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. Stories: GARY ALEXANDER – Charlie and the Pirates R. A. ALLEN – The Emerald Coast DOUG ALLYN – An Early Christmas MARY STEWART ATWELL -Maynard MATT BELL – Dredge JAY BRANDON – A Jury of His Peers PHYLLIS COHEN -Designer Justice JOHN DUFRESNE – The Cross-Eyed Bear LYNDSAY FAYE – The Case of Colonel Warburton’s Madness GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD – The First Rule Is JON LAND – Killing Time DENNIS LEHANE – Animal Rescue LYNDA LEIDIGER – Tell Me PHILLIP MARGOLIN -The House on Pine Terrace CHRIS MUESSIG – Bias ALBERT TUCHER – Bismarck Rules KURT VONNEGUT – Ed Luby’s Key Club JOSEPH WALLACE – Custom Sets MIKE WIECEK – The Shipbreaker RYAN ZIMMERMAN – Blood and Dirt