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  • Best American Mystery Stories 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

    #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, Louise Penny brings her “nerve and skill—as well as heart” (Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post) to selecting the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year. Writing short stories takes “Skill. Discipline. Knowledge of the form while not being formulaic,” contends Louise Penny in her introduction. “In a short story there is nowhere to hide. Each must be original, fresh, inspired.” Originality is just what’s in store for readers of the twenty clever, creative selections in The Best American Mystery Stories 2018. There’s no hiding from a Nigerian confidence game, a drug made of dinosaur bones, a bombing at an oil company, a reluctant gunfighter in the Old West, and the many other scams, ... [Read More]
    Best American Mystery Writers

    • ASIN: 0544949099
    • ASIN: 0544949099
    • ISBN: 0544949099
    • Brand: Mariner Books
    • Manufacturer: Best American Paper

  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2016 (The Best American Series ®)

     “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 STEVE ALMOND, MEGAN ABBOTT, MATT BELL, LYDIA FITZPATR... [Read More]
    Best American Mystery Writers

    • ASIN: B01912QBOG
    • ASIN: B01912QBOG
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

  • City of Girls: A Novel


    Best American Mystery Writers

    • ASIN: B07HZ2Q1MK
    • ASIN: B07HZ2Q1MK
    • Manufacturer: Riverhead Books

  • The Best American Essays 2014 (The Best American Series ®)

    “A creature from an alternative universe . . . wanting to understand what is on the American mind should rush to the nearest bookstore and buy a copy of this distinguished anthology . . . Exhilarating.” — Publishers WeeklyThe Best American Essays 2014 is selected and introduced by John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of  the critically acclaimed essay collection Pulphead. The New York Times placed Sullivan “among the best young nonfiction writers in English” and the New York Times Book Review heralded Pulphead as “the best, and most important, collection of magazine writing since Wallace’s A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again.”
    Best American Mystery Writers

    • ASIN: 0544309901
    • ASIN: 0544309901
    • ISBN: 9780544309906
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

  • The Best American Noir of the Century (The Best American Series ®)


    Best American Mystery Writers

    • ASIN: B005LVR786
    • ASIN: B005LVR786
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

  • The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook: Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For

    Hard-boiled breakfasts, thrilling entrees, cozy desserts, and more—this illustrated cookbook features more than 100 recipes from legendary mystery authors. Whether you're planning a sinister dinner party or whipping up some comfort food perfect for a day of writing, you'll find plenty to savor in this cunning collection. Full-color photography is featured throughout, along with mischievous sidebars revealing the links between food and foul play.  Recipes include:Mary Higgins Clark’s Celebratory Giants Game Night ChiliHarlan Coben’s Myron’s Crabmeat DipNelson DeMille’s Male Chauvinist Pigs in a BlanketLee Child’s Coffee, Pot of OneGillian Flynn’s Beef Skillet FiestaSue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone’s Famous Peanut Butter and Pickle SandwichCharlaine Harris’s Very Unsoph... [Read More]
    Best American Mystery Writers

    • ASIN: 1594747571
    • UPC: 884705835712
    • ASIN: 1594747571
    • ISBN: 9781594747571
    • Brand: Quirk Books
    • Manufacturer: Quirk Books

  • A Dark and Stormy Murder (A Writer's Apprentice Mystery)

    An aspiring suspense novelist lands in the middle of a real crime in the first Writer's Apprentice mystery.   Lena London's literary dreams are coming true—as long as she can avoid any real-life villains...   Camilla Graham’s bestselling suspense novels inspired Lena London to become a writer, so when she lands a job as Camilla’s new assistant, she can’t believe her luck. Not only will she help her idol craft an enchanting new mystery, she’ll get to live rent-free in Camilla’s gorgeous Victorian home in the quaint town of Blue Lake, Indiana.   But Lena’s fortune soon changes for the worse. First, she lands in the center of small town gossip for befriending the local recluse. Then, she stumbles across one thing that a Camilla Graham novel is never without—a dead body, fou... [Read More]
    Best American Mystery Writers

    • ASIN: 0425282600
    • ASIN: 0425282600
    • ISBN: 0425282600
    • Manufacturer: Berkley

  • American Spy: A Novel

    “American Spy updates the espionage thriller with blazing originality.”—Entertainment Weekly“Will snatch your summer away. There has never been anything like it.”—Marlon James, GQ“So much fun . . . Like the best of John le Carré, it’s extremely tough to put down.”—NPRNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019 (SO FAR) BY Time • Esquire • Vulture • Vogue • Real SimpleWhat if your sense of duty required you to betray the man you love?  It’s 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. She’s brilliant, but she’s also a young black woman working in an old boys’ club. Her career has stalled out, she’s overlooked for every high-profile squad, and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork. So when she’s gi... [Read More]
    Best American Mystery Writers

    • ASIN: 0812998952
    • ASIN: 0812998952
    • ISBN: 0812998952
    • Manufacturer: Random House

  • The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel


    Best American Mystery Writers

    • ASIN: B0017SWPXY
    • ASIN: B0017SWPXY
    • Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books

  • Flask of the Drunken Master: A Shinobi Mystery (Shinobi Mysteries)

