The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, a volume in The Best American Mystery Stories series, was edited by guest editor Robert B. Parker with Otto Penzler.Parker, Robert B. and Otto Penzler(editors), The Best American Mystery Stories 1997, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. The series editor chooses about fifty article candidates, from which the guest editor picks 20 or so for publication; the remaining runner-up articles listed in the appendix.
Mystery Stories included Author Story SourceDoug Allyn "Blind Lemon" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery MagazineJames Crumley "Hot Springs" Murder for LoveJeffery Deaver "The Weekender" Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery MagazineBrendan DuBois "The Dark Snow" PlayboyElizabeth George "The Surprise of His Life" Women on the CaseJeremiah Healy "Eyes That Never Meet" Unusual Suspects "Another Tented Evening" Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazinePat Jordan "The Mark" PlayboyJonathan Kellerman "The Things We Do for Love" Murder for LoveAndrew Klavan "Lou Monahan, County Prosecutor" Guilty as ChargedElmore Leonard "Karen Makes Out" Murder for LoveMichael Malone "Red Clay" Murder for LoveMabel Maney "Mrs. Feeley is Quite Mad" Out for More Blood: Tales of Malice and Retaliation by WomenJoyce Carol Oates "Will You Always Love Me?" Will You Always Love Me? And Other StoriesGeorge Pelecanos "When You're Hungry" Unusual SuspectsS. J. Rozan "Hoops" Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineAllen Steele "Doblin's Lecture" Private WritingsBrad Watson "Kindred Spirits" Last Days of the Dog-MenJohn Weisman "There are Monsterim" Unusual SuspectsMonica Wood "Unlawful Contact" Manoa
Distinguished Mystery Stories of 1996 - listed in appendix Author Story SourceJan Adkins "Barratry" Unusual SuspectsJamie Andree "Wishing Ball" Fish Stories 2Jessica Auerbach "Police Report" Unusual SuspectsNikki Baker "Backlash" Night BitesRon Carlson "On Killymoon" Quarterly WestWilliam J. Caunitz "Dying Time" Murder for LoveDavid Corn "My Murder" Unusual SuspectsDorothy Salisbury Davis "Miles to Go" Women on the CaseJacqueline Freimor "The B Rules" Murderous IntentEd Gorman "Famous Blue Raincoat" Cemetery DanceJames Grady "Kiss the Sky" Unusual SuspectsPaul Griner "Boxes" PlayboyRick Hautala "Hitman" Night ScreamsEdward D. Hoch "The Problem of the Enormous Owl" Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineClark Howard "The Banzai Pipeline" Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineRonald Kelly "Exit 85" Cemetery DanceLawrence Starling "Desire Lines" Legacies: StoriesJohn Lutz "Shock" Unusual SuspectsEd McBain "Running from Legs" Murder for LoveMarcia Muller "The Holes in the System" Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineAlice Munro "The Love of a Good Woman" The New YorkerRobert Olmstead "Rolling Stones" The MidwesternerDonald Olson "The Stone House" Ellery Queen's Mystery MagazineLucius Shepard "Pizza Man" PlayboyJulie Smith "Strangers on a Plane" Unusual SuspectsDonald E. Westlake "The Burglar and the Whatsit" PlayboyCarolyn Wheat "Cruel and Unusual" Guilty as ChargedChet Williamson "Dr. Joe" Diagnosis Terminal'
See also The Best American Mystery Stories The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 The Best American Mystery Stories 2009
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