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The Best American
Mystery Stories 2012

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Edited by best-selling novelist Robert Crais, creator of the critically acclaimed Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series, this year’s mustread mystery collection includes stories from Peter Beagle, Kathleen Ford, Mary Gaitskill, Lou Manfredo, Thomas McGuane, T. Jefferson Parker, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Harry Shannon, Charles Todd, Daniel Woodrell, and more.

 

Contents

Foreword

Introduction by Robert Crais

TOM ANDES
The Hit

PETER S. BEAGLE
The Bridge Partner

K.L. COOK
Filament

JASON DEYOUNG
The Funeral Bill

JOE DONNELLY AND HARRY SHANNON
Fifty Minutes

KATHLEEN FORD
Man on the Run

MARY GAITSKILL
The Other Place

JESSE GOOLSBY
Safety

KATHERINE L. HESTER
Trafficking

LOU MANFREDO
Soul Anatomy

THOMAS MCGUANE
The Good Samaritan

NATHAN OATES
Looking for Service

GINA PAOLI
Dog on a Cow

T. JEFFERSON PARKER
Vic Primeval

THOMAS J. RICE
Hard Truths

KRISTINE KATHRYN RUSCH
Local Knowledge

LONES SEIBER
Icarus

CHARLES TODD
Trafalgar

TIM L. WILLIAMS
Half-Lives

DANIEL WOODRELL
Returning the River

 

Contributors’ Notes

Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2011

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A-B
Bill, Frank The Old Mechanic Crimes in Southern Indiana, by Frank Bill (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) Celizic, Joe
C-D
Coupe, Carla The Book of Tobit Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, no. 6 Fisher, Eve
Coupe, Carla A Time to Mourn Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, January/February
E-F
Floyd, John Turnaround Strand Magazine, no. 35
G-H
George, Kathleen Intruder Pittsburgh Noir, ed. Kathleen George (Akashic)
Hanstein, Woody Endgame Dead Calm: Best New England Crime Stories 2012, eds. Mark Ammons, Katherine Fast, Barbara Ross, and Leslie Wheeler (Level Best)
Hastings, William Ten-Year Plan Cape Cod Noir, ed. David L. Ulin (Akashic)
Heathcock, Alan The Daughter Volt, by Alan Heathcock (Graywolf)
I-J
K-L
Landers, Scott The Age of Heroes New England Review 31, no. 2
Law, Janice Enemies Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, May
M-N
Margolin, Phillip, And Jerry Margolin The Adventure of the Purloined Paget A Study in Scarlet, ed. Laurie R. King
Mattson, Joseph Hamm’s Toe Slake: Los Angeles, no. 3
O-P
Petrin, Jas. R. A New Pair of Pants Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, November
Pincus, Roger Convenience Fifth Wednesday Journal, Spring
Q-R
Rash, Ron The Trusty The New Yorker, May 23
S-T
Santlofer, Jonathan Lola New Jersey Noir, ed. Joyce Carol Oates (Akashic)
Simpson, Nancy Pauline The Coffin Factory Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, November
Smith, Gregory Blake Punishment Prairie Schooner, Spring
Steinhauer, Olen Start-Up Strand Magazine, June-September
Sullins, Jacob 12 Rounds Georgia Review, Summer
Taylor, Seth Ritalin Notre Dame Review, Summer/Fall
Terwilliger, Cam Cherry Town The Literary Review, Spring
Tremblay, Paul Nineteen Snapshots of Dennisport Cape Cod Noir, ed. David L. Ulin (Akashic)
U-V
Urbanski, Debbie The Move New England Review 32, no. 1
W-X
Waters, Don Espanola Georgia Review, Fall
Weingarden, Mark Agent Halverson Addresses the Space Coast Optimists Five Points 14, no. 2
Weinstein, Jacob Sager Golden Boy Popcorn Fiction, June
Woodington, John Camouflage The Sewanee Review, Fall
Y-Z
Zeltserman, Dave Emma Sue On Dangerous Ground: Stories of Western Noir, eds. Ed Gorman, Dave Zeltserman, and Martin H. Greenberg (Cemetery Dance)
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