Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories: A Murder Squad Anthology, First published by The History Press UK. This ebook edition first published in 2011
The Blurb:
Best Eaten Cold and Other Stories showcases a group of highly regarded, award-winning crime writers who all share a special passion for crime, which is reflected in this superb volume. Funny and sad, atmospheric and dark, ingenious and frightening, each of the thirteen stories in this collection will thrill lovers of crime fiction.
I haven’t been reading much, with baseball, football and staring out the window and all, but I’ve read the next three stories (in red) and liked them. This is a good anthology so far. I’ll probably finish it next week.
Contents:
- Introduction by Martin Edwards
- “The Habit of Silence” by Ann Cleeves
- “The People Outside” by Martin Edwards
- “Boom!” by Cath Staincliffe
- “The Message” by Margaret Murphy
- “Best Eaten Cold” by Stuart Pawson
- “Basic Skills” by Ann Cleeves
- “Laptop” by Cath Staincliffe
- “Act of Contrition” by Margaret Murphy
- “The Case of the Musical Butler” by Martin Edwards
- “Mud” by Ann Cleeves
- “Riviera” by Cath Staincliffe
- “Sprouts” by Stuart Pawson
- “InDex” by Martin Edwards
Tip the Wink 
I have got to check out my copy of this soon. Maybe in November or December.
I’ll finish this one up in the coming week, I think. I’m not even reading one a day right now.
I finished this last week. Good group. I agree with you that the first Ann Cleeves story (the Vera) is probably the best story – “The Habit of Silence.” Of the ones you haven’t read yet, the Edwards and Cleeves are good ones. The last two are very short.
I liked the twist in the one about the literacy teacher. I’m enjoying these and have the next one (The Starlings) too.
I have this on order, but it must be stuck on one of those container ships!
You could have gotten the ebook!