensraum” by Christopher Fowler
• “Dancing Towards the Blade” by Mark Billingham
• “Kittens” by Dean Koontz
• “Take My Hand” by A. K. Benedict
• “Dressed to Kill” by James Oswald
• “Booty and the Beast” by Joe R. Lansdale
• “The New Lad” by Paul Finch
• “The Recipe” by Louise Jensen

The full list of narrators includes Kate Reading, Austin Rising, Marisa Calin, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Alan Smyth, Peter Noble, Derek Perkins, Courtney Patterson, Alison Larkin, Robert Fass, Justine Eyre, Jennifer Woodward, Helen Lloyd, Ron Butler, Rachel Jacobs, Shiromi Arserio, Ralph Lister, Ralph Lister, and James Langton.

"Voices Through the Wall" © 2009 by Alex Gray. Originally published in Shattered: Every Crime Has a Victim. Reprinted by permission of the author. "Wet with Rain" © 2014 by Lee Child. Originally published in Belfast Noir. Reprinted by permission of the author. "Happy Holidays" © 2008 by Val McDermid. Originally published in the Daily Mail. Reprinted by permission of the author. "Fool You Twice" © 2019 by Marland Broadribb, Ltd. "Lebensraum" © 2019 by Christopher Fowler. "Dancing Towards the Blade" © Mark Billingham, Ltd. A version of this story was first published in Men from Boys, edited by John Harvey. Published by William Heinemann, Ltd., 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author. "Kittens" © 1966 by Dean Koontz. Originally published in The Reflector, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania; revised edition ©1995 by Dean R. Koontz. Reprinted by permission of the author. "Take My Hand" © 2019 by A. K. Benedict. "Dressed to Kill" © 2019 by James Oswald. "Booty and the Beast" © 1995 by Joe R. Lansdale. Originally published in Archon Gaming. Reprinted by permission of the author. "The New Lad" © 2019 by Paul Finch. "The Recipe" © 2019 by Louise Jensen.