Best American Mystery Stories 2006

Name: Best American Mystery Stories 2006
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ISBN: 9780618517473

ISBN-10: 0618517472

ISBN-13: 9780618517473

Edition: 2006

Authors: Otto Penzler, Otto Penzler, Scott Turow

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"[Most of] these stories are portraits, in styles ranging from sly to harrowing, of how crimes occurred ... If you like all your characters living at the end of a story, this may not be the book for you." -- from the introduction by Scott Turow Best-selling author Scott Turow takes the helm for the tenth edition of this annual, featuring twenty-one of the past year's most distinguished tales of mystery, crime, and suspense. Elmore Leonard tells the tale of a young woman who's fled home with a convicted bank robber. Walter Mosley describes an over-the-hill private detective and his new client, a woman named Karma. C. J. Box explores the fate of two Czech immigrants stranded by the side of…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/11/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Otto Penzler owns the Mysterious Bookshop in New York & founded the Mysterious Press & Otto Penzler Books. He has written & edited several books, including the Edgar-winning "Encyclopedia of Mystery & Detection".



Foreword


Introduction



Theft



Pirates of Yellowstone



Why Bugsy Siegel Was a Friend of Mine



Born Bad



Edelweiss



Texas Heat



Peacekeeper



A.k.a., Moises Rockafella



Dust Up



Her Lord and Master



Louly and Pretty Boy



The Crack Cocaine Diet (Or: How to Lose a Lot of Weight and Change Your Life in Just One Weekend)



Improvisation



McHenry's Gift



Karma



So Help Me God



A Temporary Crown



Smile



Ina Grove



Ringing the Changes



Vigilance



Contributors' Notes


Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2005