The first short story collection by Shamus-award winning nominee Bishop shows that he is a talented and diverse storyteller. Bishop writes from his experiences as a detective for the LAPD. In Pattern of Behavior, a Fey Croaker novella written for this collection, Fey and her new partner take on a rapist whose past is about to catch up with him. When a flu epidemic strikes, Fey and her crew are stuck chasing a thief with a penchant for Christmas trees in The Thief of Christmas. And in the Shamus-nominated Quint and the Braceros, Ramon Quintana goes undercover to find the killer of a Mexican Maria don's son.