The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 Author:Jeffery Deaver (Editor), Otto Penzler (Editor) The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the ... more »Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kins.
Contents:
Foreword --
Introduction / Jeffery Deaver --
Rust / N. J. Ayres --
My interview with the Avenger / Tom Bissell --
Winning / Alafair Burke --
Big midnight special / James Lee Burke --
Beanball / Ron Carlson --
Father's Day / Michael Connelly --
Pretty little parasite / David Corbett --
Meantime, Quentin Ghlee / M. M. M. Hayes --
Two thousand volts / Chuck Hogan --
Manila burning / Clark Howard --
Down home blues / Rob Kantner --
My son / Robert McClure --
Free radicals / Alice Munro --
Dear husband / Joyce Carol Oates --
Wanted man / Nic Pizzolatto --
Kamila and the king of Kandy / Garry Craig Powell --
The man who fell in love with the stump of a tree / Randy Rohn --
G-Men / Kristine Kathryn Rusch --
Bola de la fortuna / Jonathan Tel --
This or any desert / Vu Tran --
Contributor's notes --
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