The Best American Mystery Stories 2014

“With so many great authors contributing to this fiction collection . . . it doesn’t take detecting skills to discover the gem. And every story dazzles . . . These stories, in prose both elegant and compelling, get to the heart of why people do what they do.” — USA Today

 

The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 will be selected by “writing powerhouse” (USA Today) Laura Lippman. With her popular Tess Monaghan series and her New York Times best-selling standalone novels, Lippman has greatly expanded the boundaries of modern mystery fiction and psychological suspense.

Includes the following 20 stories:

 

MEGAN ABBOTT—My Heart Is Either Broken

DANIEL ALARCÓN—Collectors

JIM ALLYN—Princess Anne

JODI ANGEL—Snuff

RUSSELL BANKS—Former Marine

JAMES LEE BURKE—Going Across Jordan

PATRICIA ENGEL—Aida

ERNEST FINNEY—The Wrecker

ROXANE GAY—I Will Follow You

MICHELLE BUTLER HALLETT—Bush-Hammer Finish

CHARLAINE HARRIS—Small Kingdoms

JOSEPH HELLER—Almost Like Christmas

DAVID H. INGRAM—The Covering Storm

ED KURTZ—A Good Marriage

MATTHEW NEILL NULL—Gauley Season

ANNIE PROULX—Rough Deeds

SCOTT LORING SANDERS—Pleasant Grove

NANCY PAULINE SIMPSON—Festered Wounds

DENNIS TAFOYA—Satan’s Kingdom

LAURA VAN BERG—Antarctica