Over sixty thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. In this thirty-first monthly volume the full novel and introduction of a brand-new series, Death Takes a Partner: A Mary Jo Assassin Novel, plus five short stories and a serialized novel, Laying the Music to Rest. Short Stories Gods Have History: A Poker Boy Story A Long Ways Down: A Bryant Street Story The Case of the Man Who Saw: A Pilgrim Hugh Incident A Bad Day for the Dream: A Cold Poker Gang Story Playing in the Street Full Novel Death Takes a Partner: A Mary Jo Assassin Novel Serial Fiction Laying the Music to Rest (Part 4) Nonfiction Introduction: A New Series