The Best American Mystery Stories

The extraordinary success of The Best American Mystery Stories series comes as no surprise, given the power of the Best American brand and the talents and high profiles of its editors. This year, the best-selling suspense novelist Ed McBain has chosen twenty outstanding tales, worthy successors to contributions in past volumes by such notables as Mary Higgins Clark, Elmore Leonard, and Walter Mosley. The 1999 edition promises to be a spectacular showcase for the high quality and broad diversity of the year's finest suspense, crime, and mystery writing.