This is a state-of-the-art collection: the year's best crime writing, picked by one of the world's biggest crime writers. Featuring twenty of the year's standout crime short stories handpicked by one of the world's best thriller writers, "Best American Mystery Stories 2011" showcases not only the very best of the crime genre, but the best of American writing. Within its pages, literary legends rub shoulders with the hottest new talent. Contributors in the past have included Lee Child, James Lee Burke, Jeffery Deaver, Michael Connelly, Alice Munro and Joyce Carol Oates. This title is suitable for fans of Harlan Coben, American crime fiction, short stories, and anthologies.