A review by verumsolum
The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 by Steph Cha, Alafair Burke

4.0

Before reading this year’s edition, I was not a fan of this series. After either my first or second year reading it, I gave up on it. I felt like the definition that the series editor was using didn’t fit what I look for from mysteries: I think his definition would work better for an anthology with “crime fiction” in its title. I don’t know why he has moved on and the series has a revised title this year, but the stories really clicked with me! I don’t know how much is the tweaked definition and how much is this year’s guest editor, but I expect I’ll be giving this one a try again in 2022 to find out!