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Mystery Writers of America Presents The Mystery Box
Mystery Writers of America Presents The Mystery Box Author:Brad Meltzer (Editor) There's nothing more mysterious than a locked box. Whether it's a literal strongbox, an empty coffin, the inner workings of a scientist's mind, or an underground prison cell, there are those who will use any means necessary to unlock the secrets of... The Mystery Box. — With this anthology, bestselling author Brad Mel... more »tzer introduces twenty-one original stories from today's most prominent mystery writers. In Laura Lippman's "Waco 1982," a young reporter stuck with a seemingly mundane assignment on lost-and-found boxes unwittingly discovers a dark crime. In Joseph Finder's "Heirloom," a scheming neighbor frightens the new couple on the block with an unnerving tale of buried treasure. In R.L. Stine's "High Stakes," a man on his honeymoon gets drawn into a bizarre bet involving a coffin--a bet he may pay for with his life.
From the foothills of Mount Fuji to Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp, from a physics laboratory in wartime Leipzig to an unusual fitness club in Boca Raton, these sometimes terrifying, sometimes funny, and always suspenseful tales will keep you riveted to the page.
Introduction / by Brad Meltzer --
The amiable Miss Edith Montague / by Jan Burke --
Waco 1982 / by Laura Lippman --
War secrets / by Libby Fischer Hellmann --
The vly / by C.E. Lawrence --
Heirloom / by Joseph Finder --
The boca box / by James O. Born --
Mad blood / by S.W. Hubbard --
Dear Mr. Queen / by Joseph Goodrich --
The delivery / by R.T. Lawton --
Mokume gane / by Tom Rob Smith --
Angelina / by Mary Anne Kelly --
The remaining unknowns / by Tony Broadbent --
Double jeopardy / by Steve Berry --
The secret life of books / by Angela Gerst --
The very private detectress / by Catherine Mambretti --
The birdhouse / by Stephen Ross --
The honour of Dundee / by Charles Todd --
Hedge / by Jonathan Stone --
The Lunar Society / by Katherine Neville --
High stakes / by R.L. Stine --
Remmy Rothstein toes the line (annotated) / by Karin Slaughter« less