It was the end of another boring day following a suspect for another boring client. My feet ached and my throat was dry and all I wanted was to sit quietly and wet my whistle. Mad Dog’s Bar was as good as any and I was in no mood to be particular. The bar was actually called something else; I don’t remember exactly what. It came to be known as Mad Dog’s because a friend of mine once remarked that the owner reminded him of a gangster from Chicago’s prohibition days, Mad Dog Coll. I pulled up to the curb at Western and Sunset and positioned my Olds between an older Ford and a broken down pickup truck.It was one of those bars that made you feel like you needed a shower when you left it. It was long and narrow and poorly lit. The bar ran the entire length of the left side with booths occupying the right wall. In the far corner near the back sat one ragged pool table, its green felt looking more like the well-used welcome mat from a farmhouse. A single light bulb under a conical shade hung over the center of the table.The Cooper Collection consists of 71 stories (so far). These are the stories you'll find in this volume:01) It's In The Bag02) Petty Crimes03) November Child04) Welcome, Matt05) The Reunion06) Cold Cash07) The Mother Goose Murders08) The Condiment Killer09) A Million To One10) Little Matt11) Find Her12) Hard Bargain13) The Case Of The Plates14) Dead Ringer15) The Stickup16) You Can Bank On It17) The Last Stop18) Violence Is Golden19) Surprise Package20) The Big Sweep21) The Home Sweet Homeless Murders22) Guilty As Charged23) All In The Families24) Paper, Rock, Scissors25) The Other Matt Cooper26) Hit And Run27) Officer Down28) Double Trouble29) Track Record30) Petty Crimes31) Love Finds Matt Cooper32) The Plunge33) Concrete And Clay34) Top Of The World35) 'Til Death Do Us Part36) Not On Your Life37) One Bad Apple38) Even In The Best Of Homes39) Sgt. Cooper's Lonely Hearts Club Frame40) The Clay Cooper Cop Killer Caper41) Beatlemaniac42) End Of An Era43) Cooper Generations44) The Cooper Back-Story45) Clay Cooper, Panhandler46) Cooper And Partner47) Mutiny On A Bounty48) Witness Protection49) Justice Delayed50) Two For One51) He Put The 'ick' In Buick52) Revenge Never Expires53) Head Shot54) A Passage From The Bible55) Come Fly With Me56) If Dogs Could Talk57) Trapped Like A Rat58) Paydirt59) Take The Money And Run60) Fresh-Faced Kid61) You Ought To Be In Pictures62) Noel63) Classified Iinformation64) Heart Condition65) Reese's Peace66) The Best Offense67) Jack The Stripper68) Room For One Less69) The Glowing Corpse70) All The Write Moves71) Dead Letter