num_pages: 352
description: Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads hundreds of pieces from dozens of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind.THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2001 will thrill fans of all reaches of the genre. The legendary mystery writer Lawrence Block offers chilling tales from best-selling writers as well as talented up-and-comers. Ranging from traditional detective cases to psychological studies to atmospheric scene-setters, these stories illustrate the variety and broad range of styles, plots, and characters Block admires in the genre. With Block as guest editor and a stellar roster of suspense veterans and rising stars, the 2001 edition will delight mystery afcionados and all lovers of great fiction.Miracles! Happen! / Doug Allyn --Ghosts / David Beaty --Spring rite / Tom Berdine --Annie's dream / Bentley Dadmun --Motel 66 / Barbara D'Amato --Jumping with Jim / Geary Danihy --Triangle / Jeffery Deaver --The instruments of peace / Edward Falco --Grit / Tom Franklin --Compass Rose / David Edgerley Gates --The defenestration of Aba Sid / Robert Girardi --The island in the river / Chad Holley --ICU / Edward Lee --Running out of dog / Dennis Lehane --Sheep / Thomas H. McNeely. Dead rock singer / Martha Moffett --Wrong numbers / Josh Pryor --The guilty party / Shel Silverstein --Forgetting the girl / Peter Moore Smith --Water dog god / Brad Watson
language: English
title: The Best American Mystery Stories 2001
titlecomplete: The Best American Mystery Stories 2001
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Anthologies, Short Stories
ratings_count: 100
series: The Best American Mystery Stories
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt