{"product_id":"best-american-mystery-stories-2019","title":"Best American Mystery Stories 2019","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author of ten genre-bending novels Jonathan Lethem helms this collection of the year's best mystery short fiction. \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Jonathan Lethem, \"crime stories are deep species gossip.\" He writes in his introduction that \"they're fundamentally stories of power, of its exercise, both spontaneous and conspiratorial; stories of impulse and desire, and of the turning of tables.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories 2019\u003c\/em\u003e has its full share of salacious intrigue, guilt, and retribution. The twists and bad decisions pile up when a thief picks the wrong target or a simple scavenger hunt takes a terrible turn. What happens when you befriend a death row inmate, or just how does writing Internet clickbait became a decidedly dangerous occupation? \"How can we not hang on their outcomes?\" asks Lethem. \"Are we innocent ourselves, or complicit?\" Read on to find out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories 201\u003c\/em\u003e9 includes Sharon Hunt, Harley Jane Kozak, Mark Mayer, Jennifer McMahon, Joyce Carol Oates, Brian Panowich, Tonya D. Price, Ron Rash, Robb T. White, and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLethem, Jonathan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJONATHAN LETHEM is the author of several novels, including \u003ci\u003eMotherless Brooklyn; The Fortress of Solitude;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGun, with Occasional Music;\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Dissident Gardens.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePenzler, Otto:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - OTTO PENZLER is a renowned mystery editor, publisher, columnist, and owner of New York's The Mysterious Bookshop, the oldest and largest bookstore solely dedicated to mystery fiction. He has edited more than fifty crime-fiction anthologies. He lives in New York.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50464603373842,"sku":"9781328636096","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_734638e5-88e9-49f8-9887-490eb30bc0ae.jpg?v=1730107385","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/best-american-mystery-stories-2019","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}