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The best American mystery stories 2006 / edited and with an introduction by Scott Turow ; Otto Penzler, series editor

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Series: The best American seriesPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin , c2006Description: xviii, 358 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780618517473

Subject(s):

Detective and mystery stories, American

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DDC classification:

MYS BES

LOC classification:

PS648.D4 B464 2007

Contents:

Summary: "[Most of] these stories are portraits, in styles ranging from sly to harrowing, of how crimes occurred ... If you like all your characters living at the end of a story, this may not be the book for you." -- from the introduction by Scott Turow. Scott Turow takes the helm for the tenth edition of this annual, featuring twenty-one of the past year's most distinguished tales of mystery, crime, and suspense. Elmore Leonard tells the tale of a young woman who's fled home with a convicted bank robber. Walter Mosley describes an over-the-hill private detective and his new client, a woman named Karma. C. J. Box explores the fate of two Czech immigrants stranded by the side of the road in Yellowstone Park. Ed McBain begins his story on role-playing with the line "'Why don't we kill somebody?' she suggested." Wendy Hornsby tells of a wild motorcycle chase through the canyons outside Las Vegas. Laura Lippman describes the "Crack Cocaine Diet." And James Lee Burke writes of a young boy who may have been a close friend of Bugsy Siegel. As Scott Turow notes in his introduction, these stories are "about crime -- its commission, its aftermath, its anxieties, its effect on character."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Mystery	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	MYS BES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		022958

Foreword -- Introduction / Scott Turow -- Theft / Karen E. Bender -- Pirates of Yellowstone / C.J. Box -- Why Bugsy Siegel was a friend of mine / James Lee Burke -- Born bad / Jeffery Deaver -- Edelweiss / Jane Haddam -- Texas heat / William Harrison -- Peacekeeper / Alan Heathcock -- A.k.a., Moises Rockafella / Emory Holmes II -- Dust up / Wendy Hornsby -- Her lord and master / Andrew Klavan -- Louly and Pretty Boy / Elmore Leonard -- The crack cocaine diet (Or: how to lose a lot of weight and change your life in just one weekend) / Laura Lippman -- Improvisation / Ed McBain -- McHenry's gift / Mike MacLean -- Karma / Walter Mosley -- So help me God / Joyce Carol Oates -- A temporary crown / Sue Pike -- Smile / Emily Raboteau -- Ina Grove / R.T. Smith -- Ringing the changes / Jeff Somers -- Vigilance / Scott Wolven.

"[Most of] these stories are portraits, in styles ranging from sly to harrowing, of how crimes occurred ... If you like all your characters living at the end of a story, this may not be the book for you." -- from the introduction by Scott Turow. Scott Turow takes the helm for the tenth edition of this annual, featuring twenty-one of the past year's most distinguished tales of mystery, crime, and suspense. Elmore Leonard tells the tale of a young woman who's fled home with a convicted bank robber. Walter Mosley describes an over-the-hill private detective and his new client, a woman named Karma. C. J. Box explores the fate of two Czech immigrants stranded by the side of the road in Yellowstone Park. Ed McBain begins his story on role-playing with the line "'Why don't we kill somebody?' she suggested." Wendy Hornsby tells of a wild motorcycle chase through the canyons outside Las Vegas. Laura Lippman describes the "Crack Cocaine Diet." And James Lee Burke writes of a young boy who may have been a close friend of Bugsy Siegel. As Scott Turow notes in his introduction, these stories are "about crime -- its commission, its aftermath, its anxieties, its effect on character."

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