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The Best American Mystery Stories 2014

by Laura Lippman (Editor), Otto Penzler (Series Editor)

Other authors: Megan Abbott (Contributor), Daniel AlarcoĢn (Contributor), Jim Allyn (Contributor), Jodi Angel (Contributor), Russell Banks (Contributor)15 more, Laura Van Den Berg (Contributor), James Lee Burke (Contributor), Patricia Engel (Contributor), Ernest Finney (Contributor), Roxane Gay (Contributor), Michelle Butler Hallett (Contributor), Charlaine Harris (Contributor), Joseph Heller (Contributor), David H. Ingram (Contributor), Ed Kurtz (Contributor), Matthew Neill Null (Contributor), Annie Proulx (Contributor), Scott Loring Sanders (Contributor), Nancy Pauline Simpson (Contributor), Dennis Tafoya (Contributor)

Series: The Best American Mystery Stories (2014), Best American (2014)

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Fiction. Mystery. Short Stories. HTML:

"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." — USA Today

The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 will be selected by "writing powerhouse" (USA Today) Laura Lippman. With her popular Tess Monaghan series and her New York Times best-selling standalone novels, Lippman has greatly expanded the boundaries of modern mystery fiction and psychological suspense.

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Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
  fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |
A bit of a mixed bag. Some of the stories were very good, but about half of them I couldn't wait to speed through. None of them were "mysteries" as I normally think of the genre. ( )
  poirotketchup | Mar 18, 2021 |
This group of stories are more horror than mystery ( )
  earthwind | Nov 11, 2017 |
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Lippman, LauraEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Penzler, OttoSeries Editormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Abbott, MeganContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
AlarcoĢn, DanielContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Allyn, JimContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Angel, JodiContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Banks, RussellContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Berg, Laura Van DenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Burke, James LeeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Engel, PatriciaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Finney, ErnestContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gay, RoxaneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hallett, Michelle ButlerContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Harris, CharlaineContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Heller, JosephContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ingram, David H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kurtz, EdContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Null, Matthew NeillContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Proulx, AnnieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sanders, Scott LoringContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Simpson, Nancy PaulineContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tafoya, DennisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed

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Fiction. Mystery. Short Stories. HTML:

"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." — USA Today

The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 will be selected by "writing powerhouse" (USA Today) Laura Lippman. With her popular Tess Monaghan series and her New York Times best-selling standalone novels, Lippman has greatly expanded the boundaries of modern mystery fiction and psychological suspense.

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Authors: Megan Abbott, Daniel Alaron, Jim Allyn*, Jodi Angel, Russell Banks, James Lee Burke, Patricia Engel, Ernest Finney, Roxanne Gay, Michelle Hallett, Charlene Harris, Joseph Heller, David Ingram, Ed Kurtz, Matthew Null, Annie Prouix, Scott Sanders, Nancy Simpson, Dennis Tafoya, Laura Van den Burg,
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