Book Info
Name of Book : The Best Mystery Stories Of The Year 2021
Author : Lee Child & Otto Penzler
Publisher : Mysterious Press
Publication Date : 14 September 2021
No. of Pages : 451
Format : Audiobook
Why did I choose the book?
The Best Mystery Stories Of The Year 2021 by Lee Child & Otto Penzler was offered on Netgalley for a review. Who wants to miss a book edited by Lee Child and, that too with some good mystery stories.
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Author Introduction
Lee Child selects the 20 best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, and many more.Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international best seller Lee Child has selected the 20 most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume.
- 30 And Out - Doug Allyn
- Things That Follow - Jim Allyn
- Blest Be The Tie That Binds - Michael Bracken
- Harbor Lights - James Lee Burke
- The Locked Cabin - Martin Edwards
- Biloxi Bound - John Floyd
- That Which Is True - Jaqueline Freimor
- The Gift - Alison Gaylin
- If You Want Something Done Right - Sue Grafton
- The Sixth Decoy - Paul Kemprecos
- The Fifth Step - Stephen King
- The Client - Janice Law
- The Truth About Lucy - Dennis McFadden
- The Adventure Of The Home Office, Baby - David Marcum
- Heatwave - Tom Mead
- Requiem For A Homecoming - David Morrell
- Parole Hearing, California - Joyce Carol Oates
- Love & Other Crimes - Sara Peretsky
- Etta At The End Of The World - Joseph S. Walker
- The Path I Took - Andrew Welsh Higgins
- My Favorite Murder - Ambrose Bierce
Blurb
A collection of 20 Anthology stories with some award winning authors.
- 30 And Out - When a policeman is murdered, his subordinate investigates and spills some bitter secrets.
- Things That Follow - An ex-Army police veteran worries about being teamed with an unreliable partner
- Blest Be The Tie That Binds - A pastor takes some drastic steps to save his wife.
- Harbor Lights - A father and son's story amidst war.
- The Locked Cabin - A story of revenge with a twist.
- Biloxi Bound - Women take starring roles on the wrong side of the law.
- That Which Is True - Members of a Manhattan jury become crime victims.
- The Gift - A high profile actress revisits her past deeds.
- If You Want Something Done Right - A wife is horrified to find that her purse, containing notes about doing away with her husband, has fallen into the wrong hands.
- The Sixth Decoy - PI Aristotle Socarides as he investigates a theft and murder involving a billionaire recluse.
- The Fifth Step - A conversation between a man and a stranger reveals some gruesome secrets. Read it here.
- The Client - A Prim widow takes justice into her own hands years after the death of her husband.
- The Truth About Lucy - Dennis McFadden
- The Adventure Of The Home Office, Baby - A convincing Sherlock Holmes pastiche, masters the challenge of centering its plot on espionage rather than homicide.
- Heatwave - A mother hires a detective to search for her son.
- Requiem For A Homecoming - Two college friends reunite at the scene of a decades-old unsolved murder at their campus’s library in an effort to finally find the truth.
- Parole Hearing, California - An unsettling journey inside the mind of a murderer.
- Love & Other Crimes - A searing exploration of conspiracies.
- Etta At The End Of The World - A bond between two women who are strangers to each other.
- The Path I Took - A young man entranced with the Irish language.
- My Favorite Murder - A bitter tale of a man who revels in the sadistic murder of his uncle.
My Opinion
The Best Mystery Stories Of The Year 2021 by Lee Child & Otto Penzler is a classic collection of 20 Anthology Stories. Written by some award winning authors, the stories are some of the best mystery stories of this year. Although, all the stories are not of same level entertainer. My favorites are Requiem For A Homecoming by David Morrell, The Fifth Step by Stephen King, If You Want Something Done Right by Sue Grafton and The Locked Cabin by Martin Edwards. Also, there is a bonus story by Ambrose Bierce.
I would give 4 stars to the book. Thanks to Netgalley for giving me an opportunity to read and review the book.
Ratings
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