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Mystery Writers of America presents a collection of crime and mystery stories from some of the best contemporary authors, all…
of whom have been invited to put their own unique spin on what it means to recognize a certain day or event every year
"Exceptional... This is the best kind of anthology, consistently excellent and inventive." -Publishers Weekly, starred review The latest Mystery Writers…
of America story collection, featuring terrifying tales of encounters with strangers from some of the top bestsellers and award winners in crime fiction It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories—a man takes a journey, or a stranger comes to town. While mystery writers have been successfully using both approaches for generations, there's something undeniably alluring in the nature of a stranger: the uninvited guest, the unacquainted neighbor, the fish out of water.
Dead Dames Don't Sing by John Harvey: Looking for a big payday but finding big trouble instead, ex-London-cop-turned-private-investigator Jack Kiley…
attempts to uncover the true origins of a controversial, pseudonymously written pulp novel. The Travelling Companion by Ian Rankin: A young Scotsman in Paris is drawn into a shocking mystery that resides within the pages of an unpublished manuscript allegedly penned by Robert Louis Stevenson. Mystery, Inc. by Joyce Carol Oates: When an obsessive collector of bookstores discovers a charming new shop, he decides he must have it at any cost-even if he has to commit murder. Remaindered by Peter Lovesey: For some nefarious reason, the widow and former associates of a slain gangster are determined to keep the Precious Finds Bookstore open following the unfortunate demise of the shop's owner. The Book Thing by Laura Lippman: Private investigator Tess Monaghan must help the irascible proprietor of a Baltimore children's bookstore keep her business afloat by unmasking an elusive and utterly ingenious book thief
Detroit process server Jack Ryan's skill at finding his targets lands him a different kind of assignment. He is hired…
to find a missing stockholder--who turns out to be a very dangerous man. Ryan is soon in way over his head. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1977
Four mysteries, translated from 2017-2019, featuring detective Maria Kallio. Includes Below the Surface, The Nightingale Murder, Derailed, and Where Have…
All the Young Girls Gone, in which--after three immigrant Muslim girls go missing--the body of a fourth girl is found in the snow, strangled with her headscarf. Originally published in Finnish from 2003-2010. Violence and strong language. 2019
Anthology of seventy-three mystery stories that focus on the criminals rather than the detectives. The collection's scope begins with Victorian…
entries, such as Bram Stoker's "Dracula's Guest," and continues up through modern times, including Loren D. Estleman's "The Black Spot."Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2017
A collection of fifteen original mystery stories involving the world of books. Includes entries by Jeffery Deaver, C. J. Box,…
Reed Farrel Coleman, Thomas H. Cook, Loren D. Estleman, Laura Lippman, Anne Perry, John Connolly, and Nelson DeMille. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2017
Mystery Writers of America presents seventeen crime stories by its members that are set in different parts of New York…
City. Contributors include Lee Child, Nancy Pickard, Margaret Maron, Thomas H. Cook, Ben H. Winters, T. Jefferson Parker, S. J. Rozan, and Jeffrey Deaver. Some violence and some strong language. 2015
Thirty-nine selections of short noir fiction, written between 1923 and 2007, by such authors as Mickey Spillane, Jim Thompson, Patricia…
Highsmith, Joyce Carol Oates, and Tom Franklin. In Elmore Leonard's "When the Women Come Out to Dance," a stripper hires a widow to have her husband murdered. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. 2010
The most populous city in India--previously known as Bombay--is the setting for this anthology of fourteen crime stories. In "Justice,"…
Riaz Mulla shows how an ordinary businessman can turn into a bomb-planting extremist. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2012
Crime stories set in North America's most multicultural city outside of Miami--known also for its cold winters, strong beer, and…
transportation options. The sixteen entries include Peter Robinson's "Walking the Dog," in which a husband and wife each plan the other's murder. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008
Fourteen crime stories reveal a side of Catalonia's capital never found on walking tours. In Teresa Solana's "The Offering," a…
young doctor at a hospital morgue discovers that a shy, unattractive, hospital secretary who committed suicide has the most beautiful organs. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Fourteen crime stories set in the intense, teeming capital of the Philippines. In F.H. Batacan's "Comforter of the Afflicted," a…
priest who is helping his cop friend with a murder investigation learns that the female victim helped other women escape domestic violence. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2013
Anthology of twelve crime stories set in Mexico's capital is divided into parts: Above the Law, Dead Men Walking, and…
Suffocation City. Editor and contributor Paco Ignacio Taibo II's "The Corner" centers on a novelist's suggestion for dealing with a crime-ridden intersection. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2010
Collection of twenty previously published short stories. In Megan Abbott's "My Heart Is Either Broken," a man slowly begins to…
doubt his wife's story of how their toddler went missing. Authors include Russell Banks, Annie Proulx, and James Lee Burke. Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2014
Collection of fourteen previously published stories of crime fiction by women from the 1940s to the 1970s. Includes "The Heroine"…
by Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr. Ripley (DB 50315), where a young woman is hired to be a nanny and dreams of being more. Some violence. 2013
Two collections, each containing fourteen crime stories, set in various sections of the Russian cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg,…
revealing the country's dark side. Translated from Russian. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
Edwidge Danticat is both editor and contributor in this anthology of eighteen stories written around the time of Haiti's devastating…
2010 earthquake. In Ibi Aanu Zoboi's "The Harem" a playboy tends to his three lovers amid the destruction. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
Previously published works of mystery, crime, and suspense, including pieces by Charles Todd, Mary Gaitskill, T. Jefferson Parker, and seventeen…
other authors. In Tom Andes "The Hit," a man hires someone to kill his wife, but it all goes wrong. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012