In case you missed it before the long weekend: We’re hiring a summer intern!

Oprah Daily names BLUNT INSTRUMENT by Amy Bloom a Best Book of Summer 2026! "We look forward to [Dell Chandler's] further adventures in what promises to be a detective series of rare wit and intelligence." www.oprahdaily.com/entertainmen...

Penzler Publishers is looking for a summer intern! Perfect for mystery/thriller lovers interested in starting a career in publishing. Paid; part-time; in-person at our offices in Tribeca, NYC For more information and instructions on how to apply, see penzlerpublishers.com/summer-publi...

“I think you’ll find…” A new article in US Strand Magazine Blog outlining just how much research I think is needed to write authentic historical fiction. [Phot credit:@mikemungall] www.mysterycenter.com/2026/05/08/h... @mysteriousbookshop.com @penzlerpublishers.bsky.social @birlinn.bsky.social

James Comey’s RED VERDICT is in stores today! In this fourth Nora Carleton thriller, Comey combines his flair for legal drama with an international espionage angle as Nora works to build a court case against an American military contractor turned Russian spy. 💙📚 ⚡️📚

Outstanding early reviews for Red Verdict, in stores tomorrow

Signed James Comey books available now

"Some writers love research, others hate it, but if you write historical fiction, you must embrace it." @allangaw.bsky.social, author of THE SILENT HOUSE OF SLEEP, chats about how much research to do as a historical fiction writer for Strand Magazine: www.mysterycenter.com/2026/05/08/h...

“I always love librarians as heroes, particularly in a thriller.” —WHMP Listen to Joanna Margaret (The Daughters) discuss the setting, researching witch trials, and more: m.soundcloud.com/whmp/novelis... She’ll be at the Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, MA, Wednesday, with @joybaglio.bsky.social

My article in today’s Writers’ Digest about some of the background to writing the Dr Jack Cuthbert series — enjoy. www.writersdigest.com/fictionalizi... @mysteriousbookshop.com @penzlerpublishers.bsky.social @birlinn.bsky.social

THE SILENT HOUSE OF SLEEP by @allangaw.bsky.social is in stores now! 📚💙 When two bodies are found in a London park, it is up to Dr. Jack Cuthbert, WW1 veteran and pathologist, to solve the mystery of their deaths. Grab a copy of Allan Gaw’s Bloody Scotland Debut Prize winning novel today!🔎

New Goodreads giveaway! Enter for a chance to win an early copy of Blood and Fame: The Intersecting Lives of Roman Polanski and Charles Manson by Peter Rowe. Explore the overlapping traumas and transgressions of these two notorious figures. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... #TrueCrime #Filmsky

Joseph Moldover’s debut adult mystery TO THE END OF RECKONING is out!📚💙 A father-son duo investigate a year old suicide in this “auspicious adult debut” (Publishers Weekly). Head to the Mysterious Bookshop tonight at 6pm to celebrate the launch! Visit www.josephmoldover.com/events for more info.

One day left to enter this Goodreads #giveaway for an early copy of POPPY MONTGOMERY GETS EVEN, a charmingly cozy caper from Gordon Jack. Kirkus calls it "just the thing to whet your appetite for retirement and old age.” www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... 🔎💀📚

New @jonathanames.bsky.social book coming this fall: A PAST WITHOUT PICTURES comes out September 1! Check out the cover reveal and an excerpt now on Criminal Element: www.criminalelement.com/a-past-witho...

Andrew Welsh-Huggins (@awhcolumbus.bsky.social) chatted with Vick Mickunas to discuss THE DELIVERY, his second Mercury Carter thriller. Listen to the Book Nook here or wherever you listen to podcasts: www.wyso.org/podcast/book...

Connor Martin sat down with @jeffcircle.bsky.social of The Writer's Dossier to chat about his debut spy novel THE SILVER FISH. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xee-...

Thomas Perry’s The Tree of Light and Flowers is just $5.99 today on BookBub www.bookbub.com/books/the-tr...

Connor Martin’s debut espionage thriller THE SILVER FISH is out now! International spies grapple over the fiber optic cables that run the world’s internet in this “deftly plotted and paced debut” (Booklist). Grab a copy and visit www.connormartinauthor.com/events to learn about upcoming events!

The Book that Launched the Mystery Puzzle Craze of the 1930s mailchi.mp/mysteriousbo...

All Things Considered interviewed Otto Penzler about the timeless appeal of Sherlock Holmes www.npr.org/2026/03/28/n...

Read @gtkarber.bsky.social on THE BAFFLE BOOK, new this week from American Mystery Classics crimereads.com/baffle-book-...

THE BAFFLE BOOK by Lassiter Wren & Randle McKay is out in hardcover and paperback, featuring an introduction by @gtkarber.bsky.social , the creator of Murdle! This book promises hours of sleuthing delights, complete with maps, police sketches, and writing samples! Grab your copy today!🔎🕵📚

Out today: THE DELIVERY by @awhcolumbus.bsky.social! This second book in the acclaimed Mercury Carter series follows the freelance deliveryman as he races across New England to rescue a trafficking victim and unravel a complex web of crime. Grab a signed copy from @mysteriousbookshop.com 💙📚 ⚡️📚

This month’s Crime & Mystery column reviews new books by Frances Crawford, Masateru Konishi, and Malin Persson Gioloto, as well as the final Jane Whitefield novel by Thomas Perry.

