Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781847248831
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Expect the unexpected and prepare to be entertained… No book published this year will deliver more thrills per page than this one. Here are twenty of the year's stand-out crime short stories, showcasing not only the very best of the genre, but also the very best American writing full stop. This outstanding collection is always certain to delight mystery aficionados as well as lovers of all great fiction.
The Best American Mystery Stories 2009
Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781847248831
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Expect the unexpected and prepare to be entertained… No book published this year will deliver more thrills per page than this one. Here are twenty of the year's stand-out crime short stories, showcasing not only the very best of the genre, but also the very best American writing full stop. This outstanding collection is always certain to delight mystery aficionados as well as lovers of all great fiction.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781847248831
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Expect the unexpected and prepare to be entertained… No book published this year will deliver more thrills per page than this one. Here are twenty of the year's stand-out crime short stories, showcasing not only the very best of the genre, but also the very best American writing full stop. This outstanding collection is always certain to delight mystery aficionados as well as lovers of all great fiction.
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544638743
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Mega best-selling mystery and thriller novelist James Patterson edits a collection of the best mystery writing.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544638743
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Mega best-selling mystery and thriller novelist James Patterson edits a collection of the best mystery writing.
The Best American Mystery Stories 2018
Author: Louise Penny
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 0544949099
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
An anthology of the best mystery short stories published in 2017 selected by best-selling author Louise Penny.
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 0544949099
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
An anthology of the best mystery short stories published in 2017 selected by best-selling author Louise Penny.
The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories
Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544313437
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Twenty great whodunnits from the first decade of this series, edited by the award-winning editor and founder of the Mysterious Press. This anthology collects the top twenty stories from the first decade (1997–2006) of The Best American Mystery Stories, selected and introduced by Otto Penzler. Contributors include Russell Banks, Jeffrey Deaver, Louise Erdrich, Brendan DuBois, Dennis Lehane, Elmore Leonard, Lou Manfredo, Ed McBain, Joyce Carol Oates, Scott Turow, and many others.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544313437
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Twenty great whodunnits from the first decade of this series, edited by the award-winning editor and founder of the Mysterious Press. This anthology collects the top twenty stories from the first decade (1997–2006) of The Best American Mystery Stories, selected and introduced by Otto Penzler. Contributors include Russell Banks, Jeffrey Deaver, Louise Erdrich, Brendan DuBois, Dennis Lehane, Elmore Leonard, Lou Manfredo, Ed McBain, Joyce Carol Oates, Scott Turow, and many others.
The Best American Mystery Stories 2011
Author: Harlan Coben
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054755396X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
The editors present a collection of the best mystery writing culled from a variety of sources.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054755396X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
The editors present a collection of the best mystery writing culled from a variety of sources.
The Best American Mystery Stories 2019
Author: Jonathan Lethem
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328636097
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
New York Times best-selling author of ten genre-bending novels Jonathan Lethem helms this collection of the year's best mystery short fiction. Jonathan Lethem, "one of America's greatest storytellers" (Washington Post), selects the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year in this annual "treat for crime-fiction fans" (Library Journal).
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 1328636097
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
New York Times best-selling author of ten genre-bending novels Jonathan Lethem helms this collection of the year's best mystery short fiction. Jonathan Lethem, "one of America's greatest storytellers" (Washington Post), selects the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year in this annual "treat for crime-fiction fans" (Library Journal).
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021
Author: Steph Cha
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 0358525691
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Steph Cha, a rising star who brings a fresh perspective as series editor, takes the helm of the new The Best American Mystery and Suspense, with best-selling crime novelist Alafair Burke joining her as the first guest editor. "Crime writers, forgive the pun, are killing it right now creatively," writes guest editor Alafair Burke in her introduction. "It was difficult--painful even--to narrow this year's Best American Mystery and Suspense to only twenty stories." Spanning from a mediocre spa in Florida, to New York's gritty East Village, to death row in Alabama, this collection reveals boundless suspense in small, quiet moments, offering startling twists in the least likely of places. From a powerful response to hateful bullying, to a fight for health care, to a gripping desperation to vote, these stories are equal parts shocking, devastating, and enthralling, revealing the tension pulsing through our everyday lives and affirming that mystery and suspense writing is better than ever before. The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021includes JENNY BHATT- GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD- GABINO IGLESIAS- AYA DE LEÓN- LAURA LIPPMAN DELIA C. PITTS- ALEX SEGURA- FAYE SNOWDEN- LISA UNGER and others
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN: 0358525691
