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The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021 by Lee Child - editor and introduction

The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021

Lee Child - editor and introduction, Otto Penzler - series editor, Matt Godfrey

The Mysterious Press · Print & ebook · September 14, 2021

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Who it’s for
Twenty mystery stories make this an easy way to settle into suspense in shorter doses.
Genres
Mystery Anthologies, Short Story Anthologies, Suspense
Published
The Mysterious Press, September 14, 2021

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About this book

Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller Lee Child has selected the twenty most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume.

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Includes stories by: - Alison Gaylin - David Morrell - James Lee Burke - Joyce Carol Oates - Martin Edwards - Sara Paretsky - Stephen King - Sue Grafton (with a new, posthumously-published work!) And many more!

Mystery in Pieces

Twenty mystery stories make this an easy way to settle into suspense in shorter doses.

Come here for

  • A year’s selection of suspenseful, confounding mystery stories
  • Recognizable mystery writers alongside stories waiting to be discovered

Expect

  • A range of mysterious, suspenseful short fiction
  • Stories by Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Sue Grafton, and others

Where it sits

Mystery Anthologies99%
Short Story Anthologies54%
Suspense36%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Mystery Anthologies
  • Private Eye Fiction
  • Amateur Sleuths
Authors
Lee Child - editor and introduction, Otto Penzler - series editor, Matt Godfrey
Publisher
The Mysterious Press
Published
September 14, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Mystery Anthologies