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The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century Author:Tony Hillerman, editor - Otto Penzler, series editor If I were stuck with the Herculean task of selecting the best mystery stories of the 20th century I'd give you a lot of tales from the years between the wars, from those slick magazines that paid living-wage prices for short stories until television detroyed them, and I'd select from the 1990's when enough folks had been turned off the the tube.... more » Fortunately, Otto Penzler was also involved in the selection process. The Pensler name means the Mysterious Press, Mysterious Bookshops & numerous literary awards through the years.Here is a list of only a few of the authors represented in these short stories: O. Henry, Willa Cather, Ring Lardner, John Steinback, Damon Runyan, Raymond Chandler, Harry Kemelman, Ellery Queen, Margaret Miller, Flannery O'Connor, Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, Sue Grafton and Dennis Lehane....Tony Hillerman« less