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Steph Cha, a rising star who brings a fresh perspective as series editor, takes the helm of the new The Best American Mystery and Suspense, with best-selling crime novelist Alafair Burke joining her as the first guest editor. "Crime writers, forgive the pun, are killing it right now creatively," writes guest editor Alafair Burke in her introduction. "It was difficult--painful even--to narrow this year's Best American Mystery and Suspense to only twenty stories." Spanning from a mediocre spa in Florida, to New York's gritty East Village, to death row in Alabama, this collection reveals boundless suspense in small, quiet moments, offering startling twists in the least likely of places. From a powerful response to hateful bullying, to a fight for health care, to a gripping desperation to vote, these stories are equal parts shocking, devastating, and enthralling, revealing the tension pulsing through our everyday lives and affirming that mystery and suspense writing is better than ever before. The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021includes JENNY BHATT- GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD- GABINO IGLESIAS- AYA DE LEÓN- LAURA LIPPMAN DELIA C. PITTS- ALEX SEGURA- FAYE SNOWDEN- LISA UNGER and others
The Best American Mystery Stories 2017
Author: John Sandford
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054494920X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
The New York Times–bestselling author presents a thrilling anthology of devious crimes with stories by C. J. Box, Peter Straub, Joyce Carol Oates and more. “Some people might tell you that crime short stories, unlike the more precious kind, are a kind of fictional ghetto, full of cardboard characters and clichéd situations. Not true. These stories are remarkably free of bullshit—although there’s always a little, just to grease the wheels,” writes guest editor John Sandford in his introduction to this action-packed volume of mystery fiction. From an isolated Wyoming ranch to the Detroit boxing underworld, and from kidnapping and adultery in the Hollywood Hills to a serial killer loose in a nursing home, The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 hosts an entertaining abundance of crime, psychological suspense, and bad intentions. The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 includes entries by C.J. Box, Gerri Brightwell, Jeffery Deaver, Brendan DuBois, Trina Corey, Craig Johnson, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, and others.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054494920X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
The New York Times–bestselling author presents a thrilling anthology of devious crimes with stories by C. J. Box, Peter Straub, Joyce Carol Oates and more. “Some people might tell you that crime short stories, unlike the more precious kind, are a kind of fictional ghetto, full of cardboard characters and clichéd situations. Not true. These stories are remarkably free of bullshit—although there’s always a little, just to grease the wheels,” writes guest editor John Sandford in his introduction to this action-packed volume of mystery fiction. From an isolated Wyoming ranch to the Detroit boxing underworld, and from kidnapping and adultery in the Hollywood Hills to a serial killer loose in a nursing home, The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 hosts an entertaining abundance of crime, psychological suspense, and bad intentions. The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 includes entries by C.J. Box, Gerri Brightwell, Jeffery Deaver, Brendan DuBois, Trina Corey, Craig Johnson, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, and others.
The Best American Noir of the Century
Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547577443
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 755
Book Description
A treasure trove of a hundred years' worth of the finest noir writing selected by James Ellroy
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547577443
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 755
Book Description
A treasure trove of a hundred years' worth of the finest noir writing selected by James Ellroy
The Best American Crime Writing: 2003 Edition
Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0375713018
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This year’s worth of the most powerful, the most startling, the smartest and most astute, in short, the best crime journalism. Scouring hundreds of publications, Otto Penzler and Thomas H. Cook have created a remarkable compilation containing the best examples of the most current and vibrant of our literary traditions: crime reporting. Included in this volume are Maximillian Potter’s “The Body Farm” from GQ, a portrait of Murray Marks, who collects dead bodies and strews them around two acres of the University of Tennessee campus to study their decomposition in order to help solve crime; Jay Kirk’s “My Undertaker, My Pimp,” from Harper’s, in which Mack Moore and his wife, Angel, switch from run-ning crooked funeral parlors to establishing a brothel; Skip Hollandsworth’s “The Day Treva Throneberry Disappeared” from Texas Monthly, about the sudden disappearence of a teenager and the strange place she turned up; Lawrence Wright’s “The Counterterrorist” from The New Yorker, the story of John O’Neill, the FBI agent who tracked Osama bin Laden for a decade—until he was killed when the World Trade Center collapsed. Intriguing, entertaining, and compelling reading, Best American Crime Writing has established itself as a much-anticipated annual.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0375713018
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This year’s worth of the most powerful, the most startling, the smartest and most astute, in short, the best crime journalism. Scouring hundreds of publications, Otto Penzler and Thomas H. Cook have created a remarkable compilation containing the best examples of the most current and vibrant of our literary traditions: crime reporting. Included in this volume are Maximillian Potter’s “The Body Farm” from GQ, a portrait of Murray Marks, who collects dead bodies and strews them around two acres of the University of Tennessee campus to study their decomposition in order to help solve crime; Jay Kirk’s “My Undertaker, My Pimp,” from Harper’s, in which Mack Moore and his wife, Angel, switch from run-ning crooked funeral parlors to establishing a brothel; Skip Hollandsworth’s “The Day Treva Throneberry Disappeared” from Texas Monthly, about the sudden disappearence of a teenager and the strange place she turned up; Lawrence Wright’s “The Counterterrorist” from The New Yorker, the story of John O’Neill, the FBI agent who tracked Osama bin Laden for a decade—until he was killed when the World Trade Center collapsed. Intriguing, entertaining, and compelling reading, Best American Crime Writing has established itself as a much-anticipated annual.