{"product_id":"the-best-american-mystery-stories-9780618329656","title":"The Best American Mystery Stories","description":"Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind.\u003cbr\u003e This seventh installment of the premier mystery anthology boasts pulse-quickening stories from all reaches of the genre, selected by the world-renowned mystery writer Michael Connelly. His choices include a Prohibition-era tale of a scorned lover's revenge, a Sherlock Holmesinspired mystery solved by an actor playing the famous detective onstage, stories of a woman's near-fatal search for self-discovery, a bar owner's gutsy attempt to outwit the mob, and a showdown between double-crossing detectives, and a tale of murder by psychology. This year's edition features mystery favorites as well as talented up-and-comers, for a diverse colleciton sure to thrill all readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames Crumley Pete Dexter Brendan DuBois Elmore Leonard Walter Mosley Joyce Carol Oates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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":50326521020690,"sku":"9780618329656","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_043c408e-beda-4ec1-b2ac-3232dae89b39.jpg?v=1727703304","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-american-mystery-stories-9780618329656","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}