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Twenty great whodunnits from the first decade of this series, edited by the award-winning editor and founder of the Mysterious Press.

This anthology collects the top twenty stories from the first decade (1997–2006) of The Best American Mystery Stories, selected and introduced by Otto Penzler. Contributors include Russell Banks, Jeffrey Deaver, Louise Erdrich, Brendan DuBois, Dennis Lehane, Elmore Leonard, Lou Manfredo, Ed McBain, Joyce Carol Oates, Scott Turow, and many others.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00EXBRF8W
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (April 22, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 22, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1624 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 559 pages
Reviewer: Steven Kaplan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Amazing stories!
Review: As in any anthology the quality varies, but this has more to do with my taste than the authors’ craft!

Reviewer: Gabriela
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very good selection
Review: Most of the stories make for very good reading. Some of them are even memorable. Moreover, I found them all very well written.It’s a matter of personal taste that I get bored to tears with “Western mysteries, or anything in that vein. Small, deserted, dusty towns with “strong and quiet” kind of characters just don’t engage me. However, even those stories in the collection have some literary value.

Reviewer: Char
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I love these books
Review: I have the entire series of annual publications...1997 thru 2015. I love these books. Know that not every story suited my taste but I did enjoy all of them. You should consider starting a collection.

Reviewer: Mimi C.
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Mystified by this book
Review: This collection of short stories boasts an impressive list of writers. Yet, I did not really feel they were mysteries not were they particularly good reading. The stories were more macabre than mysteries. Some of them were just boring. I expected more .

Reviewer: John F Britt
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: ... though I buy this series every year it is great to reread some
Review: Even though I buy this series every year it is great to reread some. Definitely some good ones and one in particular that I couldn't find.

Reviewer: Kindle Customermarsue
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Four Stars
Review: Enjoyable read. Not all the stories are of equal quality but it filled up the afternoon.

Reviewer: Deborah Lighthall
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: no thank you
Review: Reviewing for my mother. After reading the first 3 and he beginning of the remaining stories until deciding one by one not to finish them, I believe I'll skip any more of these collections. Every story was dark and depressing. Not what I consider entertaining at all. If you like dark depressing stories, maybe you'll love it. What I read was very well written (thus, the 2 stars) just not my style nor the style of anyone I know. There could have been a mixture of styles, or should be something in the title or on the cover suggesting it was a collection of dark tales. I have pictures in my head and undesired emotions that linger from some of what I read that are unwelcome. An uninvited intrusion and a waste of good talent, in my opinion. If this is the best America could do in 10. years, that explains a lot regarding the many challenges we currently face as a world of angry and depressed people.

Reviewer: AJ
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: The Best of are always great!

Reviewer: Steve E
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Otto Penzler and his team leave no stone unturned while searching out the best short mystery fiction. I own the whole series, but it's still worth owning this volume to see how Otto boils down the best of the best. These stories could easily make the Best American Short Stories oeuvre. Disappointed the publisher turned the keys to the franchise over to someone with a woke agenda. It's interesting to see that Penzler's new series still sells for full price while the former franchise sells at a deep discount.