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The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year

Author : Lee Child
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781613162385

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The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year by Lee Child Pdf

A Wall Street Journal holiday 2021 pick A Suspense Magazine Best Book of the Year Lee Child selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, and many more. Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller Lee Child has selected the twenty most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume. Includes stories by: Alison Gaylin David Morrell James Lee Burke Joyce Carol Oates Martin Edwards Sara Paretsky Stephen King Sue Grafton (with a new, posthumously-published work!) And many more!

The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2021

Author : Lee Child,Otto Penzler
Publisher : Thorndike Press Large Print
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1432897551

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The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2021 by Lee Child,Otto Penzler Pdf

"Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller Lee Child has selected the twenty most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume. Includes stories by: Alison Gaylin, David Morrell, James Lee Burke, Joyce Carol Oates, Martin Edwards, Sara Paretsky, Stephen King, Sue Grafton (with a new, posthumously-published work!) And many more!"--

Best Crime Stories of the Year: 2021

Author : Lee Child,Otto Penzler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781801105712

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Best Crime Stories of the Year: 2021 by Lee Child,Otto Penzler Pdf

Selected by #1 bestselling author Lee Child: the twenty finest crime stories of the year. There is no finer form for a crime than the short story. WIthin a few pages, a clue can be discovered, divulged and its significance determined; all else is mere embellishment. The classic mystery tale will be familiar to aficionados and casual readers alike: it was invented by Edgar Allen Poe, popularised by Arthur Conan Doyle, and perfected by Agatha Christie. But mystery fiction has changed a great deal over the years – as have all things – and the writers within these pages present far more than a simple case of crime and resolution. Far from predictable, these stories provide fertile grounds of aberrant circumstances and the poor choices they lead to. You will find diverse methods and motivations, original perspectives and perils. Above all, you will find tales of the extremes of human psychology caused by despair, hate, greed, fear, envy, insanity or love. Featuring stories by: Doug Allyn, Jim Allyn, Ambrose Bierce, Michael Bracken, James Lee Burke, Martin Edwards, John Floyd, Jacqueline Freimor, Alison Gaylin, Sue Grafton, Paul Kemprecos, Stephen King, Janice Law, Dennis McFadden, David Marcum, Tom Mead, David Morrell, Joyce Carol Oates, Sara Paretsky, Joseph Walker, Andrew Welsh-Huggins.

The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021

Author : Steph Cha,Alafair Burke
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780358525691

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The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 by Steph Cha,Alafair Burke Pdf

Steph Cha, a rising star who brings a fresh perspective as series editor, takes the helm of the new The Best American Mystery and Suspense, with best-selling crime novelist Alafair Burke joining her as the first guest editor. "Crime writers, forgive the pun, are killing it right now creatively," writes guest editor Alafair Burke in her introduction. "It was difficult--painful even--to narrow this year's Best American Mystery and Suspense to only twenty stories." Spanning from a mediocre spa in Florida, to New York's gritty East Village, to death row in Alabama, this collection reveals boundless suspense in small, quiet moments, offering startling twists in the least likely of places. From a powerful response to hateful bullying, to a fight for health care, to a gripping desperation to vote, these stories are equal parts shocking, devastating, and enthralling, revealing the tension pulsing through our everyday lives and affirming that mystery and suspense writing is better than ever before. The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021includes JENNY BHATT- GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD- GABINO IGLESIAS- AYA DE LEÓN- LAURA LIPPMAN DELIA C. PITTS- ALEX SEGURA- FAYE SNOWDEN- LISA UNGER and others

The Best American Mystery Stories 2020

Author : C. J. Box,Otto Penzler
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781328636102

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The Best American Mystery Stories 2020 by C. J. Box,Otto Penzler Pdf

A collection of the year's best mystery short fiction selected by New York Times best-selling and Edgar Award-winning author C. J. Box. C. J. Box, #1 New York Times best-selling author of the hugely popular Joe Pickett series, selects the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year in this annual "treat for crime-fiction fans" (Library Journal).

The Best American Mystery Stories 2015

Author : James Patterson,Otto Penzler
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
ISBN : 9780544638747

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The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 by James Patterson,Otto Penzler Pdf

Mega best-selling mystery and thriller novelist James Patterson edits a collection of the best mystery writing.

The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022

Author : Otto Penzler
Publisher : Thorndike Press Large Print
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798885796224

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The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022 by Otto Penzler Pdf

Sara Paretsky selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Michael Connelly, Jo Nesbo, Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, and more! Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller and MWA Grandmaster Sara Paretsky has selected the twenty most puzzling, most thrilling, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume.

The Best American Mystery Stories 2018

Author : Louise Penny,Otto Penzler
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
ISBN : 9780544949096

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The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 by Louise Penny,Otto Penzler Pdf

An anthology of the best mystery short stories published in 2017 selected by best-selling author Louise Penny.

The Best American Mystery Stories 2017

Author : John Sandford
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780544949201

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The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 by John Sandford Pdf

The New York Times–bestselling author presents a thrilling anthology of devious crimes with stories by C. J. Box, Peter Straub, Joyce Carol Oates and more. “Some people might tell you that crime short stories, unlike the more precious kind, are a kind of fictional ghetto, full of cardboard characters and clichéd situations. Not true. These stories are remarkably free of bullshit—al­though there’s always a little, just to grease the wheels,” writes guest editor John Sandford in his introduction to this action-packed volume of mystery fiction. From an isolated Wyoming ranch to the Detroit boxing underworld, and from kidnapping and adultery in the Hollywood Hills to a serial killer loose in a nursing home, The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 hosts an entertaining abundance of crime, psychological suspense, and bad intentions. The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 includes entries by C.J. Box, Gerri Brightwell, Jeffery Deaver, Brendan DuBois, Trina Corey, Craig Johnson, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, and others.

