The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 - A Collection

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.
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.

James Crumley Pete Dexter Brendan DuBois Elmore Leonard Walter Mosley Joyce Carol Oates

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Connelly, Otto Penzler
• Assisted by: Michael Connelly (Editor), Otto Penzler (Editor)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2003
• EAN: 9780618329656
• ISBN: 978-0-618-32965-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 336 g
• Series: Best American Mystery Stories; The Best American Mystery Stories; Best American
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION: Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION: Crime, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), FICTION: Noir, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS: Literary