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Sue Grafton
The Best American Mystery Stories 1998

The Best American Mystery Stories 1998

This year’s guest editor, Sue Grafton, has put together a wonderfully diverse collection of stories to surprise and satisfy all fans of the genre. In this volume, best-selling writers such as Mary Higgins Clark, Walter Mosley, Lawrence Block, Jay McInerney, and Donald E. Westlake stand alongside an impressive array of new talent. As Grafton writes in her introduction, “Nowhere is iniquity, wrongdoing, and reparation more satisfying to behold than in the well-crafted yarns spun by the writers represented here.” Already a bestseller in its first year, this year’s collection of The Best American Mystery Stories promises to keep readers intrigued and coming back for more.

Author: Sue Grafton
Published: 1998
Page Count: 345

Co-author: Otto Penzler

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