Otto Penzler

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OTTO PENZLER is a renowned mystery editor, publisher, columnist, and owner of New York’s The Mysterious Bookshop, the oldest and largest bookstore solely dedicated to mystery fiction. He has edited more than fifty crime-fiction anthologies. He lives in New York.

Golden Age Suspense Stories
Golden Age Christmas Mysteries
Golden Age Whodunits
Golden Age Bibliomysteries
Mark Twain's Medieval Romance
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette
The Best American Mystery Stories 2020
The Best American Mystery Stories 2019
The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan
Best American Mystery Stories
Best American Mystery Stories
The Best American Mystery Stories 2016
Best American Mystery Stories
The Case of the Baited Hook
Locked-Room Mysteries
Death Sentences
The Best American Mystery Stories 2014
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Nineteenth Century
The Best American Mystery Stories 2012
The Big Book of Ghost Stories
The Great Detectives
Zombies
The Best American Mystery Stories
The Best American Noir of the Century
Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!
The Best American Crime Reporting 2010
The Best American Mystery Stories 2010
Fangs
Agents of Treachery
The Lineup
Murder at the Foul Line
The Best American Mystery Stories 2009
The Best American Mystery Stories
The Best American Crime Reporting 2008
Dead Man's Hand
The Best American Mystery Stories
The Best American Mystery Stories 2006
Murder in the Rough
Murder at the Racetrack
The Best American Mystery Stories 2005
Dangerous Women
The Best American Mystery Stories 2004
The Best American Mystery Stories
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002
The Best American Mystery Stories
Murder Is My Racquet
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century
The Best American Mystery Stories
The Best American Mystery Stories
Murder for Love
Murder for Revenge
The Best American Mystery Stories 1998

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Odor of Violets
Dead Man Inside
Penguin Pool Murder
The Siamese Twin Mystery

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Dashiell Hammett
The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories
The Best American Mystery Stories

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The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito
Sandbar Sinister
Cats Don't Need Coffins
Obelists En Route
The Three Coffins
The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players
The Case of the Rolling Bones
The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe
Scarlet Circle
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette
Against the Law
Odor of Violets
Dead Man Inside
Murder on "B" Deck
Misadventures of Nero Wolfe
Mad Hatter Mystery
Case of the Baker Street Irregulars
Haunted Lady
The Case of the Careless Kitten
The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan
Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s
Puzzle for Fools
The Case of the Constant Suicides
Home Sweet Homicide
The Fellowship of the Frog
Taste for Honey
Death on the Aisle
The Ringer
The Tragedy of Y
The Tragedy of X
Obelists Fly High
The Just Men of Cordova
Cask
The Fourth Plague
Pit-Prop Syndicate
The Case of the Baited Hook
The Eight Strokes of the Clock
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
The People of the River
Sanders of the River
Red Masquerade
False Faces
Alias the Lone Wolf
Again the Three Just Men
Tutt and Mr. Tutt
The D.A. Calls It Murder
Yellow Room
Wall
Door
Red Lamp
The So Blue Marble
The Fallen Sparrow
813
The Canary Murder Case
Penguin Pool Murder
Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan
John Thorndyke's Cases
The Chinese Orange Mystery
The Egyptian Cross Mystery
The Siamese Twin Mystery
The Dutch Shoe Mystery
The American Gun Mystery
The Best Crime Stories Ever Told
The Best Crime Stories Ever Told
The Return of Moriarty
Death from a Top Hat
The Greene Murder Case
The Crimson Circle
Unsuspected
The Body Snatcher
Molly Maguires and the Detectives
The Man in Lower Ten
The Queen of Hearts
Lone Wolf
The Exploits of Arsène Lupin
The Singing Bone
Black Camel
House Without a Key
His Last Bow
Middle Temple Murder
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Expressman and the Detective
The Wisdom of Father Brown
Raffles
The Angel of Terror
The After House
The Circular Staircase
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern
The Four Just Men
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
The Cape Cod Mystery
The Old Man in the Corner
The Council of Justice
The Eye of Osiris
The Confessions of Arsene Lupin
The Golden Triangle
The Hollow Needle
The Law and the Lady
The Wrong Box

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The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2026
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2026
Christmas Mysteries at The Mysterious Bookshop
Golden Age Suspense Stories
The Best True Crime Stories of the Year 2025
Christmas Crimes at The Mysterious Bookshop
Best Crime Stories of the Year
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year
Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year
48 Clues into the Disappearance of My Sister
Spillane
Best Crime Stories of the Year
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year
Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries
It Could Be Anyone
Bibliomysteries
The Left-Handed Twin
The Greatest Russian Stories of Crime and Suspense
The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries
The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries
The Best Mystery Stories of the Year
Best Crime Stories of the Year
Golden Age Detective Stories
The Big Book of Espionage
Waltz into Darkness
The Big Book of Reel Murders
The Big Book of Female Detectives
The Big Book of Rogues and Villains
Jack the Ripper
The Big Book of Jack the Ripper
The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories
Sherlock
Best American Mystery Stories
The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries
Death Sentences
Murder by an Aristocrat
The Best American Mystery Stories
Best of the Best American Mystery Stories
The Bigger They Come
The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries
The Best American Mystery Stories
The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries
Album
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Mark Twain's Medieval Romance
The Best American Mystery Stories 2012
Greatest Russian Stories of Crime and Suspense
Greatest Russian Stories of Crime and Suspense
In Pursuit of Spenser
In Pursuit of Spenser
The Best American Mystery Stories 2011
The Best American Mystery Stories
At the Mysterious Bookshop
The Best American Noir of the Century
The Big Book of Adventure Stories
Coffins
The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories
The Best American Crime Writing
Agents of Treachery
The Lineup
The Best American Mystery Stories 2009
The Vampire Archives
The Best American Crime Writing 2005
Best American Crime Writing
Black Noir
The Best American Mystery Stories
The Best American Crime Reporting 2008
Uncertain Endings
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps
Dead Man's Hand
Flesh & Blood
Murder in the Rough
Murder at the Racetrack
The Best American Mystery Stories 2005
Dangerous Women
The Best American Crime Writing
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002
Murder & Obsession