Foreword
Introduction
Louis Bayard
BANANA TRIANGLE SIX
from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Andrew Bourelle
Y IS FOR YANGCHUAN LIZARD
from D Is for Dinosaur
T. C. Boyle
THE DESIGNEE
from The Iowa Review
Michael Bracken
SMOKED
from Noir at the Salad Bar
James Lee Burke
THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE
from The Southern Review
Lee Child
TOO MUCH TIME
from No Middle Name
Michael Connelly
THE THIRD PANEL
from Alive in Shape and Color
John M. Floyd
GUN WORK
from Coast to Coast
David Edgerley Gates
CABIN FEVER
from Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
Charlaine Harris
SMALL SIGNS
from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Rob Hart
TAKEOUT
from Mystery Tribune
David H. Hendrickson
DEATH IN THE SERENGETI
from Fiction River
Andrew Klavan
ALL OUR YESTERDAYS
from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Martin Limón
PX CHRISTMAS
from The Usual Santas
Paul D. Marks
WINDWARD
from Coast to Coast
Joyce Carol Oates
PHANTOMWISE: 1972
from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Alan Orloff
RULE NUMBER ONE
from Snowbound
William Dylan Powell
THE APEX PREDATOR
From Switchblade
Scott Loring Sanders
WAITING ON JOE
from Shooting Creek and Other Stories
Brian Silverman
BREADFRUIT
from Mystery Tribune
Contributors’ Notes
Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2017
Read More from the Best American Series
About the Editors
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