The Best American Mystery Stories 1997
First edition
The Best American Mystery Stories 1997,[1][2] a volume in The Best American Mystery Stories series, was edited by guest editor Robert B. Parker with Otto Penzler.[3] The series editor chooses about fifty article candidates, from which the guest editor picks 20 or so for publication; the remaining runner-up articles listed in the appendix.
Mystery Stories included[]
| Author | Story | Source |
| "Blind Lemon" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine | |
| James Crumley | "Hot Springs" | |
| Jeffery Deaver | "The Weekender" | Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine |
| Brendan DuBois | "The Dark Snow" | Playboy |
| Elizabeth George | "The Surprise of His Life" | |
| "Eyes That Never Meet" | ||
| "Another Tented Evening" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine | |
| Pat Jordan | "The Mark" | Playboy |
| Jonathan Kellerman | "The Things We Do for Love" | |
| Andrew Klavan | "Lou Monahan, County Prosecutor" | Guilty as Charged |
| Elmore Leonard | "Karen Makes Out" | |
| Michael Malone | "Red Clay" | |
| Mabel Maney | "Mrs. Feeley is Quite Mad" | |
| Joyce Carol Oates | "Will You Always Love Me?" | |
| George Pelecanos | "When You're Hungry" | |
| S. J. Rozan | "Hoops" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| Allen Steele | "Doblin's Lecture" | |
| Brad Watson | "Kindred Spirits" | |
| "There are Monsterim" | ||
| "Unlawful Contact" | Manoa |
Distinguished Mystery Stories of 1996 - listed in appendix[]
| Author | Story | Source |
| "Barratry" | ||
| "Wishing Ball" | ||
| "Police Report" | ||
| Nikki Baker | "Backlash" | |
| Ron Carlson | "On Killymoon" | Quarterly West |
| "Dying Time" | Murder for Love | |
| David Corn | "My Murder" | |
| Dorothy Salisbury Davis | "Miles to Go" | |
| "The B Rules" | Murderous Intent | |
| Ed Gorman | "Famous Blue Raincoat" | Cemetery Dance |
| James Grady | "Kiss the Sky" | |
| "Boxes" | Playboy | |
| Rick Hautala | "Hitman" | Night Screams |
| Edward D. Hoch | "The Problem of the Enormous Owl" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| Clark Howard | "The Banzai Pipeline" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| Ronald Kelly | "Exit 85" | Cemetery Dance |
| "Desire Lines" | ||
| John Lutz | "Shock" | |
| Ed McBain | "Running from Legs" | |
| Marcia Muller | "The Holes in the System" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| Alice Munro | "The Love of a Good Woman" | The New Yorker |
| Robert Olmstead | "Rolling Stones" | |
| Donald Olson | "The Stone House" | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| Lucius Shepard | "Pizza Man" | Playboy |
| Julie Smith | "Strangers on a Plane" | |
| Donald E. Westlake | "The Burglar and the Whatsit" | Playboy |
| "Cruel and Unusual" | Guilty as Charged | |
| Chet Williamson | "Dr. Joe" | ' |
See also[]
- The Best American Mystery Stories
- The Best American Mystery Stories 1997
- The Best American Mystery Stories 1998
- The Best American Mystery Stories 2009
- The Best American Mystery Stories 2013
- The Best American Mystery Stories 2014
- The Best American Mystery Stories 2015
References[]
- ^ Krewson, John. ": The Best American Mystery Stories 1997". AUX. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- ^ "Kirkus Reviews".
- ^ Parker, Robert B. and Otto Penzler(editors), The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Categories:
- Best American series