"Under the auspices of New York City's legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller Lee Child has selected the twenty most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume."--Amazon

Foreword /

Otto Penzler --

Introduction /

Lee Child -- 30 and out / Doug Allyn -- Things that follow / Jim Allyn -- Blest be the tie that binds / Michael Bracken -- Harbor lights / James Lee Burke -- Locked cabin / Martin Edwards -- Biloxi bound / John Floyd -- That which is true / Jaqueline Freimor -- Gift / Alison Gaylin -- If you want something dne right... / Sue Grafton -- Sixth decoy / Paul Kemprecos -- Fifth step / Stephen King -- Client / Janice Law -- Truth about Lucy / Dennis McFadden -- Adventure of the home office, baby / David Marcum -- Heatwave / Tom Mead -- Requiem for a homecoming / David Morrell -- Parole hearing, California / Joyce Carol Oates -- Law & other crimes / Sare Paretsky -- Etta at the end of the world / Joseph S. Walker -- Path I took / Andrew Welsh-Higgins -- My favorite year / Ambrose Gwinnett Brice -- Best mystery stories 2021 honor roll