Along with introductory comments by Otto Penzler, owner of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York and founder of The Mysterious Press, this anthology contains original short stories, centered around horse racing, by the following authors: Joyce Carol Oates, H R F Keating, John Lescroart, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Lawrence Block, Ken Bruen, Jan Burke, Max Allen Collins, Thomas H. Cook, Pat Jordan, Michael Malone, Michele Martinez, Julie Smith and Scott Wolven.