01884cam a2200373 i 4500 388156481 TxAuBib 20190731120000.0 141229s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780544638747 0544638743 (OCoLC)898910837 TxAuBib rda The best American mystery stories 2015 / edited and with an introduction by James Patterson ; Otto Penzler. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. ℗2015. xv, 413 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Best American Best American series In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, "I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that's the case, I've got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later." Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have the sharp tension, drama, and visceral emotion of an Oscar-worthy Hollywood production. Spanning the extremes of human behavior, this collection features characters that must make desperate choices: an imaginative bank-robbing couple, a vengeful high school shooter, a lovesick heiress who will do anything for her man, and many others in "these imaginative, rich, complex tales" worthy of big-screen treatment. 20190731. Short stories, American. Detective and mystery stories, American. Detective and mystery fiction. Short stories. Detective and mystery fiction. Patterson, James, 1947-, writer of introduction. Penzler, Otto,. Best American. Best American series.