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The best mystery stories of the year 2021 / edited with an introduction by Lee Child ; series editor, Otto Penzler.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company [2022]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: Large print editionDescription: 661 pages (large print) ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781432897550
  • 1432897551
Other title:
  • At head of title: Mysterious Bookshop presents
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Foreword / Otto Penzler -- Introduction / Lee Child -- 30 and out / Doug Allyn -- Things that follow / Jim Allyn -- Blest be the tie that binds / Michael Bracken -- Harbor lights / James Lee Burke -- The locked cabin / Martin Edwards -- Biloxi bound / John Floyd -- That which is true / Jaqueline Freimor -- The gift / Alison Gaylin -- If you want something done right... / Sue Grafton -- The sixth decoy / Paul Kemprecos -- The fifth step / Stephen King -- The client / Janice Law -- The truth about Lucy / Dennis McFadden -- The adventure of the home office, baby / David Marcum -- Heatwave / Tom Mead -- Requiem for a homecoming / David Morrell -- Parole hearing, California / Joyce Carol Oates -- Love & other crimes / Sara Paretsky -- Etta at the end of the world / Joseph S. Walker -- The path I took / Andrew Welsh-Huggins -- My favorite murder / Ambrose Gwinnett Brice -- The best mystery stories 2021 honor roll.
Summary: "Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller Lee Child has selected the twenty most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume. Includes stories by: Alison Gaylin, David Morrell, James Lee Burke, Joyce Carol Oates, Martin Edwards, Sara Paretsky, Stephen King, Sue Grafton (with a new, posthumously-published work!) And many more!"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print Fiction MYSTERY CHILD, LEE Available 33111010838692
Large Print Book Large Print Book Northport Library Large Print Fiction MYSTERY CHILD, LEE Available 33111009435351
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"Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller Lee Child has selected the twenty most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume. Includes stories by: Alison Gaylin, David Morrell, James Lee Burke, Joyce Carol Oates, Martin Edwards, Sara Paretsky, Stephen King, Sue Grafton (with a new, posthumously-published work!) And many more!"-- Provided by publisher.

Foreword / Otto Penzler -- Introduction / Lee Child -- 30 and out / Doug Allyn -- Things that follow / Jim Allyn -- Blest be the tie that binds / Michael Bracken -- Harbor lights / James Lee Burke -- The locked cabin / Martin Edwards -- Biloxi bound / John Floyd -- That which is true / Jaqueline Freimor -- The gift / Alison Gaylin -- If you want something done right... / Sue Grafton -- The sixth decoy / Paul Kemprecos -- The fifth step / Stephen King -- The client / Janice Law -- The truth about Lucy / Dennis McFadden -- The adventure of the home office, baby / David Marcum -- Heatwave / Tom Mead -- Requiem for a homecoming / David Morrell -- Parole hearing, California / Joyce Carol Oates -- Love & other crimes / Sara Paretsky -- Etta at the end of the world / Joseph S. Walker -- The path I took / Andrew Welsh-Huggins -- My favorite murder / Ambrose Gwinnett Brice -- The best mystery stories 2021 honor roll.

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