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The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021
2021·451 pages
Lee Child curates 20 top mystery short stories of 2021, featuring suspenseful and confounding tales by Stephen King and others.
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Lee Child curates 20 top mystery short stories of 2021, featuring suspenseful and confounding tales by Stephen King and others.
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Lee Child selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, and many more. Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller Lee Child has selected the twenty most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume.
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Romance & sex
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Minor references to sexual themes possible in some stories. Sexual context: possible in crime-related plots.
Violence & gore
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Moderate violence likely in mystery plots; some graphic scenes possible.
Profanity
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Mild profanity expected in dialogue of some stories.
Substance use
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Minor alcohol or drug use likely in crime contexts.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Minor depictions of cruelty or suffering may occur in mysteries. Sexual context: possible in crime-related plots.
Other
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