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Almost all examples of mystery fiction focus on the investigation of one or more crimes and thus fall within the broader field of crime fiction. Authors of crime fiction in which mystery investigation and solution are nongermane (e.g., The Godfather , The Postman Always Rings Twice ) should be named only in the appropriate category, Category ...
The Best American Mystery and Suspense is an annual anthology of North American mystery and thriller stories. Prior to 2021, its title was The Best American Mystery Stories and it was published by Houghton Mifflin through the year 2017. It has been part of The Best American Series since 1997, it is published by Mariner Books, an imprint of ...
The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [3] Nigerian academic Ainehi Edoro criticized the lack of literature by African authors and the predominance of American literature on the list and called the list "an act of cultural erasure". [4]
The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time is a list published in book form in 1990 by the British-based Crime Writers' Association. [1] [2] Five years later, the Mystery Writers of America published a similar list titled The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time. [3] [4] Many titles can be found in both lists. [3]
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Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is an American writer of detective fiction.He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. [1]
Thomas H. Cook (born September 19, 1947) is an American author, whose 1996 novel The Chatham School Affair received an Edgar award from the Mystery Writers of America. [ 1 ] Biography
Haunted Ground was also named by Book-Of-The-Month Club and Booklist as one of the best crime novels of 2003, and has been translated into ten foreign languages. Lake of Sorrows (Scribner, 2004) was shortlisted for a Minnesota Book Award , and False Mermaid (Scribner, 2010) was named by Booklist as one of the Top Ten Crime Novels of 2010. [ 4 ]