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The Year's 25 Finest Crime & Mystery Stories (YEARS 25 FINEST CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES) - Hardcover
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An anthology of the best short mystery stories of 1995 ranges from the traditional to the cutting-edge and includes the work of such writers as Lawrence Block, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, and Sharyn McCrumb.
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From Publishers Weekly
A couple of sparkling stories highlight this uneven collection: Peter Lovesey's clever "The Pushover," which won the Mystery Writers of America short story contest, and Jean B. Cooper's superb Edgar-winning "The Judge's Boy." This fifth annual collection also features strong offerings from Lawrence Block (his assassin Keller appears in "Keller in Shining Armor"); Sara Paretsky, with an excellent V.I. Warshawski story, "Grace Notes" from her recent collection, Windy City Blues; and John Harvey, with his gritty British policeman, Charles Resnick, in "She Rote." Marcia Muller gives Sharon McCone's assistant, Rae Kelleher, center stage in a story about social injustice, "The Holes in the System"; Anne Perry abandons her series sleuths but not Victorian England in "The Blackmailer," a clever twister accomplished with great economy. A variety of styles ranges from Susan B. Kelly's play off Jane Austen in "The Best Sort of Husband" to the horrific locked-room mystery "Beasts in Buildings, Turning 'Round" by J.N. Williamson. Other authors include Nancy Pickard, Sharyn McCrumb, Joan Hess and Bill Pronzini. Lacking is indication of how the editors selected stories for inclusion, and, while there are few really bad selections, many are too pedestrian to warrant collection with the "year's best."
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From Library Journal
Included in this fifth annual collection are works from Perry, Pronzini, McCrumb, Paretsky, Hess, and others. The title also contains lists of award-winning titles for 1995 and several bibliographies. A handy anthology.
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- PublisherCarroll & Graf Pub
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 078670361X
- ISBN 13 9780786703616
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number5
- Number of pages394
- EditorMystery Scene
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