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The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 by Harlan Coben

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The Best American Mystery Stories 2011

Harlan Coben, Otto Penzler

HarperCollins · Paperback · October 4, 2011

Reading lane: Mystery Anthologies

The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Sharp Doses

Layered suspense in a compact, discussable format.

Come here for

  • Short-story suspense, in tidy doses
  • Crime-inflected variety with room to talk

Expect

  • Anthology pace, not one long arc
  • A serious, polished crime-fiction mix

Book Details

Authors
Harlan Coben, Otto Penzler
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
October 4, 2011
Format
Paperback
Theme
Mystery Anthologies · Sci-Fi Short Stories
Reading lane
Mystery Anthologies

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Publisher Categories

  • Short Story Anthologies

  • Literary Fiction

  • Mystery Anthologies

  • Sci-Fi Short Stories

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  • Short Stories (Single Author)

  • Crime Fiction

  • Noir Fiction

  • American Literary Collections

About This Book

The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected—and most popular—of its kind....

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The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected—and most popular—of its kind. The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 includes Lawrence Block, Brendan DuBois, Loren D. Estleman, Beth Ann Fennelly and Tom Franklin, Ed Gorman, Richard Lange, S. J. Rozan, Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, and others

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