The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022

Author : Sara Paretsky
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781613163481

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The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022 by Sara Paretsky Pdf

Sara Paretsky selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Michael Connelly, Jo Nesbo, Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, and more! Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller and MWA Grandmaster Sara Paretsky has selected the twenty most puzzling, most thrilling, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume. Includes stories by: Doug Allyn Colin Barrett Jerome Charyn Michael Connelly Susan Frith Tom Larsen Sean Marciniak Stefon Mears Kieth Lee Morris Gwen Mullins Jo Nesbo Joyce Carol Oates Annie Reed Kristen Kathryn Rusch Anna Scotti Ginny Swart Ellen Tremiti Joseph S. Walker Colson Whitehead Michael Wiley Plus a bonus vintage story from the annals of mystery fiction, written over a century in the past.

The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries

Author : Otto Penzler
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345802989

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The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries by Otto Penzler Pdf

The Edgar Award-winning editor collects sixty of his all-time favorite holiday crime stories—from Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Hardy, to Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain. • “Anyone who cares about the best mystery writing of the past century and beyond would be lucky to receive this thick volume during the holidays." —The Washington Post This collection touches on all aspects of the holiday season, and all types of mysteries. They are suspenseful, funny, frightening, and poignant. Included are puzzles by Mary Higgins Clark, Isaac Asimov, and Ngaio Marsh; uncanny tales in the tradition of A Christmas Carol by Peter Lovesey and Max Allan Collins; O. Henry-like stories by Stanley Ellin and Joseph Shearing, stories by pulp icons John D. MacDonald and Damon Runyon; comic gems from Donald E. Westlake and John Mortimer; and many, many more. Almost any kind of mystery you’re in the mood for--suspense, pure detection, humor, cozy, private eye, or police procedural—can be found in these pages. FEATURING: - Unscrupulous Santas - Crimes of Christmases Past and Present - Festive felonies - Deadly puddings - Misdemeanors under the mistletoe - Christmas cases for classic characters including Sherlock Holmes, Brother Cadfael, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Ellery Queen, Rumpole of the Bailey, Inspector Morse, Inspector Ghote, A.J. Raffles, and Nero Wolfe.

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 2

Author : Edward Gorman,Ed Gorman
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0765301016

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The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 2 by Edward Gorman,Ed Gorman Pdf

"The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories" returns with the second volume in this annual series collecting the very best of the year's mystery and crime fiction from all around the world.

A Measure of Blood

Author : Kathleen George
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480445567

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A Measure of Blood by Kathleen George Pdf

A killer puts a child in danger and sends a police detective on a hunt for justice in a novel that will “appeal to fans of Mary Higgins Clark” (Booklist). Nadal watches for weeks before he first approaches the boy. No matter what Maggie Brown says, he’s sure Matt is his son, and a boy should know his father. After their first confrontation, Maggie should have run. She should have hidden her child. But she underestimated the man who was once her lover. With self-righteous determination, Nadal goes to her house. He demands to spend time with the boy. When she refuses, he reaches for a knife. By the time homicide detective Richard Christie arrives on the scene, all that remains of Maggie Brown is a bloodstain on the floor. The killer has vanished, and Matt is too scared to remember anything but his mother’s fear. As Christie looks for the killer and Maggie’s friends fight to keep Matt out of the hands of Child Services, Nadal watches the news and waits. A boy should be with his father. He’s going to get his son. From the Edgar Award–nominated author of Simple and Hideout, this suspenseful tale with “plenty of hometown flavor and characters worthy of investment” is a gritty tale of crime and justice (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). Entertainment Weekly raves, “If anyone’s writing better police thrillers than George, I don’t know who it is,” while George Pelecanos says, “I look forward to reading anything Kathleen George writes.”

The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries

Author : Otto Penzler
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 1439 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593315804

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The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries by Otto Penzler Pdf

Edgar Award winner Otto Penzler—“detective fiction’s best editor and champion” (The Washington Post)—returns with a new anthology of exhilarating mysteries, assembling Victorian society's lords and ladies and most miserable miscreants Behind the velvet curtains of horsedrawn carriages and amid the soft glow of the gaslights are the detectives and bobbies sniffing out the safecrackers and petty purloiners who plague everything from the soot-covered side streets of London to the opulent manors of the countryside. With his latest title in the Big Book series, Otto Penzler is cracking cases and serving up the most thrilling, suspenseful Victorian mysteries. This collection brings together incredible stories from Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, and Guy de Maupassant among other legendary writers of the grand era of the British Empire. So brush off your dinner jackets and straighten out your ball gowns for these exciting, glitzy mysteries. A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL

When a Stranger Comes to Town

Author : Michael Koryta
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488075902

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When a Stranger Comes to Town by Michael Koryta Pdf

ANTHONY AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST ANTHOLOGY Including NYT bestselling author Michael Connelly’s story “Avalon,” soon to be adapted for television by David E. Kelley. "The very best of what crime fiction should deliver." -New York Journal of Books The latest Mystery Writers of America story collection, featuring surprising, page-turning twists on the genre from some of the top bestsellers and award winners in crime fiction It’s been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories—a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there’s something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water. No matter how or where they appear, strangers are walking mysteries, complete unknowns in once-familiar territories who disrupt our lives with unease and wonder. In the newest collection of stories by the Mystery Writers of America, each author weaves a fresh tale surrounding the eerie feeling that comes when a stranger enters our midst, featuring stories by prolific mystery writers such as Michael Connelly, Dean Koontz and Joe Hill.