Tim Wohlforth's The Masseuse was one of those chosen. Teresa, a masseuse, suggests to George a perfect arrangement. Great sex, gourmet meals, no hassle. It does not quite turn out that way.  The Masseuse has recently been listed by Otto Penzler in his The Best American Mystery Stories 2007.

Smith and friends, having made their point, packed it in at the end of 2004. Dennis McMillan, an independent publisher of collector's editions, has produced an anthology containing the best of Plots With Guns. Contributors include Michael Connelly, Laura Lippman, Gary Philips, and Reed Farrell Coleman.

Crip And Henrietta, Wohlforth's first story in this series, is included in the collection. As Anthony Neil Smith comments in his introduction to the tale, "Crip And Henrietta is a hoot - a pierced-punk babe with an attitude and a paraplegic private eye make a winning team."

Pat Elliott writes that it is "just the right combination of humor, mystery, murder, detectives and just plain people, living their lives in a technological age."

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The collection includes The Ranters by Tim Wohlforth: Walter Johnson towers over Jim Wolf's table at Yoshi's Jazz Club, trademark sweat-stained fedora tipped toward the front of his head, kinky hair sticking out the sides. "I need you to find thirty people," he says. Wolf takes the case. He follows the trail of a doomsday cult that preys on young co-eds all the way to "heaven."

It includes Wohlforth's Lobster Bisque.
Carol Smythe, famous chef-owner of Berkeley's newest priciest restaurant, is found dead. Someone has shoved her head into a boiling pot of lobster bisque. Laura Simmons, who worked for Smythe, is accused of the murder. She appeals to Jim Wolf for help. Wolf enters the bitter, competitive world of the gourmet restaurant kitchen.

The work includes Tim Wohlforth's The Newspaper. George leaves his house at 7 A.M. determined to find a newspaper. He has just moved into the neighborhood and paper delivery hasn't begun. But he must have a paper. Barry Bonds has hit two home runs in one game. He must read about it, savor the details. He passes a gray stucco house with pealing paint. He spots a copy of the San Francisco Chronicle lying on the weedy lawn. He gives in to temptation and grabs the paper. A shapely blond wearing only a pink bathrobe comes to the front door, holding a shotgun.

Tim Wohlforth's Killer Fog leads the collection. "Have you ever experienced a fog so dense you felt you were being suffocated?" Wohlforth asks. "The kind that causes multiple car crashes, the kind the papers call a 'Killer Fog?' I have. I transported that fog to Jack London Square in Oakland. Only the deaths that ensued this time were no accidents."