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Mystery Writers of America Presents 'The Mystery Box'
Mystery Writers of America Presents 'The Mystery Box' Author:Mystery Writers of America [Collection Edited by Brad Meltzer] — [Read by Various Readers] — This collection of 21 original stories includes stories by New York Times bestselling authors Laura Lippman, Joseph Finder, and more. [R.L. Stine, Steve Berry, Tom Rob Smith, Jan Burke, James Born, Katherine Neville, Charles Todd, Karin Slaughter, and 11 more.] — There's nothing more... 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.« less