Show the reader what the character thinks
about,
and then the reader will think about it, too.
- George V. Higgins.
- George V. Higgins.
Monday, June 15, 2026
Recommended reading - The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 (2001)
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The Best American Mystery Stories 2001
The Best
American Series.
Edited by
Lawrence Block and Otto Penzler.
ISBN-13: 978-0618124916
Foreword;
Introduction by Lawrence Block; Things that make your heart beat faster, by
Jennifer Anderson; Lobster night, by Russell Banks; Prison food, by Michael
Downs; In the zone, by Leslie Edgerton; Paperhanger, by William Gay; Book of
Kells, by Jeremiah Healy; Erie's last day, by Steve Hockensmith; Under
suspicion, by Clark Howard; Her Hollywood, by Michael Hyde; Family, by Dan
Leone; Blood sport, by Thomas Lynch; Carnie, by David Means; Tides, by Kent
Nelson; Girl with the blackened eye, by Joyce Carol Oates; Easy street, by T.
Jefferson Parker; Big bite, by Bill Pronzini; Missing in action, by Peter
Robinson; Face-lift, by Roxana Robinson; Big ranch, by John Salter; Push comes
to shove, by Nathan Walpow.
Since its
inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual
showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each
volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects
between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to
the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as
a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the
Best American series the most respected – and most popular – of its kind.
The Best
American Mystery Stories 2001 will thrill fans of all reached of the genre. The
legendary mystery writer Lawrence Block offer chilling tales from best-selling
writers as well as talented up-and-comers. Ranging from traditional detective
cases to psychological studies to atmospheric scene-setters, these stories
illustrate the variety and scope of styles, plots, and characters Block
admires. With Block as guest editor and a stellar roster of suspense veterans
and rising stars, the 2001 edition will delight mystery afficionados and all
lovers of great fiction.
Born on this day – Mary Ellis:
Mary Ellis
Actress
Singer
June 15, 1897 – January 30, 2003
Credits:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978); All the King's Horses (1935); Armchair Theatre (1961); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1957); Bella Donna (1934); Fatal Lady (1936); Frederic Chopin (1961); Glamorous Night (1937); Goodyear Playhouse (1957); Highlight: The Singing Cinema (1964); Hotel Imperial (1958); ITV Play of the Week (1961); ITV Television Playhouse (1959); Kate (1971); Paris in Spring (1935); Paris in Spring (1935); Saturday Playhouse (1958); Somerset Maugham Hour / Segment: The Voice of the Turtle (1960); The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960); The Astonished Heart (1950); The Browning Version (1949); The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1993); The First Mrs. Fraser (1950); The Magic Box (1951); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994); This Is Your Life (1994); Wednesday Theatre (1953).
Born on this day – Gloria Stroock:
Gloria Stroock
Actress
June 15, 1924 – May 5, 2024
Credits:
ABC
Afterschool Specials (1977); Archie Bunker's Place (1982); Armstrong Circle
Theatre (1950); Baretta (1978); Bill Slater Show (1950); Brando (2007); Captain
Video and His Video Rangers (1952); City in Fear (1980); Death Car on the
Freeway (1979); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); Holmes and Yoyo (1976); Kraft
Theatre (1948); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Kraft
Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955); Mama (1955); Martin Kane (1951);
McMillan & Wife (1974–1977); Missing Pieces (1991); Modern Romances (1955);
NBC Presents (1949); Newsstand Theatre (1952); No Easy Way (1996); Operation
Petticoat (1977–1978); Passions (1984); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955);
Rosetti and Ryan (1977); Seed of Innocence (1980); Spotlight (1954); Starlight
Theatre (1950); Studio One (1950–1955); The Competition (1980); The Day of the
Locust (1975); The Girls (1950); The Patricia Neal Story (1981); The Snoop
Sisters (1972); Uncommon Valor (1983); Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977).
Born on this day – William Newman:
William Newman
Actor
June
15, 1934 – May 27, 2015
Credits:
A Special
Friendship (1987); Act of Vengeance (1986); All-American Girl (1994); American
Playhouse (1989); Angel (2001); Angel Falls (1993); Beyond Belief: Fact or
Fiction / Segment: Charlie (1999); Billions for Boris (1985); Brown's Requiem
(1998); Brubaker (1980); Chattahoochee (1989); Chiefs (1983); Cover Me: Based
on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000); Days of Our Lives (2005); Dead Man's
Revenge (1994); Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992); Devil in the Flesh
2 (2000); Dharma & Greg (1999); Diagnosis Murder (1999); Dinner at Eight
(1989); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1995); Eerie, Indiana (1992); Fearless
(1993); For Love of the Game (1999); Funny Farm (1988); Goode Behavior (1996);
Hero (1992); Homefront (1992); Jury Duty (1995); Knots Landing (1992); L.A.
