The Best American Mystery Stories 2011

(Hardback, Main)

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Best-selling novelist Harlan Coben, a master of suspense and creator of the critically-acclaimed Myron Bolitar series, edits this latest collection of the must-reads in mysteries from the past year.

Featuring twenty of the year's standout crime short stories handpicked by one of the world's best thriller writers, Best American Mystery Stories 2011 showcases not only the very best of the crime genre, but the best of American writing full stop. Within its pages, literary legends rub shoulders with the hottest new talent. Contributors in the past have included Lee Child, James Lee Burke, Jeffery Deaver, Michael Connelly, Alice Munro and Joyce Carol Oates.

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These stories are like shots of espresso that are downed in one go and leave the heart racing. * Sunday Telegraph *

Author Bio

Harlan Coben is now a global bestseller, with his recent novel, Hold Tight, reaching the bestseller lists of both the Sunday Times and the New York Times. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and four children. Otto Penzler, the series editor, is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City.