Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024

<p><strong>A collection of the year's best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author S. A. Cosby author of</strong> <strong><em>Razorblade Tears </em>and series editor Steph Cha.</strong></p><p>In his introduction guest editor S. A. Cosby observes that writing short stories is a special skill that combines brevity with wit and cleverness and the hint of the existential malaise that imbues crime fiction with its gravitas. The stories in this col-lection overflow with gravitas in the most unexpected ways: a cryptic note left on a windshield a murder for hire meets a game of Mouse Trap a swipe right on a dating app goes horribly wrong. From an eleven-year-old drawn to the neighborhood spookhouse to a scholarship kid at an exclusive boarding school a nefarious Old West gunman to a Florida woman's struggle against both outer and inner demons the characters in <em>The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024</em> are haunted and haunting and wholly unforgettable. </p><p><em>The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024</em> includes MEGAN ABBOTT - ALYSSA COLE - TANANARIVE DUE - ABBY GENI - JORDAN HARPER - GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD -TONI LP KELNER - BOBBY MATHEWS - LISA UNGER - and others</p>