The best American mystery stories 2 - Otto Penzler

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.

Otto Penzler is the owner of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and the founder of the Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books. He received an Edgar Award for The Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection and was honoured by the Mystery Writers of America 1994 with the Ellery Queen Award for his contributions in the publishing field.