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Deadly anniversaries: celebrating 75 years of Mystery Writers of America

By Marcia Muller. 2020

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Mysteries and crime stories, Suspense and thrillersAnthologies
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Mystery Writers of America presents a collection of crime and mystery stories from some of the best contemporary authors, all…

of whom have been invited to put their own unique spin on what it means to recognize a certain day or event every year

When a stranger comes to town

By Michael Koryta. 2021

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Mysteries and crime stories, Suspense and thrillersAnthologies
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"Exceptional... This is the best kind of anthology, consistently excellent and inventive." -Publishers Weekly, starred review The latest Mystery Writers…

of America story collection, featuring terrifying tales of encounters with strangers from some of the top bestsellers and award winners in crime fiction It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories—a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water.

Unknown man #89: A Novel

By Elmore Leonard. 1993

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Suspense and thrillers, Mysteries and crime storiesAnthologies
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Detroit process server Jack Ryan's skill at finding his targets lands him a different kind of assignment. He is hired…

to find a missing stockholder--who turns out to be a very dangerous man. Ryan is soon in way over his head. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1977

The best of The best horror of the year: 10 years of essential short horror fiction (The Best Horror of the Year)

By Ellen Datlow. 2018

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Short stories, Ghost and horror stories, Fantasy, Science fiction, Suspense and thrillers, RomanceAnthologies
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Editor Datlow has selected twenty-eight standout stories from ten years' worth of her "best of the year" horror anthologies. Authors…

in the collection include Suzy McKee Charnas, Peter Straub, Laird Barron, Mira Grant, Brian Evenson, and Neil Gaiman. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2018

Have you seen Luis Velez?: a novel

By Catherine Ryan Hyde. 2019

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Suspense and thrillers, General fiction, Multi-cultural fictionAnthologies
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Teenager Raymond leads a lonely life, shuttling between the homes of his divorced parents. Millie, an elderly blind woman who…

lives in his mother's building, asks him if he has seen the man who was her caretaker. He starts helping Millie, and looking for the missing Luis Velez. 2019

Novels and essays: Vandover and the brute ; McTeague ; The octopus ; Essays

By Frank Norris. 1986

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Serious and literary fiction, General fiction, Suspense and thrillersLiterature, Anthologies
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Three novels and collected literary essays by naturalist writer Frank Norris (1870-1902). The twenty-two essays include book reviews, articles, literary columns, and--in "Perverted Tales"--parodies of popular authors. 1986

Maria Kallio: Books 8-11 (Maria Kallio #8)

By Owen F. Witesman, Leena Lehtolainen. 2017

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Mysteries and crime stories, Suspense and thrillers, Police procedural fictionAnthologies
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Four mysteries, translated from 2017-2019, featuring detective Maria Kallio. Includes Below the Surface, The Nightingale Murder, Derailed, and Where Have…

All the Young Girls Gone, in which--after three immigrant Muslim girls go missing--the body of a fourth girl is found in the snow, strangled with her headscarf. Originally published in Finnish from 2003-2010. Violence and strong language. 2019

The big book of rogues and villains (Vintage crime/Black Lizard)

By Otto Penzler. 2017

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Anthology of seventy-three mystery stories that focus on the criminals rather than the detectives. The collection's scope begins with Victorian…

entries, such as Bram Stoker's "Dracula's Guest," and continues up through modern times, including Loren D. Estleman's "The Black Spot."Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2017

Mumbai noir (Akashic Noir)

By Altaf Tyrewala, Jerry Pinto, Sonia Faleiro, Avtar Singh, Annie Zaidi, Namita Devidayal, Kalpish Ratna, Riyaz Mulla, Paromita Vohra, Devashish Makhija, Abbas Tyrewala, Ahmed Bunglowala, Smita Harish Jain, R. Raj Rao. 2012

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The most populous city in India--previously known as Bombay--is the setting for this anthology of fourteen crime stories. In "Justice,"…

Riaz Mulla shows how an ordinary businessman can turn into a bomb-planting extremist. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2012

Toronto noir (Akashic Noir)

By Gail Bowen, Janine Armin, Nathaniel G. Moore. 2008

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Crime stories set in North America's most multicultural city outside of Miami--known also for its cold winters, strong beer, and…

transportation options. The sixteen entries include Peter Robinson's "Walking the Dog," in which a husband and wife each plan the other's murder. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008

Barcelona noir (Akashic Noir)

By Achy Obejas, Jordi Sierra i Fabra, Adriana V. López, Carmen Ospina, Teresa Solana, Valerie Miles. 2011

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Fourteen crime stories reveal a side of Catalonia's capital never found on walking tours. In Teresa Solana's "The Offering," a…

young doctor at a hospital morgue discovers that a shy, unattractive, hospital secretary who committed suicide has the most beautiful organs. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2011

Manila noir (Akashic Noir)