    August 1565: When a rival artisan turns up dead outside Ginjiro's brewery, and all the evidence implicates the brewer, master ninja Hiro Hattori and Portuguese Jesuit Father Mateo must find the killer before the magistrate executes Ginjiro and seizes the brewery, leaving his wife and daughter destitute. A missing merchant, a vicious debt collector, and a female moneylender join Ginjiro and the victim's spendthrift son on the suspect list. But with Kyoto on alert in the wake of the shogun's recent death, a rival shinobi on the prowl, and samurai threatening Hiro and Father Mateo at every turn, Ginjiro's life is not the only one in danger.Will Hiro and Father Mateo unravel the clues in time to save Ginjiro's life, or will the shadows gathering over Kyoto consume the detectives as well as the... [Read More]
    Best American Mystery Writers

    • ASIN: 1250027063
    • ASIN: 1250027063
    • ISBN: 1250027063
    • Brand: Minotaur Books
    • Manufacturer: Minotaur Books

  • Mystery Writers of America Presents The Blue Religion : New Stories about Cops, Criminals, and the Chase

    Nineteen original stories--including a new contribution by New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly--about riveting showdowns between cops and criminals. From Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post-Civil War frontier, from smoggy Los Angeles to the woods of Idaho, these gripping stories trace the perils and occasional triumphs of lawmen and -women who put themselves in harm's way to face down the bad guys. Some of them even walk the edge of becoming bad guys themselves. In T. Jefferson Parker's "Skinhead Central," an ex-cop and his wife find unexpected menace in the idyllic setting they have
    Best American Mystery Writers
    Nineteen original stories--including a new contribution by New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly--about riveting showdowns between cops and criminals.From Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post-Civil War frontier, from smoggy Los Angeles to the woods of Idaho, these gripping stories trace the perils and occasional triumphs of lawmen and -women who put themselves in harm's way to face down the bad guys. Some of them even walk the edge of becoming bad guys themselves.In T. Jefferson Parker's "Skinhead Central," an ex-cop and his wife find unexpected menace in the idyllic setting they have chosen for

    • UPC: 8094109
    • Rating: 3.25

  • Mystery Writers of America Presents Vengeance

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    Best American Mystery Writers
    When a different kind of justice is needed---swift, effective, and personal---a new type of avenger must take action. VENGEANCE features new stories by bestselling crime writers including Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, and Karin Slaughter, as well as some of today's brightest rising talents. The heroes in these stories include a cop who's seen too much, a woman who has been pushed too far, or just an ordinary person doing what the law will not. Some call them vigilantes, others claim they are just another brand of criminal.Edited and with an introduction by Lee Child, these stories reveal the

    • UPC: 21601308
    • Rating: 3.833

  • The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook : Wickedly Good Meals and Desserts to Die For

    Collects one hundred recipes from the Mystery Writers of America, including contributions from Mary Higgins Clark, Harlan Coben, and Scott
    Best American Mystery Writers
    Hard-boiled breakfasts, thrilling entrees, cozy desserts, and more—this illustrated cookbook features more than 100 recipes from legendary mystery authors. Whether you're planning a sinister dinner party or whipping up some comfort food perfect for a day of writing, you'll find plenty to savor in this cunning collection. Full-color photography is featured throughout, along with mischievous sidebars revealing the links between food and foul play.  Recipes include:Mary Higgins Clark’s Celebratory Giants Game Night ChiliHarlan Coben’s Myron’s Crabmeat DipNelson DeMille’s Male Chauvinist Pigs in a BlanketLee Child’s Coffee, Pot of OneGillian Flynn’s Beef Skillet FiestaSue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone’s Famous Peanut Butter and Pickle SandwichCharlaine Harris’s Very

    • UPC: 40566324
    • Rating: 4.3

  • Scream and Scream Again!: Spooky Stories from Mystery Writers of America (Hardcover)

    Stine--the godfather of Goosebumps--and some of the most popular authors today bring an unrivaled mastery of all things fearsome and frightening to this terrifying anthology of 20 all-new scary short stories. Contributors include Chris Grabenstein, Wendy Corsi Staub, Heather Graham, and Peter
    Best American Mystery Writers
    A harrowing array of scary stories that all have one thing in common: each either begins or ends with a scream!R.L. Stine--the godfather of Goosebumps--and some of the most popular authors today bring an unrivaled mastery of all things fearsome, frightening, and fantabulous to this terrifying anthology of all-new scary short stories.Scream and Scream Again! is full of twists and turns, dark corners, and devilish revenge. Collected in conjunction with the Mystery Writers of America, this set includes works from New York Times bestselling authors telling tales of wicked ice-cream trucks, time-travelling heroes, witches and warlocks, and of course, haunted

    • UPC: 277145301

  • The Best American Mystery Stories 2018

    An anthology of the best mystery short stories published in 2017 selected by best-selling author Louise
    Best American Mystery Writers
    #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, Louise Penny brings her “nerve and skill—as well as heart” (Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post) to selecting the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year. Writing short stories takes “Skill. Discipline. Knowledge of the form while not being formulaic,” contends Louise Penny in her introduction. “In a short story there is nowhere to hide. Each must be original, fresh, inspired.” Originality is just what’s in store for readers of the twenty clever, creative selections in The Best American Mystery Stories 2018. There’s no hiding from a

    • UPC: 661769729

  • Top Five Greatest Mystery Writers

    Top Five Greatest Mystery Writers #5. Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle is primarily known for being the creator of the world renowned fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Beside...
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    6 African American Women Mystery Writers

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    Mystery Writers of America Edgars 2019