The Best American Mystery Stories 2018

#1 <em>New York Times</em> best-selling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels Louise Penny brings her nerve and skill--as well as heart (Maureen Corrigan <em>Washington Post</em>) to selecting the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year. <p/> 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 <em>The Best American Mystery Stories 2018</em>. 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. <p/><em>The Best American Mystery Stories 2018</em> includes T. C. Boyle James Lee Burke Lee Child Michael Connelly Charlaine Harris Andrew Klavan Martin Limón Joyce Carol Oates and others. <br>