By R. Zamora Linmark, Sabina Murray, Jessica Hagedorn, Lysley Tenorio, Eric Gamalinda, F. H. Batacan, Gina Apostol, Jose Dalisay, Rosario Cruz-Lucero, Lourd De Veyra, Angelo R. Lacuesta, Budjette Tan, Kajo Baldisimo, Marianne Villanueva, Jonas Vitman. 2013

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Fourteen crime stories set in the intense, teeming capital of the Philippines. In F.H. Batacan's "Comforter of the Afflicted," a…

priest who is helping his cop friend with a murder investigation learns that the female victim helped other women escape domestic violence. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2013

Mexico City noir (Akashic Noir)

By F. G. Haghenbeck, Eduardo Antonio Parra, Rolo Diez, Paco Taibo, Bernardo Fernández, Pacio Ignacio Taibo II, Juan Hernández Luna, Eugenio Aguirre, Myriam Laurini, Óscar de la Borbolla, Eduardo Monteverde, Víctor Luiz González, Julia Rodríguez. 2010

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Anthology of twelve crime stories set in Mexico's capital is divided into parts: Above the Law, Dead Men Walking, and…

Suffocation City. Editor and contributor Paco Ignacio Taibo II's "The Corner" centers on a novelist's suggestion for dealing with a crime-ridden intersection. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2010

Troubled daughters, twisted wives: stories from the trailblazers of domestic suspense

By Sarah Weinman. 2013

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Collection of fourteen previously published stories of crime fiction by women from the 1940s to the 1970s. Includes "The Heroine"…

by Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr. Ripley (DB 50315), where a young woman is hired to be a nanny and dreams of being more. Some violence. 2013

The good girl

By Mary Kubica. 2014

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The daughter of a prominent Chicago judge--inner-city art teacher Mia Dennett--is taken hostage by a man she meets in a…

bar. But instead of delivering her to the men who planned the abduction, he hides with her in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota. Strong language and some violence. 2014

Moscow noir: St. Petersburg noir (Akashic Noir)

By Irina Denezhkina, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, Natalia Smirnova, Julia Goumen, Anna Starobinets, Andrei Khusnutdinov, Alexander Anuchkin, Vladimir Tuchkov, Igor Zotov, Gleb Shulpyakov, Maxim Maximov, Sergei Samsonov, Dmitry Kosyrev, Alexei Evdokimov, Sergei Kuznetsov, Vyacheslav Kuritsyn. 2014

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Two collections, each containing fourteen crime stories, set in various sections of the Russian cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg,…

revealing the country's dark side. Translated from Russian. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012

Rogues

By Gardner Dozois, Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, Gillian Flynn. 2014

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Twenty-one rogue-themed short stories that span several genres, highlighting work by Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Cherie Priest,…

Carrie Vaughn, and others. Includes a new Game of Thrones tale by George R.R. Martin. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2014

Haiti noir (Akashic Noir)

By Edwidge Danticat, Madison Smartt Bell, Mark Kurlansky, Katia D. Ulysse, Évelyne Trouillot, Rodney Saint-Éloi, Yanick Lahens, Gary Victor, Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Ibi Aanu Zoboi, Marie Lily Cerat, M. J. Fievre, Josaphat-Robert Large, Nadine Pinede, Patrick Sylvain, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel, Marvin Victor. 2011

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Suspense and thrillers, Short stories, Mysteries and crime storiesCriticism, Anthologies
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Edwidge Danticat is both editor and contributor in this anthology of eighteen stories written around the time of Haiti's devastating…

2010 earthquake. In Ibi Aanu Zoboi's "The Harem" a playboy tends to his three lovers amid the destruction. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011

Thriller 2: stories you just can't put down

By Phillip Margolin, Ridley Pearson, Jeffery Deaver, R. L. Stine, Joan Johnston, Lisa Jackson, Jon Land, Gary Braver, Carla Neggers, Mariah Stewart, Javier Sierra, Harry Hunsicker, R. L. Stine, David Hewson, Marcus Sakey, Robert Ferrigno, Sean Chercover, Tim Maleeny, Blake Crouch, Simon Wood, Joe Hartlaub, Lawrence Light, Kathleen Antrim, David J. Montgomery. 2009

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Cussler introduces each of the twenty-three original entries in this anthology. Contributors are all members of International Thriller Writers, Inc.,…

and include Phillip Margolin, Jeffery Deaver, Marcus Sakey, Lisa Jackson, and Ridley Pearson, whose story features his series protagonist Lou Boldt. Some violence and some strong language. 2009

The lineup: the world's greatest crime writers tell the inside story of their greatest detectives

By Otto Penzler. 2009

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Twenty-three authors, including Alexander McCall Smith and Robert B. Parker, use various methods to describe the creation of their crime…

series protagonists. Jeffery Deaver provides a lengthy obituary for quadriplegic criminalist Lincoln Rhyme, while Lee Child explains the marketable Jack Reacher. Strong language. 2009

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