Of the 17 contributors, bestseller Michael Connelly is most likely to be familiar to a wide audience. Connelly`s ” Mulholland Drive, ” a nice tribute to the classic noir film Double Indemnity, is representative of the quality writing that followers of previous volumes have come to expect. The movie industry, both latter-day & the present, offers a rich background for tight tales of trapped men & women whose passions or desperate circumstances lead them to violent ends, such as the book`s st&-out, Janet Fitch`s ” The Method.” Another highpoint is the collection`s concluding story, Diana Wagman`s ” What You See, ” a depressing but compelling tale of a tragic obsession.