Authors: Ed Gorman, Martin Harry Greenberg (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg
ISBN-13: 9780312874797, ISBN-10: 0312874790
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
Date Published: September 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)
The World's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories, First Annual Edition finally fills the void for those with a hunger for the best mystery and suspense stories of the past year. Multi-awardwinning editor Ed Gorman has collected stories from the world over, to present more than 200,00 words of superlative fiction. These acclaimed writers, from both the United States and the British Isles, include:
Doug Allyn Lawrence Block Jeffery Deaver Loren D. Estleman J.A. Jance Ed McBain Marcia Muller Anne Perry Bill Pronzini Ian Rankin Jerry Sykes Donald E. Westlake and many others.
Just a few years ago, if anyone asked me if I enjoyed short stories, I would have responded with show me the character's depth or where's the plot. However, an E-mail cyber pal asked me if I read everything about a detective I had said was one of my favorites. My knee jerk response was yes, but that was not true because the character had appeared in a few anthologies. I decided to try an Ed Gorman edited anthology that included the sleuth and am now hooked for life. I can leisurely enjoy reading superb stories a few tales a night instead of my usual obsession to complete a novel (or two) in one sitting. I also meet new authors and characters in typically twenty to thirty pages, which sends me hustling to find other works by them. Mr. Gorman is much more than just an editor-writer. He is one of the grandmasters of putting together the right combination of stories into a collection that hook fans to want more works from his contributors. His latest effort The World's Finest Mystery And Crime Stories is as usual an excellent book that reads like an honor roll of the genre with such international notables as Block, McBain, Rankin, Hoch, and Oates, etc. There are forty entries varying in quality, but none are poor as Mr. Gorman always keeps the level of performance at the highest bars. The stories have an international flavor, varying in time and place. Jon L. Breen also provides an interesting perspective into what occurred to the genre in 1999. This collection is a winner by merit of the strong contributions.
The Year in Mystery and Crime Fiction: 2000 | 15 | |
A 2000 Yearbook of Crime and Mystery | 23 | |
World Mystery Report: Great Britain | 35 | |
World Mystery Report: Australia | 41 | |
World Mystery Report: Canada | 43 | |
World Mystery Report: Germany | 45 | |
The 2000 Short Story Edgar Awards | 47 | |
The Year 2000 in Mystery Fandom | 49 | |
Spinning | 55 | |
The Summer People | 79 | |
Afraid of the Dark | 93 | |
For All the Saints | 113 | |
Let's Get Lost | 125 | |
Under Suspicion | 137 | |
Childhood | 155 | |
Art & Craft | 175 | |
The Allotment | 187 | |
Twelve of the Little Buggers | 203 | |
Missing in Action | 215 | |
The Haggard Society | 231 | |
Scorpion's Kiss | 245 | |
Noble Causes | 259 | |
The Sleeping Detective | 273 | |
A Night in the Manchester Store | 287 | |
What Mr. McGrergor Saw | 303 | |
Delta Double-Deal | 317 | |
Three Nil | 333 | |
The Man in the Civil Suit | 345 | |
Black and White Memories | 353 | |
Nothing to Lose | 363 | |
Widower's Walk | 373 | |
Character Flaw | 395 | |
Golden Gate Bridge - A View from Below | 411 | |
Boo | 419 | |
Veterans | 433 | |
The Abbey Ghosts | 443 | |
The Country of the Blind | 471 | |
Happiness | 501 | |
The Confession | 515 | |
The Perfectionist | 521 | |
A Wall Too High | 535 | |
The Silence | 549 | |
The Big Bite | 575 | |
The Gathering of the Klan | 587 | |
When the Black Shadows Die | 603 | |
Rebirth (Cain and Abel) | 627 | |
Helena and the Babies | 633 | |
Old Soldiers | 643 | |
The Victim | 661 | |
The Poet of Pulp | 671 | |
Honorable Mentions | 685 | |
About the Editors | 687 |