| Edition |
First Mysterious Press edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 454 pages ; 21 cm |
| 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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery stories.
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Short stories.
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Child, Lee, editor, writer of introduction.
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Penzler, Otto, editor.
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Container of (work) : Allyn, Douglas.
30 and out.
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Container of (work) : Allyn, Jim, 1944-
Things that follow.
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Container of (work) : Bracken, Michael.
Blest be the tie that binds.
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Container of (work) : Burke, James Lee, 1936-
Harbr lights.
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Container of (work) : Edwards, Martin, 1955-
Locked cabin.
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Container of (work) : Floyd, John M.
Biloxi bound.
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Container of (work) : Freimor, Jacqueline.
That which is true.
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Container of (work) : Gaylin, Alison.
Gift.
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Container of (work) : Grafton, Sue.
If you want something done right ...
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Container of (work) : Kemprecos, Paul.
Sixth decoy.
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Container of (work) : King, Stephen, 1947-
Fifth step.
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Container of (work) : Law, Janice.
Client.
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Container of (work) : McFadden, Dennis, 1943-
Truth about Lucy.
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Container of (work) : Marcum, David, 1965-
Adventure of the home office baby.
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Container of (work) : Mead, Tom, (writer).
Heatwave.
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Container of (work) : Morrell, David.
Requiem for a homecoming.
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Container of (work) : Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
Parole hearing, California Institution for women, Chino CA.
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Container of (work) : Paretsky, Sara.
Law & other crimes.
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Container of (work) : Walker, Joseph S. (Joseph Shelor), 1909-1989.
Etta at the end of the world.
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Container of (work) : Welsh-Huggins, Andrew.
Path I took.
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Container of (work) : Brice, Ambrose Gwinnett.
My favorite year.
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| Note |
At head of title : The Mysterious Bookshop presents |
| ISBN |
9781613162675 (hardcover) |
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1613162677 (hardcover) |
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9781613162385 (paperback) |
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1613162383 (paperback) |
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