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Title:

The best American mystery stories 2018 / edited and with an introduction by Louise Penny ; Otto Penzler, series editor.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xvii, 411 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Detective and mystery stories, American.
Short stories, American.
Mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.

Other Authors:

Penny, Louise, writer of introduction. writer of introduction.
Penzler, Otto, series editor.
Bayard, Louis, author.
Bourelle, Andrew, author.
Boyle, T. Coraghessan, author.
Bracken, Michael, author.
Burke, James Lee, 1936- author.
Child, Lee, author.
Connelly, Michael, 1956- author.
Floyd, John M., author.
Gates, David Edgerley, 1945- author.
Harris, Charlaine, author.
Hart, Rob (Fiction writer), author.
Hendrickson, David H., 1956- author.
Klavan, Andrew, author.
Limón, Martin, 1948-
Marks, Paul D., author.
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- author.
Orloff, Alan, 1960- author.
Powell, William Dylan, author.
Sanders, Scott Loring, author.
Silverman, Brian, author.

Notes:

"A Mariner original." Includes bibliographical references (pages 410-411).

Contents:

Introduction / Brian Silverman. Introduction / Louise Penny -- Breadfruit / Louis Bayard -- Y is for Yangchuan lizard / Andrew Bourelle -- The designee / T.C. Boyle -- Smoked / Michael Bracken -- The wild side of life / James Lee Burke -- Too much time / Lee Child -- The third panel / Michael Connelly -- Gun work / John M. Floyd -- Cabin fever / David Edgerley Gates -- Small signs / Charlaine Harris -- Takeout / Rob Hart -- Death in the Serengeti / David H. Hendrickson -- All out yesterdays / Andrew Klavan -- PX Christmas / Martin Limón -- Windward / Paul D. Marks -- Phantomwise: 1972 / Joyce Carol Oates -- Rule number one / Alan Orloff -- The apex predator / William Dylan Powell -- Waiting on Joe / Scott Loring Sanders -- Breadfruit / Brian Silverman.

Summary:

A collection of top-selected mystery writing from the past year is culled from a variety of respected sources and offers insight into evolving genre trends.

Series:

Best American series.

ISBN:

0544949099
9780544949096

ISSN:

10948384

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1016710815

Locations:

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

AQPC277 -- Lamoni Public Library (Lamoni)