The Best American Mystery Stories 2008

These stories are works of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents arc products of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

“Mist” is reprinted with the permission of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group from Jesus out to Sea: Stories try James Lee Burke. Copyright © 2007 by James Lee Burke. Originally appeared in the Southern Review.

Michael Connelly, “Mulholland Dive,” from L.A. Noir, Akashic Books, 2007. Copyright © 2007 by Michael Connelly. Reprinted by permission of Philip G. Spitzer Literary Agency, Inc.

Robert Ferrigno, “The Hour When the Ship Comes In,” from L.A. Noir, Akashic Books, 2007. Copyright © 2007 by Robert Ferrigno. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Chuck Hogan, “One Good One,” from Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, March/April 2007. Copyright © 2007 by Chuck Hogan. Reprinted by permission of Multimedia Threat, Inc.

Rupert Holmes, “The Monks of the Abbey Victoria,” from Dead Man’s Hand, edited by Otto Penzler, 2007, Harcourt. Copyright © 2007 by Rupert Holmes. Reprinted by permission of Rupert Holmes.

Holly Goddard Jones, “Proof of God,” from Epoch, Vol. 56, no. 1. 2007. Copyright © 2007 by Holly Goddard Jones. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Peter LaSalle, “Tunis and Time,” from Antioch Review, Winter 2007. Copyright © 2008 by Peter LaSalle. Reprinted by permission of Peter LaSalle.

Kyle Minor, “A Day Meant to Do Less,” from the Gettysburg Review, Summer 2007. Copyright © 2008 by Kyle Minor. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Alice Munro, “Child’s Play,” from Harper’s Magazine, February 2007. Copyright © 2007 by Alice Munro. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Thisbe Nissen, “Win’s Girl,” from Cincinnati Review, Winter 2007. Copyright © 2007 by Thisbe Nissen. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Joyce Carol Oates, “The Blind Man’s Sighted Daughters,” from Fiction, Fall/Winter 2007. Copyright © 2008 by Joyce Carol Oates/Ontario Review, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Ontario Review, Inc.

Nathan Oates, “The Empty House,” from the Antioch Review, Fall 2007. Copyright © 2007 by The Antioch Review, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the Editors.

Jas. R. Petrin, “Car Trouble,” from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, December 2007. Copyright © 2007 by Jas. R. Petrin. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Scott Phillips, “The Emerson, 1950,” from Murdaland, Issue #2. Copyright 2008 by Scott Phillips. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Stephen Rhodes, “At the Top of His Game,” from Wall Street Noir, Akashic Books. Copyright © 2008 by Tributary Intellectual Property Corp. LLC. Reprinted by permission of the author.

S. J. Rozan, “Hothouse,” from Bronx Noir. Copyright © 2007 by S. J. Rozan. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Hugh Sheehy, “The Invisibles,” from the Kenyon Review, Vol. 29, no. 4. Copyright © 2007 by Hugh Sheehy. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Elizabeth Strout, “A Different Road,” from Tin House, Vol. 8, no. 4. Copyright © 2007 by Elizabeth Strout. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Melissa Van Beck, “Given Her History,” from Porcupine Literary Arts Magazine, Vol. 10, no. 2. Copyright © 2007 by Melissa Van Beck. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Scott Wolven, “St. Gabriel,” from Expletive Deleted, Bleak House Books. Copyright © 2007 by Scott Wolven. Reprinted by permission of the author.