The Best American Mystery Stories 2008, ed. George Pelecanos & Otto Penzler (978-0618812677; Trade pbk; Houghton Mifflin, Oct 2008)

Foreword • ix
Introduction by George Pelecanos • xii

JAMES LEE BURKE
	Mist • 1
MICHAEL CONNELLY
	Mulholland Dive • 15
ROBERT FERRIGNO
	The Hour When the Ship Comes In • 29
CHUCK HOGAN
	One Good One • 38
RUPERT HOLMES
	The Monks of the Abbey Victoria • 53
HOLLY GODDARD JONES
	Proof of God • 74
PETER LaSALLE
	Tunis and Time • 102
KYLE MINOR
	A Day Meant to Do Less • 126
ALICE MUNRO
	Child's Play • 179
THISBE NISSEN
	Win's Girl • 208
JOYCE CAROL OATES
	The Blind Man's Sighted Daughters • 225
NATHAN OATES
	The Empty House • 246
JAS. R. PETRIN
	Car Trouble • 264
SCOTT PHILLIPS
	The Emerson, 1950 • 285
STEPHEN RHODES
	At the Top of His Game • 312
S. J. ROZAN
	Hothouse • 333
HUGH SHEEHY
	The Invisibles • 344
ELIZABETH STROUT
	A Different Road • 366
MELISSA VANBECK
	Given Her History • 384
SCOTT WOLVEN
	St. Gabriel • 398

Contributors' Notes • 411
Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2007 • 422