The Best American Mystery Stories 1997

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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.

AuthorStorySource
Doug Allyn"Blind Lemon"Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
James Crumley"Hot Springs"Murder for Love
Jeffery Deaver"The Weekender"Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Brendan DuBois"The Dark Snow"Playboy
Elizabeth George"The Surprise of His Life"Women on the Case
Jeremiah Healy"Eyes That Never Meet"Unusual Suspects
Melodie Johnson Howe"Another Tented Evening"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Pat Jordan"The Mark"Playboy
Jonathan Kellerman"The Things We Do for Love" Murder for Love
Andrew Klavan"Lou Monahan, County Prosecutor"Guilty as Charged
Elmore Leonard"Karen Makes Out"Murder for Love
Michael Malone"Red Clay"Murder for Love
Mabel Maney"Mrs. Feeley is Quite Mad"Out for More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by Women
Joyce Carol Oates"Will You Always Love Me?"Will You Always Love Me? And Other Stories
George Pelecanos"When You're Hungry"Unusual Suspects
S. J. Rozan"Hoops"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Allen Steele"Doblin's Lecture"Private Writings
Brad Watson"Kindred Spirits"Last Days of the Dog-Men
John Weisman"There are Monsterim"Unusual Suspects
Monica Wood"Unlawful Contact"Manoa

Distinguished Mystery Stories of 1996 - listed in appendix

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