The Best American Mystery Stories

Brief Description: The Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the very 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 2005 includes Scott Turow - Edward P. Jones - Louise Erdrich - Dennis Lehane - Daniel Handler - Laura Lippman - George V. Higgins - David Means - Richard Burgin - Scott Wolven - Stuart M. Kaminsky - and others Joyce Carol Oates, guest editor, is a highly respected novelist, critic, playwright, poet, and short story writer. She is the author of numerous books, including the National Book Award winner Them and most recently the novel The Falls. Table of Contents: Contents Foreword - ix Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates - xiii Richard Burgin The Identity Club - 1 Louise Erdrich Disaster Stamps of Pluto - 19 Daniel Handler Delmonico - 33 George V. Higgins Jack Duggan's Law - 49 Edward P. Jones Old Boys, Old Girls - 80 Stuart M. Kaminsky The Shooting of John Roy Worth - 103 Dennis Lehane Until Gwen - 113 Laura Lippman The Shoeshine Man's Regrets - 129 Tim McLoughlin When All This Was Bay Ridge - 141 Lou Manfredo Case Closed - 152 David Means Sault Ste. Marie - 173 Kent Nelson Public Trouble - 184 Daniel Orozco Officers Weep - 194 David Rachel The Last Man I Killed - 203 Joseph Raiche One Mississippi - 217 John Sayles Cruisers - 225 Sam Shaw Reconstruction - 241 Oz Spies The Love of a Strong Man - 259 Scott Turow Loyalty - 274 Scott Wolven Barracuda - 297 Contributors' Notes - 313 Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2004 - 323 Review Citations:

Booklist 09/01/2005 pg. 68 (EAN 9780618517459, Paperback)

Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2005 pg. 886 (EAN 9780618517459, Paperback)

Ingram Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 95 (EAN 9780618517459, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 08/22/2005 pg. 40 (EAN 9780618517459, Paperback) - *Starred Review

Publishers Weekly 08/22/2005 pg. 40 (EAN 9780618517442, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2005 pg. 886 (EAN 9780618517442, Hardcover)

Booklist 09/01/2005 pg. 68 (EAN 9780618517442, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Oates, Joyce Carol Joyce Carol Oates is one of our most important and well known writers and one of America s foremost writers of the short story form. She is also a regular contributor of reviews and criticism for the New York Times Book Review, The New York Review of Books, and elsewhere. She also reads and lectures widely throughout the US, at universities and bookstores. Contributor Bio:  Penzler, Otto Otto Penzler is the proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop, the founder of the Mysterious Press, the creator of Otto Penzler Books, and the editor of many books and anthologies.