The Best American Mystery Stories

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext After just three years, THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES series is already a great success, earning raves from such diverse sources as Joyce Carol Oates, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, and ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE. Little wonder, given the power of the Best American brand, the talent of the series editor, Otto Penzler, and the high profile of the guest editors. Now, with the legendary mystery writer Donald E. Westlake as guest editor, the 2000 edition is sure to boost the series' popularity even more. From Tfty exceptional stories chosen by Penzler, Westlake has selected the twenty best, including stories by Tom Franklin, Jeffery Deaver, Shel Silverstein, and Dennis Lehane, for a collection that will delight mystery buffs and casual readers alike.

Product details

• Authors: Otto Penzler, Donald E. Westlake
• Assisted by: Otto Penzler (Editor), Donald E. Westlake (Editor)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.03.2001
• EAN: 9780395939185
• ISBN: 978-0-395-93918-5
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 203 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Best American Mystery Stories; The Best American Mystery Stories; Best American
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Short Stories, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION: Crime, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), FICTION: Noir, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: Literary