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The best American mystery stories 2016 / edited and with an introduction by Elizabeth George ; Otto Penzler, series editor.

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Mariner Original, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.

FICTION BES 2016

Best American series.

9780544527188 (trade pbk.)

20th edition ; 2016 edition.

xvi, 348 pages ; 21 cm.

Includes contributor's notes and a list of other distinguished mystery stories written in the past year.

The little men / Megan Abbott -- Okay, now do you surrender? / Steve Almond -- Toward the company of others / Matt Bell -- Fool proof / Bruce Robert Coffin -- Safety / Lydia Fitzpatrick -- Christians / Tom Franklin -- A death / Stephen King -- For something to do / Elmore Leonard -- The continental opposite / Evan Lewis -- Street of the dead house / Robert Lopresti -- Lafferty's ghost / Dennis McFadden -- The tank yard / Michael Noll -- Trash / Todd Robinson -- Christmas Eve at the exit / Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- The mountain top / Georgia Ruth -- Mailman / Jonathan Stone -- Rearview mirror / Art Taylor -- Border crossing / Susan Thornton -- Entwined / Brian Tobin -- God's plan for Dr. Gaynor and Hastings Chiume / Saral Waldorf.

"A collection of the best mystery stories published during 2015. What you’ll find in this volume are stories that demonstrate a mastery of plotting; stories that compel you to keep turning the pages because of plot and because of setting; stories that wield suspense like a sword; stories of people getting their comeuppance; stories that utilize superb point of view; stories that plumb one particular and unfortunate attribute of a character," promises guest editor Elizabeth George in her introduction. A feast of both literary crime and hard-boiled detection, featuring a seemingly innocent murderer, a drug dealer in love, a drunken prank gone terribly wrong, and plenty of other surprising twists and turns. Elizabeth George, guest editor, is the author of twenty British crime novels featuring Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his unconventional partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. Otto Penzler, series editor, is a mystery editor, publisher, columnist, and owner of New York's The Mysterious Bookshop, solely dedicated to mystery fiction. He has edited more than fifty crime-fiction anthologies."--Provided by publisher.

Mystery fiction.

George, Elizabeth, 1949-

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