**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 Year's best mystery and suspense stories, 1990
β Scribed by Hoch, Edward D., 1930-;Adrian, Jack. Phantom pistol;Allyn, Douglas. Star pupil;DuBois, Brendan. Fire burning bright;Fraser, Antonia. Moon was to blame;Graviros, Ruth. Ted Bundy's father;Holt, Connie. Hawks;Lovesey, Peter. Haunted crescent;Muller, Marcia. Silent night;Natsuki, Shizuko. Love motel;Peters, Elizabeth. Locked tomb mystery;Powell, James. Dirge for clowntown;Rendell, Ruth, 1930- Pair of yellow lilies;Slesar, Harry. Possession;Westlake, Donald E. Too many crooks; Adrian, Jack. Phantom pistol; Allyn, Douglas. Star pupil; DuBois, Brendan. Fire burning bright; Fraser, Antonia. Moon was to blame; Graviros, Ruth. Ted Bundy's father; Holt, Connie. Hawks; Lovesey, Peter. Haunted crescent; Muller, Marcia. Silent night; Natsuki, Shizuko. Love motel; Peters, Elizabeth. Locked tomb mystery; Powell, James. Dirge for clowntown; Rendell, Ruth, 1930- Pair of yellow lilies; Slesar, Harry. Possession; Westlake, Donald E. Too many crooks
- Publisher
- New York : Walker
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 253 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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