The Best American Mystery Stories 2019: The Annual Collection

The Best American Mystery Stories 2019: The Annual Collection of the Year's Best Mystery and Crime Short Stories

New York TimesÂ best-selling author of ten genre-bendingÂ novels Jonathan Lethem helms this collection of the yearâ€™s best mystery short fiction.Â

For Jonathan Lethem, â€œcrime stories are deep species gossip.â€ He writes in his introduction that â€œtheyâ€™re fundamentally stories of power, of its exercise, both spontaneous and conspiratorial; stories of impulse and desire, and of the turning of tables.â€ The Best American Mystery Stories 2019 has its full share of salacious intrigue, guilt, and retribution. The twists and bad decisions pile up when a thief picks the wrong target or a simple scavenger hunt takes a terrible turn. What happens when you befriend a death row inmate, or just how does writing Internet clickbait became a decidedly dangerous occupation? â€œHow can we not hang on their outcomes?â€ asks Lethem. â€œAre we innocent ourselves, or complicit?â€ Read on to find out.
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2019 includes Sharon Hunt, Harley Jane Kozak, Mark Mayer, Jennifer McMahon, Joyce Carol Oates, Brian Panowich, Tonya D. Price, Ron Rash, Robb T. White, and others.
Country USA
Manufacturer Mariner Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-10-01
Format Kindle eBook

The Best American Mystery Stories 2019: The Annual Collection of the Year's Best Mystery and Crime Short Stories