The best American mystery stories, 2015
By: edited and with an introduction by James Patterson ; Otto Penzler, series editor
Series: Best American series; Best American series
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780544638747
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: American Short stories; American Detective and mystery stories
Description: In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, "I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that's the case, I've got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later." Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have the sharp tension, drama, and visceral emotion of an Oscar-worthy Hollywood production. Spanning the extremes of human behavior,  The Best American Mystery Stories  2015  features characters that must make desperate choices: an imaginative bank-robbing couple, a vengeful high school shooter, a lovesick heiress who will do anything for her man, and many others in "these imaginative, rich, complex tales" worthy of big-screen treatment.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Otto Penzler; title: Introduction  -- James Patterson; title: The snow angel  -- Doug Allyn; title: Cowboy justice  -- Andrew Bourelle; title: Rosalee Carrasco  -- Tomiko M. Breland; title: Wet with rain  -- Lee Child; title: Red eye  -- Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane; title: Harm and hammer  -- Joseph D'Agnese; title: The adventure of the laughing fisherman  -- Jeffery Deaver; title: Crush depth  -- Brendan Dubois; title: Molly's plan  -- John M. Floyd; title: A bottle of scotch and a sharp buck knife  -- Scott Grand; title: Shared room on Union  -- Steven Heighton; title: Afterlife of a stolen child  -- Janette Turner Hospital; title: Apocrypha  -- Richard Lange; title: Staircase to the moon  -- Theresa E. Lehr; title: A man looking for trouble  -- Lee Martin; title: Many dogs have died here  -- James Mathews; title: Motherlode  -- Thomas McGuane; title: A kidnapping in Koulèv-Ville  -- Kyle Minor; title: The home and Craigmillnar  -- Joyce Carol Oates; title: The shot -- Eric Rutter.