The year's twenty best American mystery stories in a collection that will delight mystery buffs and casual readers alike. The collection includes stories by Joyce Carol Oates, Russell Banks, T. Jefferson Parker and Thomas Lynch. Previous collections have been edited by: 1997 Robert B. Parker; 1998 Sue Grafton; 1999 Ed McBain. 2000 Donald Westlake.
- ISBN10 075284640X
- ISBN13 9780752846408
- Publish Date 17 April 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 May 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Orion
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 368
- Language English