The Best American Mystery Stories 2015In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If thats the case, Ive got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later. Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have the sharp tension, drama, and visceral emotion of an Oscar worthy Hollywood production. Spanning the extremes of human behavior, The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 features characters

travel writer Poke Rafferty

And so in Ochsner's fable-like

Fires swept across the fields and coyotes came to the well in search of water

Fans have fallen for Kimberly’s easy confidence in the kitchen and effortless way she entertains

A Journey Within documents Olivia Fraser's acclaimed paintings over the last decade

With plenty of witchy magic and sparkle

Father-daughter duo Jeremy and Hermione Tankard are pleased to

more people begin to vanish

Book 3: Hiding in Montana by Laura Scott

author of The Drunken Botanist

to move closer to an understanding of what it is that matters most to each of them

where one false step could spell death