Mystery Writers of America presents the mystery box / edited by Brad Meltzer.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Meltzer, Brad., Editor.

Mystery Writers of America.

Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detective and mystery stories, American.

Genre:

Mystery fiction.

Audiobooks

Physical Description:

11 audio discs (approximately 13 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Edition:

[Library ed.], unabridged.

Other Title:

Mystery box

Place of Publication:

[Ashland, OR] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., ℗2013.

Summary:

There's nothing more mysterious than a locked box. Whether it's a literal strongbox, an empty coffin, the inner workings of a scientist's mind, or an underground prison cell, there are those who will use any means necessary to unlock the secrets of The Mystery Box. With this anthology, bestselling author Brad Meltzer introduces twenty-one original stories from today's most prominent mystery writers. In Laura Lippman's "Waco 1982," a young reporter stuck with a seemingly mundane assignment on lost-and-found boxes unwittingly discovers a dark crime. In Joseph Finder's "Heirloom," a scheming neighbor frightens the new couple on the block with an unnerving tale of buried treasure. In R.L. Stine's "High Stakes," a man on his honeymoon gets drawn into a bizarre bet involving a coffin, a bet he may pay for with his life. From the foothills of Mount Fuji to Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp, from a physics laboratory in wartime Leipzig to an unusual fitness club in Boca Raton, these sometimes terrifying, sometimes funny, and always suspenseful tales will keep you riveted.

Contents:

Introduction / by Brad Meltzer

The amiable Miss Edith Montague / by Jan Burke

Waco 1982 / by Laura Lippman

War secrets / by Libby Fischer Hellmann

The vly / by C.E. Lawrence

Heirloom / by Joseph Finder

The boca box / by James O. Born

Mad blood / by S.W. Hubbard

Dear Mr. Queen / by Joseph Goodrich

The delivery / by R.T. Lawton

Mokume gane / by Tom Rob Smith

Angelina / by Mary Anne Kelly

The remaining unknowns / by Tony Broadbent

Double jeopardy / by Steve Berry

The secret life of books / by Angela Gerst

The very private detectress / by Catherine Mambretti

The bird house / by Stephen Ross

The honour of Dundee / by Charles Todd

Hedge / by Jonathan Stone

The Lunar Society / by Katherine Neville

High stakes / by R.L. Stine

Remmy Rothstein toes the line (annotated) / by Karin Slaughter.

Participant:

Read by various readers.

Notes:

Title from container.

Compact discs.

"Tracks Every 3 Minutes."

Duration: 13:30:00.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781470899615

1470899612

9781470899608

1470899604

OCLC:

832986544

Publisher Number:

Z7626 Blackstone Audio