Stories of Deathly Books, Murderous Booksellers and Lethal Literature. Sigmund Freud deals with an unwelcome visitor; Columbo confronts a murderous bookseller; a Mexican cartel kingpin with a fatal weakness for rare books; deadly secrets deep in the London Library. Here are 15 short stories to die for from the world's best crime writers. With an introduction from Ian Rankin, the book includes original, specially commissioned stories about deadly books from Jeffery Deaver, Andrew Taylor, Laura Lippman, C J Box, Anne Perry, Ken Buren, Thomas H Cook, Micky Spillaine and Max Adam Collins, Nelson Demille and John Connolly.