The Best American Mystery Stories 2003
Available now in paperback and hardcover in the USA and Canada.
Michael Connelly is the guest editor of this annual short story collection. Otto Penzler is the series editor. The anthology
marks its seventh year by featuring selections from all reaches of the genre. Michael Connelly has chosen work by mystery favorites as well as talented up-and-comers for a diverse collection sure to
thrill all readers. The contributing authors are Joyce Carol Oates, Scott Phillips, George Pelecanos, Walter Mosley, Robert McKee, Elmore Leonard, Brendan DuBois, Mike Doogan, Pete Dexter, James Crumley,
John Peyton Cooke, Christopher Cook, Christopher Chambers, Doug Allyn, O'Neill de Noux, Monica Wood, Scott Wolven, Hannah Tinti, Daniel Stashower, and Tyler Dilts.
"As guest editor Connelly says
in his introduction, if a novel is an SUV, a short story is a sports car. "I drove seven SUVs before I ever tried a sports car," he admits. "I found the difference amazing." Readers
should share that amazement."
— starred review from Publishers Weekly.
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