Author(s): Otto Penzler (Edited by)

Cultural Studies

Expect the unexpected and prepare to be entertained...No book published this year will deliver more thrills per page than this one. Here are twenty of the year's stand-out crime short stories, showcasing not only the very best of the genre, but also the very best American writing full stop. Previous editions of BAMS have included stories from: Michael Connelly, James Lee Burke, Walter Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Scott Turow, Ed McBain, Elmore Leonard and Jeffery Deaver.