The Best American Mystery Stories 2011: The Best American Series
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (818 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B005GLXUZU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 409 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Estleman, Beth Ann Fennelly and Tom Franklin, Ed Gorman, Richard Lange, S. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected—and most popular—of its kind. J. The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 includes Lawrence Block, Brendan DuBois, Loren D. The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. Rozan, Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, and others
"A wonderful mix of stories" according to Victoria McManus. I've been reading more mysteries lately, after a long hiatus, and was pleased to get a chance to review the new edition of Best American Mystery Stories. I wasn't entirely sure what to expect, given that my previous experience of mystery short stories was mostly limited to reading a few issues of Ellery Queen back in high school. I was pleased, though, to find a much wider range of styles and settings than I remember from the magazine. I now have a whole list of interesting authors to check out, each of whom gave me an entirely different reading experience.I had three overwhelming favorites in the anthology. First wa. "Outstanding anthology" according to Shelleyrae. The Best American Mystery Stories are an annual anthology that publishes a selection of tales published in magazines an anthologies during the year. Each year a guest editor is chosen who determines from a list of about 50 submissions, their favourite 20 stories to be included. Harlan Coben is this years editor and as a fan of his books I was interested to read his choices.The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 has great variety and I was more than impressed with the overall quality. Of the twenty short stories there were only two I didn't much care for. For me the stand out's included Clean Slate by Lawrence Block i. "Excellent contemporary literary fiction - a must have" according to CT. I bought this last 2 months ago and have been reading the stories over lunch break. The stories are very well written - solid characterization, thought-provoking, open-ended and emotion-filled. These are NOT ALL MYSTERY STORIES, in fact, very few can be considered mysteries, even thrillers. These short stories are very diverse in selection, but can definitely be a selection for a literature class.My choice top story is Eric Barnes' Something Pretty, Something Beautiful due to the way he painted the characters and the realism by which he did it. I know it was great writing when I felt myself connecting with the charac