The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023
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The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023 by Amor Towles
Amor Towles selects the best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Andrew Child, Jeffery Deaver, and T.C. Boyle.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.
Amor Towles grew up on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Yale University and Stanford University, where he was a Scowcroft Fellow, where he earned an MA in English. He works as a Principal at a Manhattan investment business, where he lives with his wife and two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781613164488 |
| ISBN 10 | 1613164483 |
| Title | The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023 |
| Author | Amor Towles |
| Series | Best Mystery Stories |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penzler Publishers |
| Year published | 2023-09-22 |
| Number of pages | 500 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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