Mystery's most wanted
Subtitle: the year's finest crime and mystery stories
By: edited by the staff of Mystery scene
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperback
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Copyright date: 1996
Other titles: Year's finest crime and mystery stories; Mystery scene.; Year's twenty-five finest crime and mystery stories.
Notes: "This collection of stories has been published previously as part of The Year's 25 finest crime and mystery stories fifth annual edition by Carrol & Graf in September 1996"--T.p. verso..

Edited by the staff of Mystery scene.
Table of contents: title: She rote / John Harvey; title: Valentine's night / Nancy Pickard; title: The matchmaker / Sharyn McCrumb; title: The judge's boy / Jean B. Cooper - One night at Dolores Park / Bill Pronzini; title: When your breath freezes / Kathleen Dougherty; title: Principles of accounts / Ian Rankin; title: Mommy / Max Allan Collins; title: The end of it all / Ed Gorman; title: The holes in the system / Marcia Muller; title: Grace notes / Sara Paretsky; title: Dirty dancing / Carole Nelson Douglas; title: All that glitters / Joan Hess; title: The pushover / Peter Lovesey; title: Keller in shining armor/ Lawrence Block; title: The blackmailer / Anne Perry.