The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2026
By Megan Abbott and Steph Cha
Read by Megan Abbott, Cary Hite, Elizabeth Wiley, Janina Edwards, Graham Halstead, Joe Knezevich, Jennifer Jill Araya, Steph Cha, and Stephanie Németh-Parker
Unabridged
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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Available on 10/20/2026
ISBN: 9798228979444
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Available on 10/20/2026
ISBN: 9798228979451
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Available on 10/20/2026
ISBN: 9798228979437
| Category: | Fiction/Mystery & Detective |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Featuring multiple narrators, each story is brought vivdly to life.
“Crime fiction has always been outsider fiction, and this anthology, too, is a safe harbor for misfits and outcasts,” writes guest editor Megan Abbott. Full of wacky, peculiar, and eccentric characters, The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2026 features an enterprising dental hygienist who makes some extra money by collecting corpses for a funeral home, a sixth-grade girl who uses her competitive jump-roping skills to protect herself from looming danger, and a broke young car thief who falls for a married woman who entices him into a criminal act. From traditional and masterfully crafted whodunits to experimental tales, these stories will have chills running down your spine and your heart knocking in your chest.
THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE 2026 INCLUDES: D.C. BENNY • CHRISTOPHER BOLLEN • SARA GRAN • CHERYL A. HEAD • DAVID MORRELL • WANDA M. MORRIS • M.E. PROCTOR • ROB D. SMITH • PAUL TREMBLAY • AND OTHERS
Author
Author Bio: Megan Abbott
Megan Abbott is an Edgar Award–winning author of several novels and nonfiction and the 2019 recipient of the Pinckley Prize for Distinguished Body of Work. Her novel The Fever won the International Thriller Writers Award and Strand Critics Award for Best Novel and was chosen one of the best books of the year by Amazon, National Public Radio, the Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and the London Guardian, among others. Her stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. She received her PhD in English and American literature from New York University. She is a staff writer on HBO’s David Simon show, The Deuce.
Author Bio: Steph Cha
Steph Cha is the author of Your House Will Pay, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the California Book Award, and the Juniper Song crime trilogy.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Mystery & Detective |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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