Overview

In his introduction to this volume, guest editor Amor Towles pays tribute to the forgotten person of the mystery story—the cadaver. “Male or female, old or young, rich or poor,” he writes, “for over a hundred years the cadaver has been accommodating, gracious, and generally on time. There is no other figure in crime who has proven to be more reliable.” Like the cadaver, this anthology series, now in its third year of publication, is also proving reliable, bringing to readers the finest mystery/crime/suspense stories of the year from a variety of sources including mystery and general interest magazines, anthologies, online publications, and literary periodicals. Among the treasures collected herein are Jeffery Deaver’s “Dodge,” in which a chess match between a volatile woman and a U.S. marshal takes a surprise twist; “The Landscaper’s Wife,” a suspense-filled tale by Brendan DuBois that explodes all expectation; and Kerry Hammond’s “Strangers at a Table,” which offers a darkly witty homage to Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple. The collection contains well-known authors such as T.C. Boyle and up-and-comers such as Jessi Lewis; it features tales with famous crime-fighters (Jack Reacher and Sherlock Holmes) and a bonus story from the annals of mystery history by Edith Wharton. In short, these pages promise something for every reader of crime fiction, no matter the particularities of his or her taste.

Full Product Details

Author:   Amor Towles ,  Otto Penzler
Publisher:   Penzler Publishers
Imprint:   Penzler Publishers
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 21.30cm
Weight:   0.691kg
ISBN:  

9781613164488

ISBN 10:   1613164483
Pages:   500
Publication Date:   22 September 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS Foreword. Otto Penzler Introduction, Amor Towles Doug Allyn, Blind Baseball Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May/June Derrick Belanger, The Adventure of the Misquoted Macbeth A Detective’s Life: Sherlock Holmes, ed. by Martin Rosenstock (Titan Books) T. Coraghessan Boyle, Princess The New Yorker, November 7 Joslyn Chase, Cold Hands, Warm Heart Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem: Cold Cases (Knotted Road) Andrew Child, New Kid in Town Hotel California, ed. by Don Bruns (Blackstone) Aaron Philip Clark, Death at the Sundial Motel Witnesses for the Dead, ed. by Gary Phillips & Gar Anthony Haywood ((Soho Crime) Jeffery Deaver, Dodge The Broken Doll (Amazon) Brendan DuBois, The Landscaper’s Wife Mystery Tribune, August/September Kerry Hammond, Strangers at a Table Malice Domestic: Murder Most Diabolical (Wildside) Victor Kreuiter, Miller and Bell Mystery Magazine, August David Krugler, Two Sharks Walk into a Bar Mystery Magazine, September Tom Larsen, Pobre Maria Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, January/February Avram Lavinsky, Playing God Best New England Crime Stories: Deadly Nightshade, ed. by Susan Oleksiw, Christine Bagley, and Leslie Wheeler (Crime Spell Books) Jesse Lewis, Ears Alaska Quarterly Review, Spring/Summer Ashley Lister, The Smoking Gunners The Book of Extraordinary Femme Fatale Stories, ed. by Maxim Jakubowski (Mango) Sean McCluskey, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday Mickey Finn: 21st Century Noir, Vol. 3, ed. by Michael Bracken (Down & Out Books) Michael Mallory, What the Cat Dragged in The Strand Magazine, Vol 68 Lou Manfredo, Sundown Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, March/April Annie Reed, The Promise Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem: Cold Cases (Knotted Road) Anna Round, Glass The Briarcliff Review Joseph S. Walker, Crime Scene Malice in Dallas: Metroplex Mysteries, ed. by Barb Goffman

Reviews

Diverse voices, settings, and premises make this a treat for fans of literate and inventive mystery fiction.-- Publishers Weekly on Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022

""Across a dizzying number of subgenres, this collection delights by prizing quality over name recognition. There’s something here for every mystery fan."" -- Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW ""Variety is the keynote for these 21 recent reprints and one century-old bonus story."" -- Kirkus ""Top marks once again to Penzler and his chosen authors, and to guest editor Towles for yet another outstanding annual compilation of mystery stories. This one deserves a place in every mystery collection."" -- Booklist STARRED REVIEW

"""Across a dizzying number of subgenres, this collection delights by prizing quality over name recognition. There’s something here for every mystery fan."" -- Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW"

Author Information

Amor Towles is the author of New York Times bestsellers Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow, and The Lincoln Highway. The three novels have collectively sold more than six million copies and have been translated into more than thirty languages. Towles lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children. Otto Penzler, the creator of American Mystery Classics, is also the founder of The Mysterious Press (1975); MysteriousPress.com (2011), an electronic-book publishing company; and New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop (1979). He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars (for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, 1977, and The Lineup, 2010), and lifetime achievement awards from NoirCon and The Strand Magazine. He has edited more than 70 anthologies and written extensively about mystery fiction.

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