The best American mystery stories 2015 / edited and with an introduction by James Patterson ; Otto Penzler.
Material type: TextSeries: Best American seriesPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: xv, 413 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0544638743
- 9780544638747
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Mystery | Patterso James | Available | 33111008086197 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, "I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that's the case, I've got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later." Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have the sharp tension, drama, and visceral emotion of an Oscar-worthy Hollywood production. Spanning the extremes of human behavior, The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 features characters that must make desperate choices: an imaginative bank-robbing couple, a vengeful high school shooter, a lovesick heiress who will do anything for her man, and many others in "these imaginative, rich, complex tales" worthy of big-screen treatment.
The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 includes
Tomiko M. Breland, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Jeffery Deaver, Brendan DuBois,
Janette Turner Hospital, Dennis Lehane, Theresa E. Lehr, Joyce Carol Oates,
and others
JAMES PATTERSON, guest editor, has sold over 300 million books worldwide, including the Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum Ride, and Middle School series. He supports getting kids reading through his children's book imprint, jimmy patterson, as well as through scholarships, grants, book donations, and his website, ReadKiddoRead.com.
OTTO PENZLER, series editor, is a renowned mystery editor, publisher, columnist, and the owner of New York's The Mysterious Bookshop, the oldest and largest bookstore solely dedicated to mystery fiction. He has edited more than fifty crime-fiction anthologies.
Foreword / Otto Penzler -- Introduction / James Patterson -- The snow angel / Doug Allyn -- Cowboy justice / Andrew Bourelle -- Rosalee Carrasco / Tomiko M. Breland -- Wet with rain / Lee Child -- Red eye / Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane -- Harm and hammer / Joseph D'Agnese -- The adventure of the laughing fisherman / Jeffery Deaver -- Crush depth / Brendan Dubois -- Molly's plan / John M. Floyd -- A bottle of scotch and a sharp buck knife / Scott Grand -- Shared room on Union / Steven Heighton -- Afterlife of a stolen child / Janette Turner Hospital -- Apocrypha / Richard Lange -- Staircase to the moon / Theresa E. Lehr -- A man looking for trouble / Lee Martin -- Many dogs have died here / James Mathews -- Motherlode / Thomas McGuane -- A kidnapping in Koulèv-Ville / Kyle Minor -- The home at Craigmillnar / Joyce Carol Oates -- The shot / Eric Rutter.
In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, "I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that's the case, I've got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later." Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have the sharp tension, drama, and visceral emotion of an Oscar-worthy Hollywood production. Spanning the extremes of human behavior, this collection features characters that must make desperate choices: an imaginative bank-robbing couple, a vengeful high school shooter, a lovesick heiress who will do anything for her man, and many others in "these imaginative, rich, complex tales" worthy of big-screen treatment.