"[Most of] these stories are portraits, in styles ranging from sly to harrowing, of how crimes occurred ... If you like all your characters living at the end of a story, this may not be the book for you." -- from the introduction by Scott Turow Best-selling author Scott Turow takes the helm for the
The best of the best American mystery stories: the first ten years, 1997-2006
โ Scribed by Otto Penzler
- Publisher
- Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 334 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 1306547601
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
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) ofThe 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.
โฆ Subjects
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