بهترین داستان‌های جنایی و معمایی سال ۲۵

These collections of stories will inspire laughter, tears and reflection and each tale is told with a master's hand for character, plot, suspense and mood. The Year's 25 Finest Crime & Mystery Stories 2nd Annual Ed. (1993) Someday I’ll Plant More Walnut Trees—LAWRENCE BLOCK The Winfield Trade—JEREMIAH HEALY Liar’s Dice—BILL PRONZINI Long Live the Queen—RUTH RENDELL Lazy Susan—NANCY PICKARD A Hotel in Bucharest—ROBERT BARNARD The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown—PETER LOVESEY Secrets—JUNE THOMSON Whatever Has To Be Done—JAN GRAPE Stop, Thief!—BARBARA D’AMATO While She Was Out—EDWARD BRYANT True Faces—PAT CADIGAN The Perplexing Puzzle of the Perfidious Pigeon Poisoner—FROM THE MEMOIRS OF CHARLOTTE MacLEOD, DETECTIVE Cat Got Your Tongue—BARBARA COLLINS AND MAX ALLAN COLLINS The Last to Know—JOAN HESS The Man Who Loved Noir—LOREN D. ESTLEMAN Johnny Halloween—NORMAN PARTRIDGE The Maltese Double Cross—CAROLE NELSON DOUGLAS Benny’s Space—MARCIA MULLER Settled Score—SARA PARETSKY The Theft of the Barking Dog—EDWARD D. HOCH A Predatory Woman—SHARYN McCRUMB Wedding Bells—MICHAEL Z. LEWIN Proxime Accessit—REGINALD HILL The Wind from Midnight—ED GORMAN The stories by the mystery genre's best writers, such as Tony Hillerman, Lawrence Block, P. D James, Ruth Rendell and Ray Bradbury, are compiled into an anthology of twenty-five of the year's most suspenseful stories. Contents: * Introduction: The Mystery in 1992 by Jon L. Breen * Someday I'll Plant More Walnut Trees by Lawrence Block * The Winfield Trade by Jeremiah Healy * Liar's Dice by Bill Pronzini * Long Live the Queen by Ruth Rendell * Lazy Susan by Nancy Pickard * A Hotel in Bucharest by Robert Barnard * The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown by Peter Lovesey * Secrets by June Thomson * Whatever Has To Be Done by Jan Grape * Stop, Thief! by Barbara D'Amato * While She Was Out by Edward Bryant * True Faces by Pat Cadigan * The Perplexing Puzzle of the Perfidious Pigeon Poisoner by Charlotte MacLeod * Cat Got Your Tongue by Barbara Collins and Max Allan Collins * The Last to Know by Joan Hess * The Man Who Loved Noir by Loren D. Estleman * Johnny Halloween by Norman Partridge * The Maltese Double Cross by Carole Nelson Douglas * Benny's Space by Marcia Muller * Settled Score by Sara Paretsky * The Theft of the Barking Dog by Edward D. Hoch * A Predatory Woman by Sharyn McCrumb * Wedding Bells by Michael Z. Lewin * Proxime Accessit by Reginald Hill * The Wind from Midnight by Ed Gorman