The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 - ed. Otto Penzler, ed. Michael Connelly

Written by ed. Otto Penzler, ed. Michael Connelly
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2003
Edited by Otto Penzler & Michael Connelly
Read by Otto Penzler, Don Leslie, Eric Conger, Michael Chevalier & Charles Stransky
Encode: mp3 - 96k, Mono, 44.1 KHz
Total # of Tracks: 10
Total Play time: 04:07:53

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Book Description

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected — and most popular — of its kind.
This seventh installment of the premier mystery anthology boasts pulse-quickening stories from all reaches of the genre, selected by the world-renowned mystery writer Michael Connelly. His choices include a Prohibition-era tale of a scorned lover’s revenge, a Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery solved by an actor playing the famous detective onstage, stories of a woman’s near-fatal search for self-discovery, a bar owner’s gutsy attempt to outwit the mob, and a showdown between double-crossing detectives, and a tale of murder by psychology. This year’s edition features mystery favorites as well as talented up-and-comers, for a diverse collection sure to thrill all readers.

Stories in this collection:

01) Introduction by Michael Connelly
02) The Confession by Robert McKee
03) The Skull by Joyce Carol Oates
04) The Pickpocket by Christopher Cook
05) Controlled Burn by Scott Wolven
06) War Can Be Murder by Mike Dugan
07) The Jeweler by Pete Dexter
08) Adventure of the Agitated Actress by Daniel Stashower