"[Most of] these stories are portraits, in styles ranging from sly to harrowing, of how crimes occurred If you like all your characters living at the end of a story, this may not be the book for you " -- from the introduction by Scott Turow Best-selling author Scott Turow takes the helm for the tenth edition of this annual, featuring twenty-one оеглц of the past year's most distinguished tales of mystery, crime, and suspense Elmore Leonard tells the tale of a young woman who's fled home with a convicted bank robber Walter Mosley describes an over-the-hill private detective and his new client, a woman named Karma C J Box explores the fate of two Czech immigrants stranded by the side of the road in Yellowstone Park Ed McBain begins his story on role-playing with the line "'Why don't we kill somebody?' she suggested " Wendy Hornsby tells of a wild motorcycle chase through the canyons outside Las Vegas Laura Lippman describes the "Crack Cocaine Diet " And James Lee Burke writes of a young boy who may have been a close friend of Bugsy Siegel As Scott Turow notes in his introduction, these stories are "about crime -- its commission, its aftermath, its anxieties, its effect on character " The Best American Mystery Stories 2006 is a powerful collection for all readers who enjoy fiction that deals with the extremes of human passion and its dark consequences.  Составитель:2006 г Мягкая обложка, 384 стр ISBN 0618517472.