The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2025

CONTENTS Foreword, Otto PenzlerIntroduction, John GrishamThe Golden Road, David AvalloneHome Game, Craig Faustus BuckUnder the Blackjack Tree, V.P. ChanderJamming at Jollies, Tracy FalenwolfeTotality, James HearnThe Art of Disappearance, April KellyEat My Moose, Erika KrouseThe Other Brother, Tom LarsenSame Old Song, Billie LivingstonOnly a Story, Kai LovelaceThe Secret Menu, Sean McCluskeyMister George, Richard McMahonDream Stuff, Lou ManfredoHer Dangerously Clever Hands, Karen OddenA New Weariness, Anna ScottiSnapshot, Shelagh SmithEffie’s Oasis, Casey StegmanThe Lost and the Lonely, Lamont A. TurnerRun and Gun, Joseph S. WalkerThrough Thick and Thin, Andrew Welsh-HugginsBonus Story: The Problem of Cell 13, Jacques FutrelleThe Best Mystery Stories of 2025 Honor Roll