The Best American Mystery Stories

Brief Description: In its brief existence, THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES has established itself as a peerless suspense anthology. Compiled by the best-selling mystery novelist Ed McBain, this year's edition boasts nineteen outstanding tales by such masters as John Updike, Lawrence Block, Jeffery Deaver, and Joyce Carol Oates as well as stories by rising stars such as Edgar Award winners Tom Franklin and Thomas H. Cook. The 1999 volume is a spectacular showcase for the high quality and broad diversity of the year's finest suspense, crime, and mystery writing. "Keller's Last Refuge" by Lawrence Block, "Safe" by Gary A. Braunbeck, "Fatherhood" by Thomas H. Cook, "Wrong Time, Wrong Place" by Jeffery Deaver, "Netmail" by Brendan DuBois, "Redneck" by Loren D. Estleman, "And Maybe the Horse Will Learn to Sing" by Gregory Fallis, "Poachers" by Tom Franklin, "Hitting Rufus" by Victor Gischler, "Out There in the Darkness" by Ed Gorman, "Survival" by Joseph Hansen, "A Death on the Ho Chi Minh Trail" by David K. Harford, "An Innocent Bystander" by Gary Krist, "The Jailhouse Lawyer" by Phillip M. Margolin, "Secret, Silent" by Joyce Carol Oates, "In Flanders Fields" by Peter Robinson, "Dry Whiskey" by David B. Silva, "Sacrifice" by L. L. Thrasher, "Bech Noir" by John UpdikeTable of Contents: Foreword Introduction by Ed McBain Keller's Last Refuge by Lawrence Block Safe by Gary Braunbeck Fatherhood by Thomas Cook Wrong Time, Wrong Place by Jeffrey Deaver Netmail by Brendan Dubois Redneck by Loren Estleman And Maybe the Horse Will Learn to Sing by Gregory Fallis Poachers by Tom Franklin Hitting Rufus by Victor Gischler Out There in the Darkness by Ed Gorman Survival by Joseph Hansen A Death on the Ho Chi Minh Trail by David Harford An Innocent Bystander by Gary Krist The Jailhouse Lawyer by Phillip M. Margolin Secret, Silent by Joyce Carol Oates In Flanders Field by Peter Robinson Dry Whiskey by David B. Silva Sacrifice by L. L. Thrasher Bech Noirs by John Updike Contributors' Notes Review Citations:

Booklist 09/01/1999 pg. 70 (EAN 9780395939154, Paperback)

Library Journal 10/01/1999 pg. 139 (EAN 9780395939154, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 08/30/1999 pg. 55 (EAN 9780395939154, Paperback)

Kirkus Reviews 10/01/1999 pg. 1528 (EAN 9780395939154, Paperback)

Ingram Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 22 (EAN 9780395939154, Paperback)

Ingram Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 22 (EAN 9780618013548, Analog Audio Cassette)

Publishers Weekly 08/30/1999 pg. 55 (EAN 9780395939161, Hardcover)

Booklist 09/01/1999 pg. 70 (EAN 9780395939161, Hardcover)

Library Journal 10/01/1999 pg. 139 (EAN 9780395939161, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 10/01/1999 pg. 1528 (EAN 9780395939161, Hardcover)

Entertainment Weekly 11/26/1999 pg. 89 (EAN 9780395939161, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  McBain, Ed Ed McBain has been the recipient of the Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America. His 87th Precinct novels are international bestsellers. He lives in Connecticut. Len Cariou, a Tony Award-winner and additional two-time nominee, is a veteran performer in movies and on television. 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.