{"product_id":"9780544949096","title":"The Best American Mystery Stories 2018","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Otto Penzler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, Louise Penny brings her “nerve and skill—as well as heart” (Maureen Corrigan, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e) to selecting the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories 2018\u003c\/em\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories 2018\u003c\/em\u003e includes T. C. Boyle, James Lee Burke, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Charlaine Harris, Andrew Klavan, Martin Limón, Joyce Carol Oates, and others.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"This essential mystery anthology benefits greatly from an enlightening foreword by Otto Penzler and an elegant introduction by editor Louise Penny...This series continues to belong in most library collections.\"--\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooklist \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e  \"Crime aficionados will be entertained.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780544949096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41165839958222,"sku":"9780544949096","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780544949096_1a7cfad4-6dbb-4cbd-9af2-ea6cbb9a67e0.jpg?v=1652148279","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780544949096","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}