The best American mystery stories 2015
2015
Book
In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, "I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that's the case, I've got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later." Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have the sharp tension, drama, and visceral emotion of an Oscar-worthy Hollywood production. Spanning the extremes of human behavior, this collection features characters that must make desperate choices: an imaginative bank-robbing couple, a vengeful high school shooter, a lovesick heiress who will do anything for her man, and many others in "these imaginative, rich, complex tales" worthy of big-screen treatment.
Item Details
ISBN: 9780544638747
Description: xv, 413 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
- Foreword / Otto Penzler
- Introduction / James Patterson
- The snow angel / Doug Allyn
- Cowboy justice / Andrew Bourelle
- Rosalee Carrasco / Tomiko M. Breland
- Wet with rain / Lee Child
- Red eye / Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane
- Harm and hammer / Joseph D'Agnese
- The adventure of the laughing fisherman / Jeffery Deaver
- Crush depth / Brendan Dubois
- Molly's plan / John M. Floyd
- A bottle of scotch and a sharp buck knife / Scott Grand
- Shared room on Union / Steven Heighton
- Afterlife of a stolen child / Janette Turner Hospital
- Apocrypha / Richard Lange
- Staircase to the moon / Theresa E. Lehr
- A man looking for trouble / Lee Martin
- Many dogs have died here / James Mathews
- Motherlode / Thomas McGuane
- A kidnapping in Koulè€v-Ville / Kyle Minor
- The home at Craigmillnar / Joyce Carol Oates
- The shot / Eric Rutter.
Control Number: 2055749
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.Series:
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