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The best American mystery stories, 2011 (Best American series)
By Harlan Coben, Otto Penzler. 2011
Twenty previously published tales of mystery, crime, and suspense. In Joe R. Lansdale's "The Stars Are Falling," a long-absent man…
returns home to a fatal surprise. Includes selections by S.J. Rozan, Lawrence Block, Ed Gorman, and Loren D. Estleman. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011The best American mystery stories, 2013 (Best American series)
By Lisa Scottoline, Otto Penzler. 2013
Twenty previously published tales selected by mystery novelist Scottoline. In Patricia Smith's "When They Are Done with Us," the mother…
of a violent sixteen-year-old dropout plans to get rid of him. Includes works by Joyce Carol Oates and Michael Connelly. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2013The best American mystery stories, 2010 (Best American series)
By Otto Penzler, Lee Child. 2010
Anthology features works from twenty writers, including Dennis Lehane, Gar Anthony Haywood, Kurt Vonnegut, and Lyndsay Faye. In Lehane's "Animal…
Rescue" a lonely bartender's life is infused with love and danger after he finds an abused puppy. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2010The Black Lizard big book of Black Mask stories (Vintage crime/Black lizard)
By Otto Penzler. 2010
Fifty-three stories, novellas, and serialized novels featuring hard-boiled detectives that were published in the pulp magazine Black Mask from 1920…
to 1951. Includes short bios of Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Raymond Chandler, John D. MacDonald, and the collection's other noir authors. Some violence and some strong language. 2010Pittsburgh noir (Akashic Noir)
By K. C. Constantine, Nancy Martin, Rebecca Drake, Lila Shaara, Hilary Masters, Kathryn Miller Haines, Kathleen George, Terrance Hayes, Paul Lee, Kathleen Georgfe, Steward O'Nan, Carlos Antonio Delgado, Aubrey Hirsch, Tom Lipinski, Reginald McKnight. 2011
Collection of fourteen stories set in various parts of Pittsburgh. In Stewart O'Nan's "Duplex" a woman takes careful steps to…
end the relationship between a friend's son and his trashy girlfriend so she can get an apartment she covets. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011To Davy Jones below
By Carola Dunn, Mystery Writers of America, Inc.. 2003
Newlyweds Daisy Dalrymple and Scotland Yard detective Alec Fletcher are sailing to America when their honeymoon is interrupted by a…
series of mysterious accidents and a murder. Suspicion falls on an American millionaire, a chorus girl turned trophy wife, and a gambler. 2001Chicago blues
By Max Allan Collins, Sara Paretsky, Barbara D'Amato, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Libby Fischer Hellmann. 2007
Noir stories from twenty-one writers, including Sara Paretsky, Marcus Sakey, and Barbara D'Amato. In Stuart Kaminsky's "Blue Note," gambler Pitch…
Noles must win at a poker game or his blues-singer mother will lose a finger to a loan shark. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2007Twenty-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. 2009Mystery Writers of America presents the prosecution rests: new stories about courtrooms, criminals, and the law
By Mystery Writers of America, Inc.. 2009
Twenty-two short stories dealing with the criminal justice system, with themes that include lawyers, victims, liars, revenge seekers, killers, and…
alibi witnesses. In Joel Goldman's "Knife Fight" a female Jewish attorney defends a black, drug-dealing murderer. Includes work by James Grippando, Barbara Parker, and S.J. Rozan. Strong language. 2009Cape Cod noir (Akashic Noir)
By David L. Ulin, Fred G. Leebron, Adam Mansbach, Lizzie Skurnick, Elyssa East, Dana Cameron, Kaylie Jones, Ben Greenman, Dave Zeltserman, Seth Greenland, Paul Tremblay, William Hastings, Jedediah Barry. 2011
The baker's dozen of all-new short stories collected here thrillingly proves that even though Cape Cod tourists head home after…
Labor Day, the season for mayhem and malice never ends. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sexNew Jersey noir (Akashic Noir)
By Barry N. Malzberg, Joyce Carol Oates, S. J. Rozan, Bill Pronzini, Sheila Kohler, Jeffrey Ford, Jonathan Safran Foer, Edmund White, Bradford Morrow, Jonathan Santlofer, Robert Pinsky, Paul Muldoon, C. K. Williams, Richard Burgin, Michael Carroll, Robert Arellano, Hirsh Sawhney, Gerald Stern, Alicia Ostriker, Lou Manfredo, S. A. Solomon. 2011
In New Jersey Noir a star-studded cast of authors sifts through the hidden dirt of the Garden State. Each story…
