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The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year: 2022

By: Sara Paretsky - editor and introduction, Otto Penzler - series editor
Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May, Rachel Perry
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Sara Paretsky selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Michael Connelly, Jo Nesbo, Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, and more!

Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller and MWA Grandmaster Sara Paretsky has selected the twenty most puzzling, most thrilling, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume.

Includes stories by: Doug Allyn, Colin Barrett, Jerome Charyn, Michael Connelly, Susan Frith, Tom Larsen, Sean Marciniak, Stefon Mears, Kieth Lee Morris, Gwen Mullins, Jo Nesbo, Joyce Carol Oates, Annie Reed, Kristen Kathryn Rusch, Anna Scotti, Ginny Swart, Ellen Tremiti, Joseph S. Walker, Colson Whitehead, and Michael Wiley; plus a bonus vintage story from the annals of mystery fiction, written over a century in the past.

©2022 The Mysterious Press (P)2022 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books
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strong collection of storirs

I enjoyed most of these which were similar in quality to the 2021 edition and better than the 2020 compendium that I just read

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Not as good as previous anthologies

When I read Match Up I was excited to discover these collection from Mystery Writers existed. But I’m reluctant to buy more after reading The Mysterious Bookshop.

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Just average

So so! Average! Ok! Can’t think of enough more Ho hum words to meet the minimum.

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The authors political views are unnecessary

Some of the stories were good but the political comments from the authors aren’t necessary. Whatever your political views are; remember, half of America disagrees with you. So don’t turn off half of your audience, just keep your politics to yourself. Specifically the Sleigh Bells author, his comments were ridiculous.
Other than that, the stories were okay, not as enjoyable as the previous versions I’ve listened to.

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