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The Best American Mystery Stories 2019 by Jonathan Lethem

The Best American Mystery Stories 2019

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Jonathan Lethem, Otto Penzler

HarperCollins · Ebook · October 1, 2019

New York Times best-selling author of ten genre-bending novels Jonathan Lethem helms this collection of the year’s best mystery short fiction.

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Who it’s for
A tidy landing spot for genre-hopping short fiction, with enough mystery gravity to keep you reading.
Genres
Mystery Anthologies, Short Story Anthologies, Crime Fiction
Published
HarperCollins, October 1, 2019

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About this book

New York Times best-selling author of ten genre-bending novels Jonathan Lethem helms this collection of the year’s best mystery short fiction. For Jonathan Lethem, “crime stories are deep species gossip.” He writes in his introduction that “they’re fundamentally stories of power, of its exercise, both spontaneous and conspiratorial; stories of impulse and desire, and of the turning of tables.”

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The Best American Mystery Stories 2019 has its full share of salacious intrigue, guilt, and retribution. The twists and bad decisions pile up when a thief picks the wrong target or a simple scavenger hunt takes a terrible turn. What happens when you befriend a death row inmate, or just how does writing Internet clickbait became a decidedly dangerous occupation? “How can we not hang on their outcomes?” asks Lethem. “Are we innocent ourselves, or complicit?” Read on to find out. The Best American Mystery Stories 2019 includes Sharon Hunt, Harley Jane Kozak, Mark Mayer, Jennifer McMahon, Joyce Carol Oates, Brian Panowich, Tonya D. Price, Ron Rash, Robb T. White, and others.

Genre Crossroads

A tidy landing spot for genre-hopping short fiction, with enough mystery gravity to keep you reading.

Come here for

  • mystery-and-genre-story mix
  • short-form range for collectors

Expect

  • anthology pacing
  • single-story sampling

Where it sits

Mystery Anthologies99%
Short Story Anthologies64%
Crime Fiction33%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Literary Graphic Novels
  • Short Story Anthologies
  • Fantasy Anthologies
  • Literary Fiction
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  • Mystery Anthologies
  • Sci-Fi Short Stories
  • Short Stories (Single Author)
  • Crime Fiction
Authors
Jonathan Lethem, Otto Penzler
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
October 1, 2019
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Literary Graphic Novels