Best American Mystery Stories 2014

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. AUTHOR: Laura Lippman is the awardwinning author of eleven novels featuring Baltimore private detective Tess Monaghan, eight standalone novels, most recently After I'm Gone, and a short story collection. Otto Penzler is the founder of the Mysterious Bookshop and the Mysterious Press.

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