From Derringer Award winner BV Lawson comes three tales featuring Scott Drayco, a former pianist - physically and emotionally scarred by violence - who turned to an FBI career and now freelances as a crime consultant. In "Valley of the Shadow of Death," originally published in "Midnight Screaming," betrayal leads to attemped murder-by-flash-flood in the desert southwest; in "Blood Antiphon," a suspected serial killer plays mind games with Drayco, who learns the two men are connected in a most disturbing way; and in "The Devil to Play," first published in "Static Movement," Drayco tries to prevent the theft of a rare violin that also appears to be cursed.