The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 (The Best American Series ®)

& ldquo;With so many great authors contributing to this fiction collection ... it doesn & rsquo;t take detecting skills to discover the gem. And every story dazzles ... These stories, in prose both elegant and compelling, get to the heart of why people do what they do. & rdquo; & mdash; USA Today The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 will be selected by & ldquo;writing powerhouse & rdquo; (USA Today) Laura Lippman. With her popular Tess Monaghan series and her New York Times best-selling standalone novels, Lippman has greatly expanded the boundaries of modern mystery fiction and psychological suspense My heart is either broken -- Megan Abbott Collectors -- Daniel Alarcón Princess Anne -- Jim Allyn Snuff -- Jodi Angel Former marine -- Russell Banks Going across Jordan -- James Lee Burke Aida -- Patricia Engel The wrecker -- Ernest Finney I will follow you -- Roxane Gay Bush-Hammer finish -- Michelle Butler Hallett Small kingdoms -- Charlaine Harris Almost like Christmas -- Joseph Heller The covering storm -- David H. Ingram A good marriage -- Ed Kurtz Gauley season -- Matthew Neill Null Rough deeds -- Annie Proulx Pleasant Grove -- Scott Loring Sanders Festered wounds -- Nancy Pauline Simpson Satan's kingtom -- Dennis Tafoya Antarctica -- Laura Van Den Berg Contributor's notes -- Other distinguished mystery stories of 2014. A collection of top-selected mystery writing from the past year is culled from a variety of respected sources and offers insight into evolving genre trends.