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The Best American Mystery Stories, 1998 (Best American Series)
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The Best American Mystery Stories, 1998 (Best American Series) Trade paperback - 1998

by Grafton, Sue (ed.)

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Bestselling 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 guest editor Sue 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".

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 345 pp. First printing. Light rubbing to the cover edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.
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  • Title The Best American Mystery Stories, 1998 (Best American Series)
  • Author Grafton, Sue (ed.)
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
  • Date 1998
  • Features Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 037556
  • ISBN 9780395835852 / 0395835852
  • Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.59 x 5.55 x 0.89 in (21.82 x 14.10 x 2.26 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery stories
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98641601
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

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.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 09/01/1998, Page 56