The Best American Mystery Stories 2018, edited by Louise Penny and Otto Penzler, features 20 previously published tales, including a handful from bestselling mystery novelists: James Lee Burke, Lee Child,

The theme of this 1,000+ page whopper is female detectives, and Otto Penzler serves up 74 short stories, novellas, and even a few comic strips, all smartly edited and introduced, stretching all the wa