The Best American Mystery Stories 1998

Brief Description: This year's guest editor, Sue Grafton, has put together a wonderfully diverse collection of stories to surprise and satisfy all fans of the genre. In this volume, best-selling writers such as Mary Higgins Clark, Walter Mosley, Lawrence Block, Jay McInerney, and Donald E. Westlake stand alongside an impressive array of new talent. As Grafton writes in her introduction, "Nowhere is iniquity, wrongdoing, and reparation more satisfying to behold than in the well-crafted yarns spun by the writers represented here." Already a bestseller in its first year, this year's collection of The Best American Mystery Stories promises to keep readers intrigued and coming back for more. Publisher Marketing: This year's guest editor, Sue Grafton, has put together a wonderfully diverse collection of stories to surprise and satisfy all fans of the genre. In this volume, best-selling writers such as Mary Higgins Clark, Walter Mosley, Lawrence Block, Jay McInerney, and Donald E. Westlake stand alongside an impressive array of new talent. As Grafton writes in her introduction, "Nowhere is iniquity, wrongdoing, and reparation more satisfying to behold than in the well-crafted yarns spun by the writers represented here."Already a bestseller in its first year, this year's collection of "The Best American Mystery Stories" promises to keep readers intrigued and coming back for more. Review Citations:

Booklist 09/01/1998 pg. 56 (EAN 9780395835852, Paperback)

Booklist 09/01/1998 pg. 69 (EAN 9780395835869, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 01/01/1999 (EAN 9780395835869, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 09/15/1998 pg. 1337 (EAN 9780395835869, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Grafton, Sue Sue Grafton, with four more letters of the alphabet to come, is deep into "W is for" . . . She lives in Montecito and Louisville. Contributor Bio:  Penzler, Otto Otto Penzler is the proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop, the founder of the Mysterious Press, the creator of Otto Penzler Books, and the editor of many books and anthologies.