The Best American Mystery Stories 2011, ed. Harlan Coben & Otto Penzler (978-0547553962; Trade pbk; Mariner Books; October 2011)


Foreword   •   ix
Introduction by Harlan Coben   •   xiii

BROCK ADAMS
	Audacious   •   1
ERIC BARNES
	Something Pretty, Something Beautiful   •   21
LAWRENCE BLOCK
	Clean Slate   •   39
DAVID CORBETT AND LUIS ALBERTO URREA
	Who Stole My Monkey?   •   64
BRENDAN DUBOIS
	Ride-Along   •   86
LOREN D. ESTLEMAN
	Sometimes a Hyena   •   100
BETH ANN FENNELLY AND TOM FRANKLIN
	What His Hands Had Been Waiting For   •   113
ERNEST J. FINNEY
	A Crime of Opportunity   •   127
ED GORMAN
	Flying Solo   •   143
JAMES GRADY
	Destiny City   •   160
CHRIS F. HOLM
	The Hitter   •   187
HARRY HUNSICKER
	West of Nowhere   •   215
RICHARD LANGE
	Baby Killer   •   231
JOE R. LANSDALE
	The Stars Are Falling   •   251
CHARLES McCARRY
	The End of the String   •   278
DENNIS McFADDEN
	Diamond Alley   •   320
CHRISTOPHER MERKNER
	Last Cottage   •   336
ANDREW RICONDA
	Heart Like a Balloon   •   349
S. J. ROZAN
	Chin Yong-Yun Takes a Case   •   369
MICKEY SPILLANE AND MAX ALLAN COLLINS
	A Long Time Dead   •   383

Contributors' Notes   •   399
Other Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2010   •   411