{"product_id":"the-best-american-mystery-stories-2017-9780544949089","title":"The Best American Mystery Stories 2017","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"Fans of such notables as C.J. Box, Peter Straub, and Joyce Carol Oates chiefly known for their novels will be pleased to see how well they write at shorter length.\"--Publishers Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"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 clich?d 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. 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories 2017\u003c\/em\u003e hosts an entertaining abundance of crime, psychological suspense, and bad intentions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories 2017 \u003c\/em\u003eincludes \u003cbr\u003e C. J. BOX, GERRI BRIGHTWELL, JEFFERY DEAVER, BRENDAN DUBOIS, \u003cbr\u003e TRINA COREY, CRAIG JOHNSON, JOYCE CAROL OATES, PETER STRAUB, \u003cbr\u003e and others\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOHN SANDFORD, guest editor, is the pseudonym of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of forty published novels, all of which have appeared, in one format or another, on the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list, among them the Prey novels, the Kidd novels, and the Virgil Flowers novels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e OTTO PENZLER, series editor, is a renowned mystery editor, publisher, and columnist. He owns The Mysterious Bookshop in New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412647710994,"sku":"9780544949089","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c75b9bce-7d03-4989-a8c1-d669b4e321d3.jpg?v=1729320570","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-american-mystery-stories-2017-9780544949089","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}