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The best American mystery stories 2020 / edited and with an introduction by C.J. Box ; Otto Penzler, series editor.

Box, C. J., (editor,, writer of introduction.). Penzler, Otto, (editor.). Blackwood, Pamela. Container of (work): Justice. (Added Author). Burger, Jerry M. Container of (work): Home movie. (Added Author). Burke, James Lee, 1936- Container of (work): Deportees. (Added Author). Cebula, Michael. Container of (work): Second cousins. (Added Author). Cox, Brian. Container of (work): Surrogate initiative. (Added Author). Crandell, Doug. Container of (work): Shanty falls. (Added Author). Dean, David. Container of (work): Duelist. (Added Author). Deaver, Jeffery. Container of (work): Security. (Added Author). Floyd, John M. Container of (work): Rhonda and Clyde. (Added Author). Franklin, Tom. Container of (work): On little Terry Road. (Added Author). Helms, Richard W., 1955- Container of (work): See humble and die. (Added Author). Jahn, Ryan David. Container of (work): All this distant beauty. (Added Author). Kohler, Sheila. Container of (work): Miss Martin. (Added Author). Lithua, Jake. Container of (work): Most powerful weapon. (Added Author). McMahan, Rick. Container of (work): Baddest outlaws. (Added Author). Morton, Lisa, 1958- Container of (work): What ever happened to Lorna Winters? (Added Author). Sandford, John, 1944- Container of (work): Girl with an ax. (Added Author). Schlosser, David B. Container of (work): Pretzel logic. (Added Author). Stroby, Wallace. Container of (work): Nightbound. (Added Author). Yocum, Robin. Container of (work): Last hit. (Added Author).

Summary:

"Featuring guest-editor contributions by the author of the Joe Pickett series, a latest annual anthology features top-selected short mystery and crime fiction stories from the past year."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781328636102
ISBN: 1328636100
Physical Description: xiv, 408 pages ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Boston : Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Justice / Pamela Blackwood -- Home movie / Jerry M. Burger -- Deportees / James Lee Burke -- Second cousins / Michael Cebula -- The surrogate initiative / Brian Cox -- Shanty falls / Doug Crandell -- The duelist / David Dean -- Security / Jeffery Deaver -- Rhonda and Clyde / John M. Floyd -- On little Terry Road / Tom Franklin -- See humble and die / Richard Helms -- All this distant beauty / Ryan David Jahn -- Miss Martin / Sheila Kohler -- The most powerful weapon / Jake Lithua -- Baddest outlaws / Rick McMahan -- What ever happened to Lorna Winters? / Lisa Morton -- Girl with an ax / John Sandford -- Pretzel logic / David B. Schlosser -- Nightbound / Wallace Stroby -- The last hit / Robin Yocum.