is set in a distinct location of New Jersey. Some violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sexMidnight hour: A chilling anthology of crime fiction from 20 authors of color
By Abby L Vandiver. 2022
From a simple robbery gone horribly wrong to a grisly murder in a secret love dungeon, this stellar collection of…
crime fiction short stories showcases some of today's finest voices of color. Edited by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Abby L. Vandiver, this thrilling anthology will keep you on the edge of your seat. Jennifer Chow—Midnight Escapade: After years of silence, two women decide to meet up in a unique escape room but get trapped in a deadly game from which there may be no escape. Tracy Clark—Lucky Thirteen: A gun. A last meal. And only one survivor. Sometimes the stars align—but only for the lucky one—as predator and prey come face-to-face one fateful New Year's Eve. H. C. Chan—Murderers' Feast: Techpreneur John Manley left a trail of duped investors and damaged women in his wake. What happens when two hundred of his closest enemies gather for a five-day gourmet retreat? Christopher Chambers—In the Matter of Mabel and Bobby Jefferson: It's almost midnight, it's snowing, and a bored call center worker catches a customer inquiry that smells of murder. Is he a knight rescuing the intended victim or someone else's pawn? Plus, stories by Richie Narvaez, Frankie Bailey, E. A. Aymar, Faye Snowden, Tina Kashian, and many moreThe 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. RozanBronx noir (Akashic Noir)
By Lawrence Block, S. J. Rozan, Jerome Charyn. 2007
Nineteen short crime stories set in New York City's northernmost borough. In Joseph Wallace's "The Big Five," a hunter targets…
his quarry in the Bronx Zoo. Includes Lawrence Block's "Rude Awakening," Sandra Kitt's "Home Sweet Home," and Steven Torres's "Early Fall." Some violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2007Detroit noir (Akashic Noir)
By Joyce Carol Oates, Loren D. Estleman, Craig Holden, P. J. Parrish, Nisi Shawl, Megan Abbott, Michael Zadoorian, Melissa Preddy, John C. Hocking, E. J. Olsen, Peter Markus, Dorene O'Brien, Lolita Hernandez, Desiree Cooper, Craig Bernier, Joe Boland, Roger K. Johnson. 2007
Sixteen short mysteries set in Detroit. In Loren D. Estleman's "Kill the Cat," a private investigator seeking a missing teen…
finds murder. In P.J. Parrish's "Pride," a female detective exacts her own justice. Includes Joyce Carol Oates's "Panic" and Peter Markus's "The Dead Man's Boat." Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2007Killer year: stories to die for-- from the hottest new crime writers
By Lee Child. 2008
Sixteen short stories from crime fiction writers, thirteen of them newcomers who published their first books in 2007. Also includes…
entries by established writers Duane Swierczynski and Ken Bruen--contributors to Dublin Noir (DB 64135)--and Allison Brennan. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008The Best American mystery stories, 2007 (Best American series)
By Otto Penzler, Carl Hiassen. 2007
Twenty tales of mystery, crime, and suspense. In Laura Lippman's "One True Love," a soccer mom who moonlights as a…
prostitute encounters an unsavory ex-client. Also features authors Lawrence Block, James Lee Burke, Louise Erdrich, and Joyce Carol Oates. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2007A moment on the edge: 100 years of crime stories by women
By Elizabeth George. 2004
Bestselling author of the Thomas Lynley series selects wide-ranging mystery, suspense, and psychological fiction written between 1917 and 2001. Includes…
works by Dorothy L. Sayers, Ngaio Marsh, Shirley Jackson, Joyce Carol Oates, Minette Walters, and other female writers. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2002Twin Cities noir
By Steven Horwitz, Julie Schaper. 2006
Fifteen authors from the Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, area present original stories of past, present, and future detection and…
mystery. In Judith Guest's "Eminent Domain," someone hijacks a web domain name, and in K.J. Erickson's "Noir Neige" and Mary Sharratt's "Taking the Bullets Out," cultures collide. Strong language. 2006Dublin noir: the Celtic tiger vs the ugly American
By Eoin Colfer, Ken Bruen. 2006
Nineteen short crime stories set in the Irish capital. In Laura Lippman's "The Honor Bar" a scorned American tourist exacts…
revenge on her ex-boyfriend with a new conquest. Also includes selections by Gary Phillips, Ray Banks, Jim Fusilli, and others. Descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 2006