The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 - by John Sandford & Otto Penzler (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Otto Penzler and a high-profile guest editor select the best mystery writing of the year.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"Fans of such notables as C.J. Box, Peter Straub, and Joyce Carol Oates chiefly known for their novels will be pleased to see how well they write at shorter length."--Publishers Weekly</b> <br> "Some people might tell you that crime short stories, unlike the more precious kind, are a kind of fictional ghetto, full of cardboard characters and clichéd situations. Not true. These stories are remarkably free of bullshit--although there's always a little, just to grease the wheels," writes guest editor John Sandford in his introduction. From an isolated Wyoming ranch to the Detroit boxing underworld, and from kidnapping and adultery in the Hollywood Hills to a serial killer loose in a nursing home, <i>The Best American Mystery Stories 2017</i> hosts an entertaining abundance of crime, psychological suspense, and bad intentions. <p/><i>The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 </i>includes <br> C. J. BOX, GERRI BRIGHTWELL, JEFFERY DEAVER, BRENDAN DUBOIS, <br> TRINA COREY, CRAIG JOHNSON, JOYCE CAROL OATES, PETER STRAUB, <br> and others<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Fans of such notables as C.J. Box, Peter Straub, and Joyce Carol Oates chiefly known for their novels will be pleased to see how well they write at shorter length."<b>--Publishers Weekly</b> <br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>JOHN SANDFORD, guest editor, is the pseudonym of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Camp. He is the author of forty published novels, all of which have appeared, in one format or another, on the<i> New York Times</i> bestseller list, among them the Prey novels, the Kidd novels, and the Virgil Flowers novels. <p/> OTTO PENZLER, series editor, is a renowned mystery editor, publisher, and columnist. He owns The Mysterious Bookshop in New York.
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