false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg 3192707 2 Edited by George Pelecanos, best-selling author and writer for the hit HBO series The Wire, this year's collection promises to deliver the same stellar caliber of mystery stories that readers have come to expect from this series. "A must-read for anyone who cares about crime stories" (Booklist), the collection is filled with talented new voices and veterans of fine writing.<BR><BR>Contributors include James Lee Burke, Michael Connelly, Joyce Carol Oates,<BR>Alice Munro, and Scott Wolven. Contents: *Mist by James Lee Burke *Mulholland Drive by Michael Connelly *The Hour When the Ship Comes In by Robert Ferrigno *One Good One by Chuck Hogan *The Monks of the Abbey Victoria by Rupert Holmes *Proof of God by Holly Goddard Jones *Tunis and Time by Peter Lasalle *A Day Meant to Do Less by Kyle Minor *Child's Play by Alice Munro *Win's Girl by Thisbe Nissen *The Blind Man's Sighted Daughters by Joyce Carol Oates *The Empty House by Nathan Oates *Car Trouble by Jas. R. Petrin *The Emerson, 1950 by Scott Phillips *At the Top of His Game by Stephen Rhodes *Hothouse by S.J. Rozan *The Invisibles by Hugh Sheehy *A Different Road by Elizabeth Strout *Given Her History by Melissa Vanbeck *St. Gabriel by Scott Wolven 3225757 8 10 2008 The Best American Mystery Stories 2008 total:67|5:9|4:24|3:25|2:6|1:3| 67 231 137 27 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 2 3 false Sat Jan 10 17:39:40 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 19:42:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 5 0 false Mon Aug 10 12:08:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:15:37 -0700 2009
James Lee Burke's "Mist" is a real highlight, one of the few Hurricane Katrina stories I've ever read that ev...more...]]> 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 4 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun May 03 22:02:10 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 22:18:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 3 0 false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 12:27:46 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 22:24:59 -0700 2009
In all honesty, I found it a bit of a slog, but gave it three stars anyway for some stand-out stories.

Robert Ferrigno's "The...more...]]> 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 4 0 false Sun Nov 15 11:11:38 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 11:35:42 -0800 2009
Here are the...more...]]> 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 5 0 false Fri May 29 17:50:18 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 17:57:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 3 0 false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 11:49:25 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 06:18:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 3 0 false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 06:35:23 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 08:29:44 -0800 2009
In my opinion, they should call it "Some Good American Mystery Stories"....more...]]> 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 1 0 false Tue Sep 29 07:30:21 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 07:30:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 2 0 false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 14:13:22 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 09:28:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 5 1 false Thu Jun 04 00:35:26 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 00:36:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 3 0 false Wed Feb 18 08:04:40 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 09:04:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 2 0 false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 23 07:17:32 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 07:17:32 -0800 2009 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 17:24:07 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 17:26:04 -0800 2009 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 4 0 false Thu Dec 04 13:41:24 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 13:42:33 -0800 2008 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 4 0 false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jan 07 18:49:45 -0800 2009 Mon May 25 20:02:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 3 0 false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 14 20:45:22 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 08 11:03:25 -0800 2008 The Best American Mystery Stories is the literary equivalent of the Oreo cookie.

I just finished this and my feelings towards it are the same as any other Best American Short Stories series book: Some stories are...more...]]> 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 3 0 false Fri Aug 07 23:15:11 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 23:15:28 -0700 2009 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 4 0 false Wed May 13 05:10:40 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 05:11:04 -0700 2009 3192707 0618812679 9780618812677 66 27 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255649675m/3192707.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3192707.The_Best_American_Mystery_Stories_2008 0 0 false Mon Jun 01 02:23:03 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 02:23:03 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3192707