K. J. A Wishnia

Even the best cops burn out. 23 Shades of Black's Filomena Buscarsela returns, having traded in her uniform for the trials of single motherhood. Once a cop, always a cop. She may have left the department, but Filomena's passion for justice burns as hot as ever. And when, the owner of her neighborhood bodega is murdered-just another "ethnic" crime that will probably go unsolved and unavenged-Filomena doesn't need much prodding from the dead man's grieving...

Remembering her days as a revolutionary when she brings her daughter for a visit to her family home in Ecuador, New York City private eye Filomena Buscarsela investigates a murder when a priest who once saved her life is killed during an election.

"A unique collection of all-new stories by award-winning authors. This anthology includes the work of numerous authors such as Marge Piercy, Harlan Ellison, S. J. Rozan, Nancy Richler, Moe Prager (Reed Farrel Coleman), Wendy Hornsby, Charles Ardai, and Kenneth Wishnia. The stories explore such issues as the Holocaust and its long-term effects on subsequent generations, anti-Semitism in the mid- and late-20th-century United States, and the dark side...