{"product_id":"the-best-american-mystery-and-suspense-2021-a-collection-paperback","title":"The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021: A Collection - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteph Cha\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlafair Burke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteph Cha, a rising star who brings a fresh perspective as series editor, takes the helm of the new \u003cem\u003eThe \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBest American Mystery and Suspense\u003c\/em\u003e, with best-selling crime novelist Alafair Burke joining her as the first guest editor.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Crime writers, forgive the pun, are killing it right now creatively,\" writes guest editor Alafair Burke in her introduction. \"It was difficult--painful even--to narrow this year's Best American Mystery and Suspense to only twenty stories.\" Spanning from a mediocre spa in Florida, to New York's gritty East Village, to death row in Alabama, this collection reveals boundless suspense in small, quiet moments, offering startling twists in the least likely of places. From a powerful response to hateful bullying, to a fight for health care, to a gripping desperation to vote, these stories are equal parts shocking, devastating, and enthralling, revealing the tension pulsing through our everyday lives and affirming that mystery and suspense writing is better than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021includes \u003cbr\u003e JENNY BHATT- GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD- GABINO IGLESIAS- AYA DE LEÓN- LAURA LIPPMAN DELIA C. PITTS- ALEX SEGURA- FAYE SNOWDEN- LISA UNGER and others\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eALAFAIR BURKE is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author whose most recent novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Wife\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ex\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the Edgar Award for best novel. She also co-authors the bestselling Under Suspicion series with Mary Higgins Clark. A former prosecutor, she now teaches criminal law and lives in Manhattan and East Hampton. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e STEPH CHA is the author of the Juniper Song mystery series and \u003ci\u003eYour House Will Pay\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook Prize for Best Mystery\/Thriller and has been nominated for a Young Lions Fiction Award, a Macavity Award, a Lefty Award, a Barry Award, and a Dagger Award, as well as long-listed for the Aspen Prize. She's an editor and critic whose work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, USA Today, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, where she edited the noir section for almost five years. A native of the San Fernando Valley, she lives in Los Angeles with her family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.19 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53401422954861,"sku":"9780358525691","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/bkNVcFV6dm9ONGFjMGxEYXdHVnhZZz09.webp?v=1780463189","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-american-mystery-and-suspense-2021-a-collection-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}