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The best mystery stories of the year 2021 / edited and with an introduction by Lee Child ; Otto Penzler, series editor.

Child, Lee, (editor,, writer of introduction.). Penzler, Otto, (editor.). Allyn, Douglas. Container of (work) : 30 and out. (Added Author). Allyn, Jim, 1944- Container of (work) : Things that follow. (Added Author). Bracken, Michael. Container of (work) : Blest be the tie that binds. (Added Author). Burke, James Lee, 1936- Container of (work) : Harbr lights. (Added Author). Edwards, Martin, 1955- Container of (work) : Locked cabin. (Added Author). Floyd, John M. Container of (work) : Biloxi bound. (Added Author). Freimor, Jacqueline. Container of (work) : That which is true. (Added Author). Gaylin, Alison. Container of (work) : Gift. (Added Author). Grafton, Sue. Container of (work) : If you want something done right ... (Added Author). Kemprecos, Paul. Container of (work) : Sixth decoy. (Added Author). King, Stephen, 1947- Container of (work) : Fifth step. (Added Author). Law, Janice. Container of (work) : Client. (Added Author). McFadden, Dennis, 1943- Container of (work) : Truth about Lucy. (Added Author). Marcum, David, 1965- Container of (work) : Adventure of the home office baby. (Added Author). Mead, Tom (Writer). Container of (work) : Heatwave. (Added Author). Morrell, David. Container of (work) : Requiem for a homecoming. (Added Author). Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- Container of (work) : Parole hearing, California Institution for women, Chino CA. (Added Author). Paretsky, Sara. Container of (work) : Law & other crimes. (Added Author). Walker, Joseph S. Container of (work) : Etta at the end of the world. (Added Author). Welsh-Huggins, Andrew. Container of (work) : Path I took. (Added Author). Brice, Ambrose Gwinnett. Container of (work) : My favorite year. (Added Author).

Summary:

"Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller Lee Child has selected the twenty most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume."--Amazon.

Record details

ISBN: 9781613162675
ISBN: 1613162677
ISBN: 9781613162385
ISBN: 1613162383
Physical Description: xxii, 454 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First Mysterious Press edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Mysterious Press, an imprint of Penzler Publishers, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword / Otto Penzler -- Introduction / Lee Child -- 30 and out / Doug Allyn -- Things that follow / Jim Allyn -- Blest be the tie that binds / Michael Bracken -- Harbor lights / James Lee Burke -- The locked cabin / Martin Edwards -- Biloxi bound / John Floyd -- That which is true / Jaqueline Freimor -- The gift / Alison Gaylin -- If you want something done right... / Sue Grafton -- The sixth decoy / Paul Kemprecos -- The fifth step / Stephen King -- The client / Janice Law -- The truth about Lucy / Dennis McFadden -- The adventure of the home office, baby / David Marcum -- Heatwave / Tom Mead -- Requiem for a homecoming / David Morrell -- Parole hearing, California / Joyce Carol Oates -- Love & other crimes / Sara Paretsky -- Etta at the end of the world / Joseph S. Walker -- The path I took / Andrew Welsh-Higgins -- My favorite murder / Ambrose Gwinnett Brice -- The best mystery stories 2021 honor roll.