"What you'll find in this volume are stories that demonstrate a mastery
of plotting; stories that compel you to keep turning the pages because
of plot and because of setting; stories that wield suspense like a
sword; stories of people getting their comeuppance; stories that utilize
superb point of view; stories that plumb one particular and unfortunate
attribute of a character," promises guest editor Elizabeth George in her
introduction. The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 is a feast of
both literary crime and hard-boiled detection, featuring a seemingly
innocent murderer, a drug dealer in love, a drunken prank gone terribly
wrong, and plenty of other surprising twists and turns.
The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 includes STEVE ALMOND, MEGAN
ABBOTT, MATT BELL, LYDIA FITZPATRICK, TOM FRANKLIN, STEPHEN KING, ELMORE
LEONARD, KRISTINE KATHRYN RUSCH and others
ELIZABETH GEORGE, guest editor, is the New York Times and
internationally best-selling author of twenty British crime novels
featuring Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his unconventional
partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. Her crime novels have been
translated into thirty languages and featured on television by the BBC.
OTTO PENZLER, series editor, is a renowned mystery editor, publisher,
columnist, and owner of New York's The Mysterious Bookshop, the oldest
and largest bookstores solely dedicated to mystery fiction. He has
edited more than fifty crime-fiction anthologies.