The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 7th Annual Edition - Ed Gorman, Mar...

Author and editor of Mystery Scene Ed Gorman, whose recent novel, The Day The Music Died, is a fascinating story of murder in small-town America, has chosen his Best of the Year for 1998, and there are some surprises among his choices. From top bestselling writers like Ed McBain and Tony Hillerman to lesser-known talents like Margaret Yorke and Daniel Woodrell, this is an eclectic mix of the finest mysteries published in 1998. Find out what Gorman picked, and catch up on the year's best in mystery.

Contents:

* Introduction by Jon L. Breen
* The Kneeling Soldier by Jeffrey Deaver
* Speak No Evil by Nancy Pickard
* Solo by Marcia Muller
* Psychofemmes by Melissa Mia Hall
* Blood Brothers by Richard T. Chizmar
* Ways to Kill a Cat by Simon Brett
* The Horseshoe Nail by Bill Pronzini
* Bird of Paradise by John Harvey
* A Front Row Seat by Jan Grape
* A Long and Happy Life by DeLoris Stanton Forbes
* Night Crawlers by John Lutz
* Remembrance by Carolyn G. Hart
* Tea for Two by M.D. Lake
* On the Psychiatrist's Couch by Reginald Hill
* The Easter Cat by Bill Crider
* Call Me Walt by Jerry Sykes
* Cold Turkey by Diane Mott Davidson
* Death Cup by Joyce Carol Oates
* Love Me for My Yellow hair Alone by Carolyn Wheat
* The Clock That Counts the Dead by Edward Bryant
* Take It Away by Donald E. Westlake
* The Man Who Beat the System by Stuart Kaminsky
* Keller on the Spot by Lawrence Block
* The House on the Edge by D.A. McGuire
* Crimson Shadow by Walter Mosley

Edited by: Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg.