The Best American Mystery Stories - by Otto Penzler & George P Pelecanos (Paperback)
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Highlights
- "A must-read for anyone who cares about crime stories.
- Author(s): Otto Penzler & George P Pelecanos
- 448 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Short Stories (single author)
- Series Name: Best American
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About the Book
This year's collection promises to deliver the same stellar caliber of mystery stories that readers have come to expect from this series. Contributors include James Lee Burke, Michael Connelly, Joyce Carol Oates, and Alice Munro.Book Synopsis
"A must-read for anyone who cares about crime stories."--Booklist
The award-winning author and Emmy-nominated television writer George Pelecanos serves as editor of the twelfth installment of this genre-expanding anthology, featuring twenty of the past year's most enthralling, suspenseful, and slyly illuminating mystery stories. A cut-and-dried case for a wily crime-scene reconstructionist is turned on its head in Michael Connelly's "Mulholland Dive." A terrible secret shared between two childhood friends resurfaces decades later as one of them lies on her deathbed in Alice Munro's masterful "Child's Play." James Lee Burke tells the haunting tale of a Hurricane Katrina evacuee who unexpectedly finds comfort from an unimaginable loss in "Mist." And in Holly Goddard Jones's "Proof of God," a young man's car is repeatedly vandalized as proof that someone knows about the truths he'd never willingly reveal.As Pelecanos notes in his introduction, the twenty "original and unique voices" in this collection pay homage to the genre's forebears by taking crime fiction into a thrilling new direction. "But make no mistake," he says, "we are all standing on the shoulders of writers who came before us and left an indelible mark on literature through craftsmanship, care, and the desire to leave something of worth behind."
Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 448
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Short Stories (single author)
Series Title: Best American
Publisher: Mariner Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Otto Penzler & George P Pelecanos
Language: English
Street Date: October 8, 2008
TCIN: 85094203
UPC: 9780618812677
Item Number (DPCI): 247-49-0823
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.1 inches length x 5.4 inches width x 8 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1 pounds
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