00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Patterson, James [Herausgeber] aut Verfasser/-in Penzler, Otto [Herausgeber] aut Verfasser/-in Allyn, Doug aut Verfasser/-in Lehane, Dennis Connelly, Michael Child, Lee Breland, Tomiko M. Bourelle, Andrew heiress mystery novel couple lovesick DESPERATION STORIES MYSTERY English characters Hollywood American Shelves high school shooter human behavior Englisch choices bank-robbing The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 Edited and with an Introduction by James Patterson ; Otto Penzler, Series Editor New York Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2015 ¬The¬ Best American Series In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, “I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that’s the case, I’ve 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 that must make desperate choices: an imaginative bank-robbing couple, a vengeful high school shooter, a lovesick heiress who will do anything for her man, and many others in “these imaginative, rich, complex tales” worthy of big-screen treatment. 9780544526754 9780544526754 0544526759 0544526759 eng 411 Seiten