The Best American Mystery Stories 2007

“Stab” by Chris Adrian. First published in Zoetrope: All-Story, Summer 2006. Copyright © 2006 by Chris Adrian. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Solomon’s Alley” by Robert Andrews. First published in D. C. Noir, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by Robert Andrews. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Going, Going, Gone” by Peter Blauner. First published in Hard Boiled Brooklyn, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by Peter Blauner. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Keller’s Double Dribble” by Lawrence Block. First published in Murder at the Foul Line, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by Lawrence Block. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“T-Bird” by John Bond. First published in Miami Noir, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by John A. Bond, Inc. Reprinted by permission of John A. Bond for John A. Bond, Inc.

“A Season of Regret” by James Lee Burke. Reprinted with the permission of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group from Jesus Out to Sea: Stories by James Lee Burke. Copyright © 2007 by James Lee Burke. Originally appeared in Shenandoah, 56/3

“The Timing of Unfelt Smiles” by John Dufresne. First published in Miami Noir, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by John Dufresne. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Gleason” by Louise Erdrich. First published in The New Yorker, March 20, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by Louise Erdrich. Reprinted by permission of the Wylie Agency, Inc.

“Chellini’s Solution” by Jim Fusilli. First published in Mystery Writers of America Presents: Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by Jim Fusilli. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Where Will You Go When Your Skin Cannot Contain You?” by William Gay first appeared in Tin House magazine’s All Apologies issue, which came out in winter 2006. Copyright © 2006 by William Gay. Reprinted by permission of McCormick & Williams.

“Take The Man’s Pay” by Robert Knightly. First published in Manhattan Noir, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by 1013 Entertainment, LLC. Reprinted by permission of Akashic Books.

“One True Love” by Laura Lippman. First published in Mystery Writers of America Presents: Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by Laura Lippman. Reprinted by permission of Little, Brown.

“The Spot” by David Means. First published in The New Yorker, August 21, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by David Means. Reprinted by permission of the Wylie Agency, Inc.

“Rodney Valen’s Second Life” by Kent Meyers. First published in The Georgia Review, Fall/Winter 2006. Copyright © 2006 by Kent Meyers. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Meadowlands” by Joyce Carol Oates. First published in Murder at the Racetrack, 2006. Copyright © 2006 Ontario Review. Reprinted by permission of John Hawkins & Associates, Inc.

“Jakob Loomis” by Jason Ockert. First published in The Oxford American, Spring 2006, issue 53. Copyright © 2006 by Jason Ockert. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Queeny” by Ridley Pearson. First published in Mystery Writers of America America Presents: Death Do Us Part: New Stories about Love, Lust, and Murder, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by Ridley Pearson. Reprinted by permission of Writers House, LLC.

“Lucy Had a List” by John Camp (pseudo. Sandford). First published in Murder in the Rough, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by John Camp. Reprinted by permission of International Creative Management, Inc.

“The True History” by Brent Spencer. First published in Prairie Schooner, Summer 2006, vol. 80, no. 2. Copyright © 2006 by the University of Nebraska Press. Reprinted by permission of the University of Nebraska Press.

“Pinwheel” by Scott Wolven. First published in Murder at the Racetrack, 2006. Copyright © 2006 by Scott Wolven. Reprinted by permission of the author.