{"product_id":"the-best-american-mystery-stories-2014-paperback","title":"The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOtto Penzler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"With so many great authors contributing to this fiction collection . . . it doesn't take detecting skills to discover the gem. And every story dazzles . . . These stories, in prose both elegant and compelling, get to the heart of why people do what they do.\" -- \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories 2014\u003c\/i\u003e will be selected by \"writing powerhouse\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e) Laura Lippman. With her popular Tess Monaghan series and her \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling standalone novels, Lippman has greatly expanded the boundaries of modern mystery fiction and psychological suspense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Best American Series \u003cbr\u003eIn her introduction, guest editor Laura Lippman notes that the mystery short story writer s task is an exacting one the result must be solid and satisfying, but also provide the requisite twists and answers and a resolution that must never be too on-the-nose. Showcasing writers who have honed this nuanced skill set, The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 offers tightly wound whodunits, puzzling perspectives, and disturbing denouements. There s a bank-robbing former Marine, a young mother under suspicion after her child goes missing, a ruthless colonial timber baron, a high school principal with a past, and a host of other memorable characters in this collection filled with mayhem and murder and darkness. \u003cbr\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories 2014 includes Megan Abbott, Daniel Alarcon, Russell Banks, James Lee Burke, Patricia Engel, Roxane Gay, Charlaine Harris, Joseph Heller, Annie Proulx, and others. \u003cbr\u003e[INSERT AUTHOR PHOTO] LAURA LIPPMAN, editor, is the best-selling author of eleven novels featuring Baltimore private detective Tess Monaghan, eight standalone novels (most recently After I m Gone), and a short story collection. She has won numerous literary prizes for her work, including the Edgar(r), Anthony, Nero Wolfe, Agatha, Gumshoe, Barry, and Macavity Awards. \u003cbr\u003eOtto Penzler, series editor, is a renowned mystery editor, publisher, and columnist, and the owner of New York's The Mysterious Bookshop, the oldest and largest bookstores dedicated solely to mystery fiction. He has edited more than fifty crime-fiction anthologies.\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLAURA LIPPMAN is the award-winning author of eleven novels featuring Baltimore private detective Tess Monaghan, eight standalone novels, most recently \u003ci\u003eAfter I'm Gone, \u003c\/i\u003e and a short story collection. OTTO PENZLER is the founder of the Mysterious Bookshop and the Mysterious Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52549869306163,"sku":"9780544034648","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/gXB82VqO-d9780544034648.webp?v=1761058494","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-best-american-mystery-stories-2014-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}