The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024

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A collection of the years best mystery and suspense short fiction selected byNew York Timesbestselling author S. A. Cosby, author ofRazorblade Tears,and series editor Steph Cha.

In his introduction, guest editor S. A. Cosby observes that writing short stories is a special skill that combines brevity with wit and cleverness and the hint of the existential malaise that imbues crime fiction with its gravitas. The stories in this col-lection overflow with gravitas in the most unexpected ways: a cryptic note left on a windshield, a murder for hire meets a game of Mouse Trap, a swipe right on a dating app goes horribly wrong. From an eleven-year-old drawn to the neighborhood spookhouse to a scholarship kid at an exclusive boarding school, a nefarious Old West gunman to a Florida womans struggle against both outer and inner demons, the characters in The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024 are haunted and haunting, and wholly unforgettable.

The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024 includes MEGAN ABBOTT ALYSSA COLE TANANARIVE DUE ABBY GENI JORDAN HARPER GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD TONI LP KELNER BOBBY MATHEWS LISA UNGER and others

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"Unger and Cha edit an exceptional selection that clearly shows crime and suspense fiction flourishing still. Mystery lovers will snatch it off the shelf." -- Library Journal, for The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023

"To Cha's great credit, along with her guest editor, novelist Alafair Burke, this year's edition...not only features many women and writers of color, but also pairs household names like Alex Segura, Lisa Unger and Laura Lippman...with top up-and-comers to paint a clear picture of the genre in 2021." -- USA Today, for The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021

Author Bio

S. A. Cosbyis an Anthony Awardwinning writer from Southeastern Virginia. He is the author of theNew York TimesbestsellerRazorblade TearsandBlacktop Wasteland, which won theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize, was aNew York TimesNotable Book, and was named a best book of the year byNPR, The Guardian,andLibrary Journal,among others. When not writing, he is an avid hiker and chess player. Steph Cha is the author of the Juniper Song mystery series andYour House Will Pay, which won theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and the California Book Award, and has been a finalist for a Young Lions Fiction Award, a Macavity Award, a Lefty Award, a Barry Award, and a Dagger Award, as well as longlisted for the Aspen Prize. She is an editor and critic whose work has appeared in theLos Angeles Times, USA Today,and theLos Angeles Review of Books, where she edited the noir section for almost five years. A native of the San Fernando Valley, she lives in Los Angeles with her family.