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020			_a9780063315815 (PB)
041			_aeng
080			_a82-3 _bUNG
100			_aUnger, Lisa (Ed.)
245			_aThe Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023
260			_bMariner Books _c2022 _aNew York
300			_axviii, 371p.
520			_aThis form has a special kind of magic, the ability to transport you quickly, intensely, to capture character, time, place, and story with immediacy,” writes guest editor Lisa Unger in her introduction. The transporting stories in this year’s The Best American Mystery and Suspense are populated by those who exist on the fringe of our society and want more than what life has dealt them: A haunted veteran turned career criminal is on the run. An injured fighter turned bouncer seeks vengeance for his lost love. An assassin on his last job finds himself questioning his life choices and breaks all the rules to understand his final victim. By turns thrilling and enlightening, each story, according to Unger, “will have you holding your breath, flipping the pages, will leave you thinking about people and why they do the dark, dangerous, frightening things that they do.
650			_aShort stories
650			_aSuspense Fiction
650			_aDetective and Mystery stories
690			_aGeneral
700			_aCha, Steph
942			_cBK
999			_c60284 _d60284