NYTimes review of Thomas Perry's THE TREE OF LIGHT AND FLOWERS: "The death last fall of Thomas Perry was a massive loss; he wrote some of the [great thrillers] our age..." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/b...

Next book is out May 12th and is pretty good (says the author—and others)

Joanna Margaret’s historical literary thriller, THE DAUGHTERS, is out now! Welcome new witch🧙🔮📚 A grieving archivist moves towns for a fresh start. While cataloging a prominent family’s papers, she uncovers a strange connection between recent disappearances and the town’s history of witch trials.

A DAY OF JUDGMENT by New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd is out today! In this book, Inspector Ian Rutledge investigates a bludgeoned body that has washed ashore near a holy pilgrimage site on England’s windswept coastline. Grab a copy now! #pubday #mystery #charlestodd📚💙

Joanna Margaret, whose new novel, The Daughters, is out today, writes @crimereads.bsky.social: crimereads.com/gothic-roman... Meet her at: Books Are Magic Chevalier’s @rjjulia.bsky.social @nysoclib.bsky.social @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social @odysseybks.bsky.social @northshirebooks.bsky.social

A wonderful review from crime writer Ian Rankin for the first book in the Dr Jack Cuthbert series. Out in the US May 5th and available for preorder now. @penzlerpublishers.bsky.social

Great review from Kirkus for the first book in the Dr Jack Cuthbert series. Out in the US May 5th and available for preorder now. @penzlerpublishers.bsky.social

A starred review from Booklist @ala-booklist.bsky.social for the first book in the Dr Jack Cuthbert series. Out in the US May 5th and available for preorder now. @penzlerpublishers.bsky.social

PW coverage of our growth over the past few years at Penzler Publishers www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Friday the 13th cover reveal for Lyndsay Faye’s stunning new novel, RAVEN! This immersive gothic is a reimagining of the life of Edgar Allan Poe, featuring an unforgettable heroine with an obsession for the occult and a dark journey through 19th century America. In stores October 6th!

Ian Rutledge Returns in a "Masterful Whodunit" (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review) @charlestodauthor.bsky.social mailchi.mp/mysteriousbo...

Check out this excerpt from @lisaunger.bsky.social's new introduction to our American Mystery Classics edition of While the Patient Slept by Mignon G. Eberhart (via @crimereads.bsky.social): crimereads.com/lisa-unger-m...

A wonderful evening in the charming bookish company of Otto Penzler, Luisa Smith and Charles Cumming!

First US review of ‘The Silent House of Sleep’ out today from @firstcluereviews.bsky.social and it’s their Book of the Week! Publication date: May 5 and available now for preorder. @mysteriousbookshop.com

Our booth at the London Book Fair

Ooh, a Goodreads Giveaway contest for “The Delivery” courtesy of @penzlerpublishers.bsky.social Check it out! www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Out now: The next in our 50 States of Crime series - THE CASE OF THE MISSING BLACKFEET WOMEN by @anais-renevier.bsky.social This primer examines Ashley Heavyrunner Loring’s disappearance as well as the tragic circumstances that have created a “black hole” into which so many Native women vanish.

THE TREE OF LIGHT AND FLOWERS is out today! This gripping conclusion to Thomas Perry’s Jane Whitefield series has earned 3 starred reviews, with Kirkus calling it “a fitting close to Perry’s remarkably consistent career as a master of suspense.” Grab a copy from a bookstore near you! 💙📚 ⚡️📚

Over the moon to receive an ARC of the debut mystery novel by the wonderful Amy Bloom: BLUNT INSTRUMENT, soon to be published by Mysterious Press! Many thanks to Amy, and to @mysteriousbookshop.com for sending my copy--I can't wait to dive in!

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

Just printed: Charles Todd’s next addition to the Inspector Ian Rutledge series. On England’s coastline years past WWI, Ian Rutledge is sent to solve the murder of a man who washed up on the beach at a pilgrimage site. A DAY OF JUDGEMENT - in stores March 10th! 🔎💀📚 @charlestodauthor.bsky.social

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.

Coming soon: THE DAUGHTERS by Joanna Margaret When archivist Genevieve Tompkins moves to the small town of Wilton Springs to catalog the papers of the founding family, she discovers a strange connection between recent disappearances and the faded Victorian spa town’s history of witch trials. ⚡️📚

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.

CARNEY by A.F. Carter is out on paperback today! In this installment of the Edgar-nominated Delia Mariela series, Delia works with an undercover agent to bring down a group of corrupt cops that have taken over Baxter PD. “It’s a hard-boiled tour de force.” Publishers Weekly (⭐️ review) 📚💙📚💙📚