Doctors (1999); Leprechaun (1992); Love & War (1993); Loving (1985); Mad
About You (1993); Matlock (1991); Monkey Shines (1988); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993);
My Name Is Earl (2006); No Easy Way (1996); One Life to Live (1983); Party of
Five (1997); Philly (2001); Picket Fences (1993); Pie in the Sky (1995); Pig
Sty (1995); Playing for Keeps (1986); Popular (2001); Ryan's Hope (1979); Santa
with Muscles (1996); Shadow: Dead Riot (2006); Silver Bullet (1985); Something
Wilder (1995); Squirm (1976); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991); That's
Adequate (1989); The Craft (1996); The Drew Carey Show (1996); The King of
Queens (1999); The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986); The Mosquito
Coast (1986); The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988); The Odd Couple: Together Again
(1993); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); The Serpent and the Rainbow
(1988); The Stand (1994); The Tick (2001–2002); Tom and Huck (1995); Touch
(1997); VR.5 (1995); Women of the House (1995); Wounded Heart (1995).
Born on this day – Belinda Lee:
Belinda Lee
Actress
June 15, 1935 – March 12, 1961
Credits:
Blackout
(1954); Blood Feud (1961); Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca (1959); Cabaret du
soir (1958); Ce corps tant désiré (1959); Constantine and the Cross (1961);
Dangerous Exile (1957); Der Satan lockt mit Liebe (1960); Elephant Gun (1958);
Eyewitness (1956); Family Affair (1954); Film Fanfare (1956); Footsteps in the
Fog (1955); Full Screen Ahead (1957); Ghosts of Rome (1961); Goddess of Love
(1957); It Happened in '43 (1960); Joseph and His Brethren (1961); Love, the
Italian Way (1960); Man of the Moment (1955); Marie of the Isles (1959); Meet
Mr. Callaghan (1954); Messalina (1960); Miracle in Soho (1957); No Smoking
(1955); Reflets de Cannes (1960); She Walks by Night (1959); The Belles of St.
Trinian's (1954); The Big Money (1956); The Case of Canary Jones (1954); The
Chasers (1959); The Gentle Touch (1956); The Nights of Lucretia Borgia (1959);
The Runaway Bus (1954); The Secret Place (1957); The Swindlers (1959); Who Done
It? (1956); Women of the World (1963); World by Night (1960).
Born on this day – Judy Pace:
Judy Pace
Actress
June 15, 1942 – March 11, 2026
Credits:
13 Frightened
Girls (1963); Batman (1966); Beauty and the Baller (2017); Bewitched (1966);
Beyond Westworld (1980); Brian's Song (1971); Caribe (1975); Cool Breeze
(1972); Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970); Days of Our Lives (1967); E! True
Hollywood Story (1999); ESPN SportsCentury (2000–2004); Frogs (1972); Good
Times (1975); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); I Spy (1966); Insight (1969); Ironside
(1974); It Takes Two (1969); Kung Fu (1974); Medical Center (1974); Mod Squad
(1968); My Friend Tony (1969); Oh, Nurse! (1972); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971);
Peyton Place (1968–1969); Players at the Poker Palace (2008); Profiles in
Courage (1965); Run for Your Life (1966); Sanford and Son (1974); Shaft (1973);
Soul (1968); Soul Train (1972); Soul! (1969); Sucker Free City (2004); Tarzan
(1968); That's My Mama (1974); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1980);
The Actor's Choice (2016–2021); The Curious Case of Curt Flood (2011); The
Divorce (2014); The Flying Nun (1967); The Fortune Cookie (1966); The Lee
Phillip Show (1972); The New Odd Couple (1982); The New People (1969); The
Oscar (1966); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1972); The Slams (1973); The Thomas Crown
Affair (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); The Young
Lawyers (1969–1971); Three in the Attic (1968); Unsung Hollywood (2015); Unsung
Presents: Best in Black (2023); Up in the Cellar (1970); What's Happening Now!
(1985); What's Happening!! (1977–1979).
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