The Best American Mystery Stories. 1999
Author | : Best American Mystery Stories |
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Total Pages | : 457 |
Release | : 1999 |
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Author | : Best American Mystery Stories |
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Total Pages | : 457 |
Release | : 1999 |
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Author | : Elizabeth George |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 371 |
Release | : 2016-10-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0544527976 |
The Anthony Award–winning author presents a “highly readable” anthology featuring mysteries by Stephen King, Megan Abbott, Elmore Leonard and more (Publishers Weekly). “What you’ll find in this volume are stories that demonstrate a mastery of plotting; stories that compel you to keep turning the pages because of plot and because of setting; stories that wield suspense like a sword; stories of people getting their comeuppance; stories that utilize superb point of view; stories that plumb one particular and unfortunate attribute of a character,” promises guest editor Elizabeth George in her introduction. The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 is a feast of both literary crime and hard-boiled detection, featuring a seemingly innocent murderer, a drug dealer in love, a drunken prank gone terribly wrong, and plenty of other surprising twists and turns. The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 includes entries by Steve Almond, Megan Abbott, Matt Bell, Lydia Fitzpatrick, Tom Franklin, Stephen King, Elmore Leonard, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and others. “There isn’t enough Xanax in anyone’s medicine cabinet to calm the jitters these 20 skillful stories will unleash on a worried world.” —Kirkus Reviews
Author | : Louise Penny |
Publisher | : Mariner Books |
Total Pages | : 435 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Detective and mystery stories, American |
ISBN | : 0544949099 |
An anthology of the best mystery short stories published in 2017 selected by best-selling author Louise Penny.
Author | : Ed McBain |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Detective and mystery stories |
ISBN | : 9780395939161 |
Author | : John Sandford |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2017-10-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 054494920X |
The New York Times–bestselling author presents a thrilling anthology of devious crimes with stories by C. J. Box, Peter Straub, Joyce Carol Oates and more. “Some people might tell you that crime short stories, unlike the more precious kind, are a kind of fictional ghetto, full of cardboard characters and clichéd situations. Not true. These stories are remarkably free of bullshit—although there’s always a little, just to grease the wheels,” writes guest editor John Sandford in his introduction to this action-packed volume of mystery fiction. From an isolated Wyoming ranch to the Detroit boxing underworld, and from kidnapping and adultery in the Hollywood Hills to a serial killer loose in a nursing home, The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 hosts an entertaining abundance of crime, psychological suspense, and bad intentions. The Best American Mystery Stories 2017 includes entries by C.J. Box, Gerri Brightwell, Jeffery Deaver, Brendan DuBois, Trina Corey, Craig Johnson, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, and others.
Author | : Ed McBain |
Publisher | : Mariner Books |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 1999-10-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780395939154 |
Presents a collection of mystery stories selected from magazines in the United States and Canada
Author | : Otto Penzler |
Publisher | : Mariner Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Crime |
ISBN | : 9780618517473 |
Presents a collection of mystery stories selected from magazines in the United States and Canada.
Author | : Douglas G. Greene |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 1999-06-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0486408817 |
Contains thirteen mystery stories, written between 1841 and 1920, and includes "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," by Edgar Allan Poe, "Three Detective Anecdotes," by Charles Dickens, and "The Leopard Man's Story," by Jack London.
Author | : Larry Landrum |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 1999-05-30 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0313003270 |
Mystery and detective novels are popular fictional genres within Western literature. As such, they provide a wealth of information about popular art and culture. When the genre develops within various cultures, it adopts, and proceeds to dominate, native expressions and imagery. American mystery and detective novels appeared in the late nineteenth century. This reference provides a selective guide to the important criticism of American mystery and detective novels and presents general features of the genre and its historical development over the past two centuries. Critical approaches covered in the volume include story as game, images, myth criticism, formalism and structuralism, psychonalysis, Marxism and more. Comparisons with related genres, such as gothic, suspense, gangster, and postmodern novels, illustrate similarities and differences important to the understanding of the unique components of mystery and detective fiction. The guide is divided into five major sections: a brief history, related genres, criticism, authors, and reference. This organization accounts for the literary history and types of novels stemming from the mystery and detective genre. A chronology provides a helpful overview of the development and transformation of the genre.
Author | : Otto Penzler |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 755 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0547577443 |
A treasure trove of a hundred years' worth of the finest noir writing selected by James Ellroy