Download or read book The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 written by Steph Cha and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022 written by Jess Walter and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by #1 New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Jess Walter and series editor Steph Cha. New York Times bestselling author and “superb storyteller” (Boston Globe), Jess Walter flexes his genre chops and selects twenty short stories that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
Download or read book The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 written by John Sandford and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Best American Mystery Stories 2020 written by C. J. Box and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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).
Download or read book The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 written by James Patterson and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mega best-selling mystery and thriller novelist James Patterson edits a collection of the best mystery writing.
Download or read book The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022 written by HarperCollins Publishers and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Best American Mystery Stories 2019 written by Jonathan Lethem and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times best-selling author of ten genre-bending novels Jonathan Lethem helms this collection of the year's best mystery short fiction. Jonathan Lethem, "one of America's greatest storytellers" (Washington Post), selects the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year in this annual "treat for crime-fiction fans" (Library Journal).
Download or read book The Best American Mystery Stories 2006 written by Otto Penzler and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of mystery stories selected from magazines in the United States and Canada.
Download or read book The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 written by Louise Penny and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of the best mystery short stories published in 2017 selected by best-selling author Louise Penny.
Download or read book Crime Hits Home written by S.J. Rozan and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *An Anthony Award 2023 Finalist* The newest anthology from Mystery Writers of America explores the theme of home and the crimes that endanger it, with stories by Ellen Hart, Naomi Hirahara, Walter Mosley, Sara Paretsky and more. Everyone comes from someplace. Everyone has somewhere they feel safe. Some people have found their home and are content where they are. Others feel trapped and yearn to go somewhere else. Many are somewhere else and yearn to go back. But evenin these safest of places, sometimes…crime hits home. What happens then? In this volume, MWA brings together some of today’s biggest crime writers—and some of our most exciting new talents—to consider this question. Each writer has defined home as they see fit: a place, a group, a feeling. The crime can come from without or within. What happens when crime hits home? Featuring stories from: Naomi Hirahara David Bart Sara Paretsky Susan Breen Gary Phillips Neil S. Plakcy Renee James Connie Johnson Hambley Gabino Iglesias A.P. Jamison Walter Mosley Tori Eldridge Ellen Hart G. Miki Hayden Jonathan Santlofer Jonathan Stone Ovidia Yu Bonnie Hearn Hill Steve Liskow S.J. Rozan
Download or read book Deadly Anniversaries written by Marcia Muller and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Best Book of 2020 from Suspense Magazine Deadly Anniversaries celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Mystery Writers of America with a collection of stories from some of the top names in crime fiction. An anniversary can honor many things: a birth, a wedding and sometimes even a death. In Deadly Anniversaries, editors Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini present new stories from some of the best contemporary authors to honor the diamond jubilee of the Mystery Writers of America, an organization founded on the principle that “Crime Doesn’t Pay—Enough.” Each author puts their own unique spin on what it means to recognize a certain day or event each year. These nineteen stories travel across a wide range of historical and contemporary settings and remind readers of how broad the mystery writing tradition can be, encompassing detective tales, domestic intrigue, psychological suspense, black humor and thrilling action. By the time this group of bestsellers and award-winners is through, none of us will ever look at anniversaries the same way again. Deadly Anniversaries is sure to shock, scare and delight mystery and suspense fans of all kinds, featuring the following contributors: Sue Grafton Laurie R. King Lee Child Margaret Maron S.J. Rozan Max Allan Collins Wendy Hornsby Jeffery Deaver Bill Pronzini Carolyn Hart Peter Lovesey Meg Gardiner Marcia Muller Julie Smith William Kent Krueger Peter Robinson Naomi Hirahara Doug Allyn Alison Gaylin Laura Lippman
Download or read book The Best American Short Stories 2022 written by Andrew Sean Greer and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer and series editor Heidi Pitlor. Andrew Sean Greer, “an exceptionally lovely writer, capable of mingling humor with sharp poignancy” (Washington Post), selects twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
Download or read book The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year written by Lee Child and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!
Download or read book Styled for Murder written by Nancy J. Cohen and published by Orange Grove Press. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hairstylist Marla Vail flushes out a killer when murder disrupts her mother’s home renovation plans in this stylish cozy mystery. When hairstylist and savvy sleuth, Marla Vail, gets a frantic call from her mother that there’s a dead body in her shower, Marla realizes this wasn’t part of the home renovation plans. The victim turns out to be the project manager, who had an untrustworthy reputation in town. Disgruntled customers, unpaid suppliers, and the design company’s staff are among the suspects. Which one of them wanted the foreman to pipe down about their shady dealings? Meanwhile, the lead investigator sets his sights on Marla’s stepfather, Reed, who’s keeping secrets from his family. Reed has a past connection to the victim and won’t come clean about what he knows. As Marla drills deeper, she’s showered with suspicions, but nobody’s willing to leak any information. She needs to hammer down the prospects, or time will drain away and the murderer will strike again. To flush out the culprit, Marla taps into her pipeline of resources. Can she assemble the clues and demolish the alibis to nail a killer? Or has someone designed the perfect murder? Recipes Included! “Best of 2021” Cozy Mystery by Suspense Magazine Bronze Award Winner in the 2022 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards Finalist in the 2022 American Fiction Awards Finalist in the Royal Palm Literary Awards “A charmingly funny whodunit!” Woman’s World
Download or read book Black Cat Weekly 149 written by Mark Thielman and published by Black Cat Weekly. This book was released on 2024-07-06 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue, we have original mysteries by Mark Thielman (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Joslyn Chase, plus a modern classic by Eve Fisher (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman). Our novel is a Golden Age tale by Isabel Ostrander. Of course, there’s also a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles. On the more fantastic side of things, we have a dark fantasy from British master Edmund Glasby, plus a classic tale by Allen Kim Lang...who, at age 95, is still with us. (His most recent story appeared in Analog in 2020.) Plus we have a Lancelot Biggs story by Nelson Bond, a classic SF story by Randall Garrett, and a fantasy novel by Manly Wade Wellman. Good stuff! Here’s the complete lineup— Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure: “Dramatis Personae,” by Mark Thielman [Michael Bracken Presents short story] “The Black Bandana Kid Rides Again,” by Hal Blythe Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery] “Sophistication,” by Eve Fisher [Barb Goffman Presents short story] “A Killer View,” by Joslyn Chase [short story] Ashes to Ashes, by Isabel Ostrander [novel] Science Fiction & Fantasy: “Something About Spiders,” by Edmund Glasby [short story] “Lancelot Biggs Cooks a Pirate,” by Nelson S. Bond [short story] “The Price of Eggs,” by Randall Garrett [short story] “I, Gardener,” by Allen Kim Lang [short story] Fearful Rock, by Manly Wade Wellman [novel]
Download or read book Sophistication written by Eve Fisher and published by Black Cat Weekly. This book was released on 2024-07-07 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an aging actress and her two companions move to small-town Laskin, South Dakota, everyone is dazzled by their racy sophistication and style. But no amount of sophistication will help when something happens to one of the actress’s teen groupies and the town needs someone to blame.
Download or read book Do The Work written by Megan Pillow and published by Leaping Hare. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Do The Work, Roxane Gay presents thought-provoking exercises to guide readers to unlearn their unconscious biases and help to create a fairer future for everyone.
