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