The Best American Mystery Stories 2018
by Louise Penny 2020-04-21 10:18:12
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#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 ... Read more

#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, dangers, and thrills lurking in its suspenseful pages.

The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 includes T. C. Boyle, James Lee Burke, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Charlaine Harris, Andrew Klavan, Martin Limon, Joyce Carol Oates, and others.

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  • 8.2x5.5x1inches
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  • Mariner Books
  • February 10, 2018
  • 9780544949096
Louise Penny CM (born 1958) is a Canadian author of mystery novels set in the Canadian province of Quebec centred on the work of francophone Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec. ...
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