A gripping collection of over twenty-five short mysteries drawn from the pages of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Edited by Cynthia Manson, this anthology features legendary authors like Ruth Rendell, Sara Paretsky, Lawrence Block, and even John Steinbeck, all weaving suspenseful tales around games of chance, strategy, and deception—from Scrabble to chess to poker.