The Baffle Book has started a craze. Will you join quietly, or must we use force?

Joyce Carol Oates on True Crime, Her Improbable Life, and Joan Didion www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...

Kind words from BookPage for Thomas Perry’s final novel, THE TREE OF LIGHT AND FLOWERS, out next month from Mysterious Press

Bookstores remain the number one destination for a snowy walk

Bookstores remain the number one destination for a snowy walk

Having read Raphael Montes’ Jantar Secreto *very slowly* in the original Portuguese, I’m excited to check out the new English translation, coming in August from Celadon

Having read Raphael Montes’ Jantar Secreto *very slowly* in the original Portuguese, I’m excited to check out the new English translation, coming in August from Celadon

I know people on here still hunger for pictures of snow in NYC so here’s one more… Open regular hours today (11-7)

ANNOUNCEMENT: Two anthologies by the International Thriller Writers—including stories by SA Cosby, Lee Child, Shari Lapena, Karin Slaughter, Gregg Hurwitz, Caroline Kepnes, and many more—to be published by Mysterious Press.

James Comey is that rare sort of mystery writer whose first book was solid and every book since has gotten better and better. Loved last year’s FDR Drive and now thoroughly enjoying his newest, RED VERDICT, coming in May.

Reminder that we are CLOSED today (Monday) because of the snow. Open tomorrow! Snowed in followers, what are you reading today?

We will be CLOSED tomorrow (2/23) in anticipation of the blizzard of the decade. See you Tuesday!

James Comey is that rare sort of mystery writer whose first book was solid and every book since has gotten better and better. Loved last year’s FDR Drive and now thoroughly enjoying his newest, RED VERDICT, coming in May.

Fun behind-the-scenes picture for RIDE THE PINK HORSE that I found in an issue of Screenland: Thomas Gomez, producer Joan Harrison, and Wanda Hendrix celebrate Robert Montgomery's birthday on set. #FilmNoirClub

Not just “a” mysterious bookshop; *The* Mysterious Bookshop!! And yes it is dreamy to work here…

We’re seeking a mysterious new bookseller to join our team! Details in the alt text…

Top 5 Best Literary Spy Novels as selected by Alex Preston: fivebooks.com/best-books/t...

“There are thirty-two ways to write a story,” Thompson once remarked, “and I’ve used every one. But there is only one plot—things are not as they seem.”

Robert Polito on Jim Thompson www.loa.org/news-and-vie...

Robert Duvall, who played Watson in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, has died. We have a conversation with Nicholas Meyer, BSI ("A Fine Morocco Case"), author of the book and the screenplay in which he tells the story about how Robert Duvall got the part of Dr. Watson:

That time FDR conceived of a mystery plot completed by S S Van Dine, Anthony Abbott, and others

Valentine’s memory of this Dashiell Hammett paperback inscribed to Lillian Hellman, which sold at auction back in 2019

Friday the 13th is a great excuse to visit your favorite mystery specialty bookstore. See what’s new: mailchi.mp/mysteriousbo...

Looks like Reginald Hill's wonderful Dalziel and Pascoe novels are getting a new television adaptation... deadline.com/2026/02/kerr...

Interesting bit of John Dickson Carr trivia from our friend Dan Napolitano

Friday the 13th is a great excuse to visit your favorite mystery specialty bookstore. See what’s new: mailchi.mp/mysteriousbo...

Enter our Goodreads giveaway for a chance to be one of the first to read Amy Bloom’s mystery debut, BLUNT INSTRUMENT: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Spent the morning doing research at the New York Society Library. Great mystery collection there!

Simon & Schuster had a nice feature about our publishing arm in their indie bookseller newsletter this morning...

Never seen this sci-fi novel by John D. MacDonald before

I’ll see you the JDM SF books & raise you his book about cats…

Never seen this sci-fi novel by John D. MacDonald before

Lawrence Block as a Bad Bunny (from the ASAP limited edition of Ronald Rabbit Is a Dirty Old Man)

The great Chester Himes and Griot, his beloved blue point Siamese, named "after the magicians in the courts of West African kings." Himes also said that if he stayed away too long, Griot would wreck his studio and chew up his books. #Caturday

Devastating video accompanying this article 😭

A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."

In celebration of this wonderful STARRED Publishers Weekly review for Joseph Moldover's TO THE END OF RECKONING, we're opening the Netgalley page to all users for a limited time. Get an early look here: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

In celebration of this wonderful STARRED Publishers Weekly review for Joseph Moldover's TO THE END OF RECKONING, we're opening the Netgalley page to all users for a limited time. Get an early look here: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Otto Penzler is on the cover of this month's issue of KILLER NASHVILLE. Read the cover story interview here: www.killernashville.com/interviews/c...

[Robert McGinniss was BOTD a century ago, to paint movie posters and a million paperback covers. Also, barn cats. He lived to be 99, and kept working.]

Friends in bookselling, be aware that starting today our Penzler Publishers books (Mysterious Press, American Mystery Classics, Crime Ink) are now available from Simon & Schuster, not Norton.

No offense to the children’s performer, but in this house “Miss Rachel” refers to Dolores Hitchens’ sleuthing cat lady Rachel Murdock (Cats Don’t Need Coffins coming soon!)

One of my favorite Otto Penzler stories is that when Lawrence of Arabia came out he went to the theater to see it and found himself sitting next to Salvador Dali, so he got Dali to sign his program

As a fan of books, fedoras, trenchcoats & snubnose revolvers, I endorse this cover. ‘Fast Company’ by Marco Page.

That feeling when we finalize the covers for our next season at AMC. Coming in Fall 2026!

This sounds like a must read. "... dealers in first editions, and - on the side - erotica, got together and cheered the unknown assassin." Beautifully balanced and paced punctuation, a bust of Dante as a murder weapon, and a rare book dealer turned dick. (Like a few rare book dealers I know.)

Coming next fall from American Mystery Classics...

One of my favorite Otto Penzler stories is that when Lawrence of Arabia came out he went to the theater to see it and found himself sitting next to Salvador Dali, so he got Dali to sign his program

BREAKING: @jonathanames.bsky.social books coming soon from Mysterious Press, beginning this fall with A PAST WITHOUT PICTURES

This is tremendous news. I’m not sure anyone’s currently better at the short noir novel than @jonathanames.bsky.social.