A review by bjerz
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century by Otto Penzler, Tony Hillerman

2.0

This is an enormous book filled with a whole lot of not very mysterious mysteries. There are some gems, by masters like Raymond Chandler and John D. MacDonald, and favorite authors like Sara Paretsky, but most of the stories are either dull or pretty creepy reads (there was even one by Stephen King). I did enjoy the story by Sue Grafton (of the "A is for..." series). It reminded me of the first time I read her, in Redbook magazine, about a million years ago. I did find one author, who was new to me, to be quite good: Michael Malone. His short story "Red Clay" while not really a mystery (at least to me) was well written and engrossing.