Veterinarian David Westbrook is trying for a new start in northern Michigan after a disastrous stint in jail, but the discovery of what may be the remains of a woman missing since an 1871 fire leads to violence.

Lee Child selects a variety of works of American mystery writing as the best of the genre from the year 2010.

"Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler collects sixty of his all-time favorite holiday crime stories--many of which are difficult or nearly impossible to find anywhere else"--Provided by publisher.