01970cam a2200373 i 4500 330798094 TxAuBib 20151013120000.0 141211s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780544526754 0544526759 9780544638747 0544638743 YDXCP eng YDXCP rda BTCTA OCLCQ BDX TnLvILS SKYRV TxAuBib rda The best American mystery stories 2015 / edited and with an introduction by James Patterson ; Otto Penzler, series editor. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. ©2015. xv, 413 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier best American series, The "Mariner books.". In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, "I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that's the case, I've got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later." Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have the sharp tension, drama, and visceral emotion of an Oscar-worthy Hollywood production. Spanning the extremes of human behavior, The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 features characters that must make desperate choices: an imaginative bank-robbing couple, a vengeful high school shooter, a lovesick heiress who will do anything for her man, and many others in "these imaginative, rich, complex tales" worthy of big-screen treatment. 20151016. Detective and mystery stories, American. Detective and mystery stories, Canadian. Short stories, American. Short stories, Canadian. Patterson, James, 1947- Penzler, Otto. The best American series.