Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025; Edited by Don Winslow Book cover type:Paperback a place to feel safe

a place to feel safe when we shut the door

the creative process

when rustlers have given way to drug-runners and small towns have become free-fire zones

* Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List Selection * As Seen on the TODAY Show * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year * New York Public Library Best Book of the Year * An Indie Next List Selection *

and even a flop

Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025; Edited by Don Winslow Book cover type:Paperback a place to feel safeWhile a single sentence can turn a novel, a single word can turn a short story, writes guest editor Don Winslow. The pieces featured in this collection hinge on those small, exacting moments that shock, spook, delight, and change a story entirely. A disgraced ex cop approaches a crossroads with his ex wife and new neighbor, pistol in hand; an ill advised acid trip reveals the dark side of a twisted friendship; a hardened hit man struggles with his