**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 Penzl
The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years
โ Scribed by Otto Penzler
- Book ID
- 110890933
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 448 KB
- Series
- Best American Mystery Stories
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780544313439
- ASIN
- B00EXBRF8W
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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) 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.
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