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Mauvaises manières: [22 nouvelles de mystère et suspense
By Mary Higgins Clark, Roxane Azimi. 1997
Deadly anniversaries: celebrating 75 years of Mystery Writers of America
By Marcia Muller. 2020
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 yearWhen a stranger comes to town
By Michael Koryta. 2021
"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.Bookshop mysteries: Five bibliomysteries by bestselling authors
By John Harvey. 2021
Dead Dames Don't Sing by John Harvey: Looking for a big payday but finding big trouble instead, ex-London-cop-turned-private-investigator Jack Kiley…
attempts to uncover the true origins of a controversial, pseudonymously written pulp novel. The Travelling Companion by Ian Rankin: A young Scotsman in Paris is drawn into a shocking mystery that resides within the pages of an unpublished manuscript allegedly penned by Robert Louis Stevenson. Mystery, Inc. by Joyce Carol Oates: When an obsessive collector of bookstores discovers a charming new shop, he decides he must have it at any cost-even if he has to commit murder. Remaindered by Peter Lovesey: For some nefarious reason, the widow and former associates of a slain gangster are determined to keep the Precious Finds Bookstore open following the unfortunate demise of the shop's owner. The Book Thing by Laura Lippman: Private investigator Tess Monaghan must help the irascible proprietor of a Baltimore children's bookstore keep her business afloat by unmasking an elusive and utterly ingenious book thiefRobots vs fairies
By Navah Wolfe, Dominik Parisien. 2018
A collection of eighteen short stories that pits the genres of fantasy and science fiction against each other, focusing particularly…
on fairies and robots as classic representatives of these categories. Authors include Seanan McGuire, Ken Liu, Kat Howard, Mary Robinette Kowal, John Scalzi, and Max Gladstone. Some violence and some strong language. 2018The best American science fiction and fantasy 2019 (Best American (TM))
By John Joseph Adams, Carmen María Machado. 2019
A collection of American speculative, science fiction, and fantasy short stories that were originally published in 2018. Includes selections by…
Seanan McGuire, N. K. Jemisin, Sarah Gailey, Kelly Robson, and Annalee Newitz, among others. Violence and strong language. 2019Unknown man #89: A Novel
By Elmore Leonard. 1993
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. 1977Editor 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. 2018A collection of classic science fiction short stories written by women from the 1920s through the 1960s. Includes stories from,…
among others, Leslie F. Stone, Judith Merril, Leigh Brackett, Kit Reed, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Some violence and some strong language. 2018The best American science fiction and fantasy 2018 (Best American series)
By John Joseph Adams, N. K. Jemisin. 2018
A collection of American speculative, science fiction, and fantasy short stories that were originally published in 2017. Includes selections by…
Charlie Jane Anders, Samuel R. Delany, Jaymee Goh, Cadwell Turnbull, Peter Watts, and others. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2018Readymade bodhisattva: the Kaya anthology of South Korean science fiction (The Magpie series of modern and contemporary Korean literature)
By Sunyoung Park, Park Sang Joon. 2019
A collection of short stories from South Korea translated into English, including both classic and contemporary works. Includes a critical…
introduction, an essay on science fiction fandom in South Korea, and contextualizing information and annotations for each story. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2019Black from the future: a collection of Black speculative writing
By Lauren Cherelle, Stephanie Andrea Allen. 2019
A collection of stories by Black women writers from across the spectrum of Black speculative writing, including science fiction, fantasy,…
magical realism, and Afrofuturism. Includes stories from, among others, Jewelle Gomez, Eden Royce, Nicole Sconiers, Morgan Christie, Vernita Hall, Stefani Cox, and Leila Green. 2019Maria Kallio: Books 8-11 (Maria Kallio #8)
By Owen F. Witesman, Leena Lehtolainen. 2017
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. 2019The big book of rogues and villains (Vintage crime/Black Lizard)
By Otto Penzler. 2017
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. 2017The mammoth book of best new horror: v. 24 (Mammoth Books)
By Stephen Jones. 2013
Twenty-two horror stories selected as the best of 2012, with an overview of the year in horror publishing and media…
and a necrology of those who died that year. Authors include Ramsey Campbell, Alison Littlewood, Gemma Files, Neil Gaiman, and more. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2013Bibliomysteries: crime in the world of books and bookstores
By Otto Penzler. 2017
A collection of fifteen original mystery stories involving the world of books. Includes entries by Jeffery Deaver, C. J. Box,…
Reed Farrel Coleman, Thomas H. Cook, Loren D. Estleman, Laura Lippman, Anne Perry, John Connolly, and Nelson DeMille. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2017Mash up: stories inspired by famous first lines
By Gardner Dozois, Tad Williams, John Scalzi. 2016
In this anthology, authors take inspiration for their stories from the first lines of famous works of literature. Includes stories…
by John Scalzi, Tad Williams, Elizabeth Bear, Nancy Kress, Robert Charles Wilson, Lavie Tidhar, Mary Robinette Kowal, and many others. Some violence and some strong language. 2016Sisters of tomorrow: the first women of science fiction (Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series)
By Lisa Yaszek, Patrick B. Sharp. 2016
Selection of short fiction, essays, and poems by women working in the genre in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Includes…
fiction by C. L Moore, poems by Julia Boynton Green, and journalism by L. Taylor Hansen. Also provides commentary documenting women's contributions to the pulp-magazine community. Some violence and some strong language. 2016Manhattan mayhem: New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America
By Mary Higgins Clark, Jeffery Deaver, T. Jefferson Parker, Lee Child, Thomas H. Cook. 2015
Mystery Writers of America presents seventeen crime stories by its members that are set in different parts of New York…
City. Contributors include Lee Child, Nancy Pickard, Margaret Maron, Thomas H. Cook, Ben H. Winters, T. Jefferson Parker, S. J. Rozan, and Jeffrey Deaver. Some violence and some strong language. 2015Loosed upon the world: the Saga anthology of climate fiction
By John Joseph Adams. 2015
A collection of short fiction focusing on climate fiction, which explores the twenty-first-century world as the effects of global warming…
become evident. Features stories from Margaret Atwood, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kim Stanley Robinson, Seanan McGuire, and many others. Strong language. 2015