About “The Best American Mystery Stories 1997”
The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 is a collection in the Best American Mystery Stories series. It was edited by Robert B. Parker, with Otto Penzler serving as series editor. The series editor selects around fifty stories as candidates, and the guest editor chooses approximately twenty for inclusion in the volume. Additional stories that were not selected are listed in the appendix. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)