{"product_id":"the-best-american-crime-writing-2003-edition-isbn-9780375713019","title":"The Best American Crime Writing: 2003 Edition","description":"This year’s worth of the most powerful, the most startling, the smartest and most astute, in short, the best crime journalism. Scouring hundreds of publications, Otto Penzler and Thomas H. Cook have created a remarkable compilation containing the best examples of the most current and vibrant of our literary traditions: crime reporting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluded in this volume are Maximillian Potter’s  “The Body Farm” from \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, a portrait of Murray Marks, who collects dead bodies and strews them around two acres of the University of Tennessee campus to study their decomposition in order to help solve crime; Jay Kirk’s \u003cbr\u003e “My Undertaker, My Pimp,” from \u003ci\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Mack Moore and his wife, Angel, switch from run-ning crooked funeral parlors to establishing a brothel; Skip Hollandsworth’s “The Day Treva Throneberry Disappeared” from \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, about the sudden disappearence of a teenager and the strange place she turned up; Lawrence Wright’s “The Counterterrorist” from \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of John O’Neill, the FBI agent who tracked Osama bin Laden for a decade—until he was killed when the World Trade Center collapsed. Intriguing, entertaining, and compelling reading, \u003cb\u003eBest American Crime Writing\u003c\/b\u003e has established itself as a much-anticipated annual. | “An artful mix of the political, the odd, the macabre, and the downright brilliant... The entire collection is an even mix of 'why didn't I clip that?' and 'how did I miss that?' Avid true-crime readers, take note.” –\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Compelling, well written . . . a riveting collection.” –\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Sunday Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jammed with good prose, fascinating stories and probing investigative work . . . all first rate. . . . ‘Best’ really belongs in the title.” –\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e | Thomas H. Cook is the author of eighteen books, including two works of true crime. His novels have been nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Macavity Award and the Dashiell Hammett Prize. \u003cb\u003eThe Chatham School Affair\u003c\/b\u003e won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel in 1996. His true crime book, \u003cb\u003eBlood Echoes\u003c\/b\u003e, was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1992, and his story “Fatherhood” won the Herodotus Prize in 1998 and was included in Best Mystery Stories of 1998, edited by Otto Penzler and Ed McBain. His works have been translated into fifteen languages. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOtto Penzler is the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. He was publisher of \u003ci\u003eThe Armchair Detective\u003c\/i\u003e, the founder of the Mysterious Press and the Armchair Detective Library, and created the publishing firm Otto Penzler Books. He is a recipient of an Edgar Award for \u003cb\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection\u003c\/b\u003e and the Ellery Queen Award by the Mystery Writers of America for his many contributions to the field. He is the series editor of \u003cb\u003eThe Best American Mystery Stories of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e. His other anthologies include \u003cb\u003eMurder for Love, Murder for Revenge, Murder and Obsession, The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time, \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century\u003c\/b\u003e. He wrote \u003cb\u003e101 Greatest Movies of Mystery \u0026amp; Suspense\u003c\/b\u003e. He lives in New York City. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Berendt is the author of \u003cb\u003eMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil \u003c\/b\u003ewhich spent four years on the New York Times Bestseller list. He has been the editor of \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and an \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e columnist. He lives in New York. | Guest Editor: John Berendt","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304703873253,"sku":"NP9780375713019","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375713019.jpg?v=1767738322","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-best-american-crime-writing-2003-edition-isbn-9780375713019","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}