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The Best American Mystery Stories
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Series: Best American
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
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ISBN10: 061832965X
ISBN13: 9780618329656
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: Oct 10 2003
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780618329656
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: Oct 10 2003
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind.
This seventh installment of the premier mystery anthology boasts pulse-quickening stories from all reaches of the genre, selected by the world-renowned mystery writer Michael Connelly. His choices include a Prohibition-era tale of a scorned lover's revenge, a Sherlock Holmesinspired mystery solved by an actor playing the famous detective onstage, stories of a woman's near-fatal search for self-discovery, a bar owner's gutsy attempt to outwit the mob, and a showdown between double-crossing detectives, and a tale of murder by psychology. This year's edition features mystery favorites as well as talented up-and-comers, for a diverse colleciton sure to thrill all readers. James Crumley Pete Dexter Brendan DuBois Elmore Leonard Walter Mosley Joyce Carol Oates
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