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The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2: Second Annual Collection

It’s not easy to collect, in a single volume, the finest mystery and suspense fiction the world has to offer, but The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection rises to that challenge, inviting you to discover what Kirkus Reviews dubs “ ... the year’s anthology of choice.”

In his Second Annual collection, Ed Gorman once again brings together the year’s most powerful fiction by such outstanding authors as Lawrence Block, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Ed McBain, Joyce Carol Oates, Ian Rankin, and Donald E. Westlake. The volume also abounds with fresh new stories by newer authors, from U. S. publications, and also from sources on other shores, including England, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Ed Gorman set benchmark for great mystery and suspense fiction with the First Annual Collection. Overflowing with award-winning authors and terrific stories, The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Second Annual Collection also promises to be a treasure for anyone who loves a mystery.

More than 200,000 words of superlative mystery and suspense fiction from around the world, with stories by:

Lawrence Block

Jan Burke

Dorothy Cannell

Clark Howard

Peter Lovesey

Joyce Carol Oates

Nancy Pickard

Bill Pronzini

Ian Rankin

And many others

A Banquet of Mystery and Crime Fiction

For those who love outstanding mystery and crime reading, award-winning author and editor, Ed Gorman, has once again collected the best stories of the year from around the world. Immerse yourself in stories that baffle, tantalize, and delight, by the following authors:

Miguel Agustí

Doug Allyn

Noreen Ayres

Robert Barnard

Lawrence Block

Jan Burke

Dorothy Cannell

Stanley Cohen

Mat Coward

Peter Crowther

Brendan DuBois

Jurgen Ehlers

Pete Hamill

Joseph Hansen

Edward D. Hoch

Clark Howard

Stuart M. Kaminsky

Richard Laymon

Gillian Linscott

Peter Lovesey

John Lutz

Christine Matthews

Ed McBain

Bob Mendes

Denise Mina

Joyce Carol Oates

Gary Phillips

Nancy Pickard

Bill Pronzini

Robert J. Randisi

Ian Rankin

Les Roberts

Peter Robinson

S. J. Rozan

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Donald E. Westlake

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 640
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780765301017
  • Release date
  • 2001