Lee Child (ed.): The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 (UK 2010)

From the Publisher:
Featuring twenty of the year's standout crime short stories handpicked by one of the world's best thriller writers, Best American Mystery Stories 2010 showcases not only the very best of the crime genre, but the best of American writing full stop. Within its pages, literary legends rub shoulders with the hottest new talent. Contributors in the past have included James Lee Burke, Jeffrey Deaver, Michael Connelly, Alice Munro and Joyce Carol Oates. This year's guest editor is Lee Child, the creator of Jack Reacher and a simultaneous bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic.

Lee Child (ed.): The Best American Mystery Stories 2010. Corvus Books, ISBN: 9781848875739 (November, 2010), 368 p., £17.99.

Lee Child (ed.): The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 (USA 2010)

From the Publisher:
Best-selling novelist Lee Child edits this latest collection of the genre's finest from the past year. Featuring "gritty tales told with panache," this is a "must-read for anybody who cares about crime stories" (Booklist).

Introduction / Lee Child -- Charlie and the pirates / Gary Alexander -- The Emerald Coast / R. A. Allen -- An early Christmas / Doug Allyn -- Maynard / Mary Stewart Atwell -- Dredge / Matt Bell -- A jury of his peers / Jay Brandon -- Designer justice / Phyllis Cohen -- The cross-eyed bear / John Dufresne -- The case of Colonel Warburton's madness / Lyndsay Faye -- The first rule is / Gar Anthony Haywood -- Killing time / Jon Land -- Animal rescue / Dennis Lehane -- Tell me / Lynda Leidiger -- The house on Pine Terrace / Phillip Margolin -- Bias / Chris Muessig -- Bismarck rules / Albert Tucher -- Ed Luby's key club / Kurt Vonnegut -- Custom sets / Joseph Wallace -- The shipbreaker / Mike Wiecek -- Blood and dirt / Ryan Zimmerman.

Lee Child (ed.): The Best American Mystery Stories 2010. Mariner Books, ISBN: 9780547237466 (October, 2010), 402 p., $14.95.