The Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories

The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition by Margaret Maron, Joseph Hansen, Mat Coward, Carole Nelson Douglas, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, Mark Timlin, F. Paul Wilson, Bruce Holland Rogers, Susan Dunlap, Jonathan Gash, Lawrence Block, George Alec Effinger, Tim Heald, Jeremiah Healy, Robert Bloch, Gillian Roberts, Doug Allyn, Jan Grape, Tony Hillerman, Barbara Collins, Billie Sue Mosiman, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Julian Rathbone, Ruth Rendell

The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Third Annual Edition

The Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories #1993

Margaret Maron, Joseph Hansen, Mat Coward, Carole Nelson Douglas, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, Mark Timlin, F. Paul Wilson, Bruce Holland Rogers, Susan Dunlap, Jonathan Gash, Lawrence Block, George Alec Effinger, Tim Heald, Jeremiah Healy, Robert Bloch, Gillian Roberts, Doug Allyn, Jan Grape, Tony Hillerman, Barbara Collins, Billie Sue Mosiman, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Julian Rathbone, Ruth Rendell

441 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

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The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition by Ian Rankin, Richard Chizmar, Ed Gorman, Carole Nelson Douglas, Sharyn McCrumb, Peter Lovesey, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, John Harvey, Lawrence Block, Anne Perry, William F. Nolan, Max Allan Collins, Joan Hess, Peter Crowther, Edward D. Hoch, Barbara Paul, Nancy Pickard, Jean B. Cooper, J.N. Williamson, Sara Paretsky, Julian Rathbone, Kathleen Dougherty, Susan B. Kelly, L.J. Washburn
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition
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Ian Rankin, Richard Chizmar, Ed Gorman, Carole Nelson Douglas, Sharyn McCrumb, Peter Lovesey, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, John Harvey, Lawrence Block, Anne Perry, William F. Nolan, Max Allan Collins, Joan Hess, Peter Crowther, Edward D. Hoch, Barbara Paul, Nancy Pickard, Jean B. Cooper, J.N. Williamson, Sara Paretsky, Julian Rathbone, Kathleen Dougherty, Susan B. Kelly, L.J. Washburn

The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition

The Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories #1995

Ian Rankin, Richard Chizmar, Ed Gorman, Carole Nelson Douglas, Sharyn McCrumb, Peter Lovesey, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, John Harvey, Lawrence Block, Anne Perry, William F. Nolan, Max Allan Collins, Joan Hess, Peter Crowther, Edward D. Hoch, Barbara Paul, Nancy Pickard, Jean B. Cooper, J.N. Williamson, Sara Paretsky, Julian Rathbone, Kathleen Dougherty, Susan B. Kelly, L.J. Washburn

394 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

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The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition by Reginald Hill, Brendan DuBois, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, Robert J. Randisi, Sam Pizzo, Maude Miller, David Corn, Anne Perry, S.J. Rozan, Ed McBain, Alan Russell, Joan Hess, Edward D. Hoch, Nancy Pickard, James Grady, Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Breen, Simon Brett, Sarah Shankman, Sara Paretsky, Walter Satterthwait, Donald E. Westlake, Monica Quill, David August, Ruth Rendell, Lia Matera, Susan B. Kelly, John Lutz

The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition

The Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories #1996

Reginald Hill, Brendan DuBois, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, Robert J. Randisi, Sam Pizzo, Maude Miller, David Corn, Anne Perry, S.J. Rozan, Ed McBain, Alan Russell, Joan Hess, Edward D. Hoch, Nancy Pickard, James Grady, Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Breen, Simon Brett, Sarah Shankman, Sara Paretsky, Walter Satterthwait, Donald E. Westlake, Monica Quill, David August, Ruth Rendell, Lia Matera, Susan B. Kelly, John Lutz

342 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

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The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition by Carolyn Wheat, Richard Chizmar, Reginald Hill, Ed Gorman, Melissa Mia Hall, D.A. McGuire, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, M.D. Lake, Edward Bryant, Carolyn G. Hart, John Harvey, Lawrence Block, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Deloris Forbes, Jeffery Deaver, Diane Mott Davidson, Nancy Pickard, Bill Crider, Jan Grape, Joyce Carol Oates, Walter Mosley, Simon Brett, Jerry Sykes, Donald E. Westlake, John Lutz

The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition

The Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories #1997

Carolyn Wheat, Richard Chizmar, Reginald Hill, Ed Gorman, Melissa Mia Hall, D.A. McGuire, Bill Pronzini, Marcia Muller, M.D. Lake, Edward Bryant, Carolyn G. Hart, John Harvey, Lawrence Block, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Deloris Forbes, Jeffery Deaver, Diane Mott Davidson, Nancy Pickard, Bill Crider, Jan Grape, Joyce Carol Oates, Walter Mosley, Simon Brett, Jerry Sykes, Donald E. Westlake, John Lutz

368 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

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By Hook or By Crook and 30 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year by Ed Gorman, Jim Fusilli, Ace Atkins, S.J. Rozan, Dana Cameron, Dennis Lehane, Max Allan Collins, Laura Lippman, Nancy Pickard, Elizabeth George, Luis Alberto Urrea

By Hook or By Crook and 30 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year

The Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories #2009

Ed Gorman, Jim Fusilli, Ace Atkins, S.J. Rozan, Dana Cameron, Dennis Lehane, Max Allan Collins, Laura Lippman, Nancy Pickard, Elizabeth George, Luis Alberto Urrea

600 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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