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The Best American Mystery Stories 2007 (The Best American Mystery Stories)
by
Carl Hiaasen ,
Otto Penzler
The best-selling author Carl Hiaasen takes the reins for the eleventh edition of this series, featuring twenty of the past year The Best American Mystery Stories 2007 is a powerful collection certain to delight mystery aficionados and all lovers of great fiction.
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
October 10th 2007
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Best stories:
James Lee Burke: "A Season of Regret"
William Gay: "Where Will You Go When Your Skin Cannot Contain You?" (amazing)
Kent Meyers: "Rodney Valen's Second Life"
Jason Ockert: "Jakob Loomis"
John Sandofrd: "Lucy Had a List"
Scott Wolven: "Pinwheel" (This guy is always in here, and the story is always awesome)
James Lee Burke: "A Season of Regret"
William Gay: "Where Will You Go When Your Skin Cannot Contain You?" (amazing)
Kent Meyers: "Rodney Valen's Second Life"
Jason Ockert: "Jakob Loomis"
John Sandofrd: "Lucy Had a List"
Scott Wolven: "Pinwheel" (This guy is always in here, and the story is always awesome)
I love mystery stories but I've been a little disappointed in this series, which is heavy on graphic violence and macho protagonists. Some great ones in this collection but also some that left me with mental images I'd sooner not have. Are there really no great female authors in this genre besides Joyce Carol Oates?
A surprisingly excellent collection! There are familiar names from both the mystery and fiction genres (Louise Ehrdrich, Joyce Carol Oates, James Lee Burke) and unknowns, but the stories ae uniformly terrific. Highly recommended. I am not a big mystery fan, but this one really got me interested in the genre.
some hit and miss stories but on the whole, REALLY good. i think i only skipped 3 stories - good in my opinion. it's amazing how involving a short story can be and all the different ways authors choose to approach a story. dig!
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A great book of mystery and suspense short stories. Keeps you on your toes. A good read.
Really bad short stories. Well, to be fair, not all of them. But most of them. Whew.
I am a huge fan of short stories anthologies, i get three or four short story collections a year, but after gobbling them all up quickly, i turned to this mystery collection, which i saw on book store shelved but always passed them up, i bought it and gave it a try...
A lot of these stories involve horse racing tracks, and most of them take place in florida. It's good pulp reading if that's your thang. Of course i am scouring these anthologies for screenplay ideas. But none of these w...more
A lot of these stories involve horse racing tracks, and most of them take place in florida. It's good pulp reading if that's your thang. Of course i am scouring these anthologies for screenplay ideas. But none of these w...more
I didn't care for the story selection. There had to be better ones out there for 2007.
This well written collection of short stories include tales of murder, rape, blackmail, sociopaths, kidnapping, deception and betrayal. Stories unfold through the eyes of the victims, accomplices, children, innocent bystanders and the murderers themselves. Because of the variety of characters, each story comes off as unique and fresh.
It's the perfect book to keep around when you feel like a good mystery but don't want to devote a whole novel to one.
I suppose like any of these collections, this one is a mixed bag. Some top notch stories--including those by Louise Erdrich, Robert Knightly, James Lee Burke, and Laura Lippman. But the alphabetical organization makes for some odd pairings, and I think the first half of the book is weaker than the second. I don't think I'll be keeping this one, so if anyone wants my copy, it's up for grabs.
Margaret Sankey
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Just keeping up with the periodicals I don't have time (or subscriptions) to read throughout the year.
This was more of a 3.5 than a 3, but not *quite* a 4. Some very fun stories and I enjoyed reading the entire thing, it was just a bit fluffy in places. Some really top-notch stories are included by some old masters.
This is such a great collection of short stories. There wasn't a stinker in the bunch and I have found new authors I'd like to read more of. I look forward to revisiting these stories in the future.
I'm kind of pissed off that there are novel excerpts in here. It's supposed to be shorts. Novel excerpts shouldn't count.
There were a few good stories in here, but Hiaasen seems to equate "good mystery" with "excessive violence."
Tara
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My mother got me this (and the Best American Short Stories) for Christmas last year. Should be good. :)
A solid, often excellent anthology co-edited by one of my favorite crime writers, Carl Hiaasen.
Jenna
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the stories are okay I guess some good some okay some great.
great stories with immediate gratification.
Mike
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Nifty stuff.
Kersten
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Carl was born and raised in Florida. After graduating from the University of Florida, he began writing for the Miami Herald. As a journalist and author, Carl has spend most of his life advocating the protection of the Florida Everglades. He and his family still live southern Florida.
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