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The Best American Mystery Stories 2020
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A collection of the year’s best mystery short fiction selected by New York Times best-selling and Edgar Award–winning author C. J. Box.
Series editor Otto Penzler pairs established names with fresh talents across twenty tales of deception, greed, and vengeance. The volume features contributions from masters such as Jeffery Deaver, James Lee Burke, and John Sandford alongside sharp newer storytellers.
The roster assembles twenty distinct voices from across the crime spectrum, offering everything from historical tension to futuristic procedure. Narratives range from rural dust storms and backwoods ambushes to high-tech courtroom trials and desperate late-night urban getaways.
C. J. Box , #1 New York Times best-selling author of the hugely popular Joe Pickett series, selects the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year in this annual “treat for crime-fiction fans” (Library Journal).
- Noir Short Stories: Michael Cebula follows a small-town deputy tangled in an illicit affair and a drug boss’s sudden murder in Ohio.
- Historical Mystery: James Lee Burke sets a Texas family’s bitter feud against the harsh backdrop of a post–Pearl Harbor dust storm.
- Technological Thriller: Brian Cox explores a futuristic Detroit courtroom where artificial intelligence surrogates replace human jurors.
- Heist and Pursuit: Wallace Stroby tracks a professional thief dodging gunmen through Brooklyn backstreets with a sack of stolen cash.
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