Synopses & Reviews
Best-selling novelist Lee Child edits this latest collection of the genres finest from the past year. Featuring gritty tales told with panache,” this is a must-read for anybody who cares about crime stories” (Booklist).
Review
"This collection is sure to please mystery fans as well as those who enjoy short stories"--Library Journal
"The 20 short stories in the 14th edition of this “best of” series offer a wider variety than some of its predecessors...While this volume contains relatively few household names, the quality certainly doesnt suffer as a result."--Publishers Weekly, STARRED review
"Penzlers foreword...in favor of an eclectic mix of tales that exhibit crime in all its varieties in every corner of the world—and then some."--Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
Best-selling novelist Harlan Coben, a master of suspense and creator of the critically-acclaimed Myron Bolitar series, edits this latest collection of the must-reads in mysteries from the past year.
Synopsis
A collection of the best mystery writing published in 2009 culled from a variety of sources.
Synopsis
A best-selling novelist and Edgar Award winner, Lisa Scottoline brings her mastery of the thriller genre as well as her wit and heart to this collection of the must-reads in mysteries.
About the Author
OTTO PENZLER is a renowned mystery editor, publisher, columnist, and owner of New York's The Mysterious Bookshop, the oldest and largest bookstores solely dedicated to mystery fiction. He has edited more than fifty crime-fiction anthologies.LEE CHILD is the author of thirteen Jack Reacher thrillers, including the New York Times bestsellers Persuader, The Enemy, One Shot, The Hard Way, and #1 bestsellers Bad Luck and Trouble and Nothing to Lose. All his titles have been optioned for major motion pictures.
Table of Contents
Foreword • ix
Introduction • xiii
TOM BARLOW
Smothered and Covered • 1
MICHAEL CONNELLY
A Fine Mist of Blood • 14
ONEIL DE NOUX
Misprision of Felony • 29
EILEEN DREYER
The Sailor in the Picture • 46
DAVID EDGERLEY GATES
The Devil to Pay • 61
CLARK HOWARD
The Street Ends at the Cemetery • 91
ANDRE KOCSIS
Crossing • 126
KEVIN LEAHY
Remora, IL • 158
NICK MAMATAS
Thy Shiny Car in the Night • 172
EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL
Drifter • 180
DENNIS MCFADDEN
The Ring of Kerry • 194
MICAH NATHAN
Quarry • 211
JOYCE CAROL OATES
So Near Any Time Always • 225
NANCY PICKARD
Light Bulb • 263
BILL PRONZINI
Gunpowder Alley • 277
PATRICIA SMITH
When They Are Done with Us • 300
RANDALL SILVIS
The Indian • 316
BEN STROUD
The Dons Cinnamon • 366
HANNAH TINTI
Bullet Number Two • 381
MAURINE DALLAS WATKINS
Bound • 392
Contributors Notes • 406
Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2012 • 418