| Description |
xv, 328 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
The best American series |
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Best American series.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Michael Connelly -- The jukebox king / Doug Allyn -- Aardvark to aztec / Christopher Chambers -- The pickpocket / Christopher Cook -- After you've gone / John Peyton Cooke -- Hostages / James Crumley -- Death on denial / O'neil de Noux -- The jeweler / Pete Dexter -- Thug : signification and the (de) construction of self / Tyler Dilts -- War can be murder / Mike Doogan -- Richard's children / Brendan Dubois -- When the women came out to dance / Elmore Leonard -- The Confession / Robert Mckee -- Lavender / Walter Mosley -- The skull / Joyce Carol Oates -- The dead their eyes implore us / George P. Pelecanos -- Sockdolager / Scott Phillips -- The adventure of the agitated actress / Daneil Stashower -- Home sweet home / Hannah Tinti -- Controlled burn / Scott Wolven -- That one autumn / Monica Wood. |
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Foreword -- Introduction / Michael Connelly -- The jukebox king / Doug Allyn -- Aardvark to aztec / Christopher Chambers -- The pickpocket / Christopher Cook -- After you've gone / John Peyton Cooke -- Hostages / James Crumley -- Death on denial / O'Neil de Noux -- The jeweler / Pete Dexter -- Thug : signification and the (de) construction of self / Tyler Dilts -- War can be murder / Mike Doogan -- Richard's children / Brendan Dubois -- When the women came out to dance / Elmore Leonard -- The Confession / Robert Mckee -- Lavender / Walter Mosley -- The skull / Joyce Carol Oates -- The dead their eyes implore us / George P. Pelecanos -- Sockdolager / Scott Phillips -- The adventure of the agitated actress / Daniel Stashower -- Home sweet home / Hannah Tinti -- Controlled burn / Scott Wolven -- That one autumn / Monica Wood -- Contributor's notes -- Other distinguished mystery stories of 2002. |
| Subject |
Short stories, American.
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Detective and mystery stories, American.
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| Genre/Form |
Mystery fiction.
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| Added Author |
Connelly, Michael, 1956-
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Penzler, Otto.
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| ISBN |
0618329668: $27.50 |
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061832965X |
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