The Mysterious Bookshop
@mysteriousbookshop.com
The world's oldest mystery fiction specialty shop, located at 58 Warren Street, NYC. Home to Penzler Publishers and all its imprints, Mysterious Press, Scarlet, Crime Ink, and American Mystery Classics.
Voted USA Today's #1 Indie Bookshop 2025
Voted USA Today's #1 Indie Bookshop 2025
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Greetings from the world’s oldest mystery bookstore (aka NYC’s premiere gift destination for detective fiction fans)
December 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Greetings from the world’s oldest mystery bookstore (aka NYC’s premiere gift destination for detective fiction fans)
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You can now watch the entirety of our event with @rianjohnson.bsky.social and A. J. Finn on YouTube, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij9O...
December 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You can now watch the entirety of our event with @rianjohnson.bsky.social and A. J. Finn on YouTube, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij9O...
This is an outstanding review for an excellent film—both of which put a love of mystery fiction front and center
The Lord's slayer: on the greatness of Josh O'Connor and John Dickson Carr, Benoit Blanc and Dr. Fell, and the many delights of Rian Johnson's mass-murder mystery, WAKE UP DEAD MAN. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Wake Up Dead Man”: A Murder Mystery with God in the Details
In Rian Johnson’s latest whodunnit, Josh O’Connor plays a Catholic priest trying to restore moral order at a church befouled by murder.
www.newyorker.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is an outstanding review for an excellent film—both of which put a love of mystery fiction front and center
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The Lord's slayer: on the greatness of Josh O'Connor and John Dickson Carr, Benoit Blanc and Dr. Fell, and the many delights of Rian Johnson's mass-murder mystery, WAKE UP DEAD MAN. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Wake Up Dead Man”: A Murder Mystery with God in the Details
In Rian Johnson’s latest whodunnit, Josh O’Connor plays a Catholic priest trying to restore moral order at a church befouled by murder.
www.newyorker.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The Lord's slayer: on the greatness of Josh O'Connor and John Dickson Carr, Benoit Blanc and Dr. Fell, and the many delights of Rian Johnson's mass-murder mystery, WAKE UP DEAD MAN. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
You can now watch the entirety of our event with @rianjohnson.bsky.social and A. J. Finn on YouTube, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij9O...
December 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You can now watch the entirety of our event with @rianjohnson.bsky.social and A. J. Finn on YouTube, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij9O...
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Cool! I'd seen that edition of Curtain, but hadn't made the connection with the typeface on the Knives Out poster.
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Cool! I'd seen that edition of Curtain, but hadn't made the connection with the typeface on the Knives Out poster.
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The newest Knives Out movie kicks ass and people should come tell me where to yell about this please thank you!
Hear @rianjohnson.bsky.social last night talking about how Agatha Christie and Curtain in particular started his mystery journey and inspired the Knives Out series.
December 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The newest Knives Out movie kicks ass and people should come tell me where to yell about this please thank you!
Hear @rianjohnson.bsky.social last night talking about how Agatha Christie and Curtain in particular started his mystery journey and inspired the Knives Out series.
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hear @rianjohnson.bsky.social last night talking about how Agatha Christie and Curtain in particular started his mystery journey and inspired the Knives Out series.
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Thank you! It was a tremendous evening. So welcoming w/ great discussion. AJ was so well researched leading to the best questions. @rianjohnson.bsky.social is an absolute joy. I loved all the q&a w/ the crowd. I can’t believe I got to ask my question & thank Rian for TLJ! Murder She Wrote nerds!!
December 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Thank you! It was a tremendous evening. So welcoming w/ great discussion. AJ was so well researched leading to the best questions. @rianjohnson.bsky.social is an absolute joy. I loved all the q&a w/ the crowd. I can’t believe I got to ask my question & thank Rian for TLJ! Murder She Wrote nerds!!
Thanks to all who came out tonight to hear @rianjohnson.bsky.social talk about the literary influences of the Knives Out movies — with special attention to John Dickson Carr.
December 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Thanks to all who came out tonight to hear @rianjohnson.bsky.social talk about the literary influences of the Knives Out movies — with special attention to John Dickson Carr.
Heads up! Closing at 6 tonight to set up for our sold out event with Rian Johnson. Doors open at 6:30 for ticket holders!
December 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Heads up! Closing at 6 tonight to set up for our sold out event with Rian Johnson. Doors open at 6:30 for ticket holders!
Jimmy’s Corner must be saved. ny.eater.com/new-york-res...
Times Square May Lose Its Beloved 50-Year-Old Boxing Bar
Jimmy’s Corner boxing bar in Times Square is being evicted
ny.eater.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Jimmy’s Corner must be saved. ny.eater.com/new-york-res...
When there’s a good bookshelf pic on IG
December 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
When there’s a good bookshelf pic on IG
Murder As an Ornament (1940)
December 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Murder As an Ornament (1940)
Nice to see Amy Bloom’s mystery debut, BLUNT INSTRUMENT, and Joanna Margaret’s new suspense novel, THE DAUGHTERS, included in Publishers Weekly’s Spring 26 preview: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Mysteries & Thrillers
On tap this season: promising debuts, provocative prequels, and new novels from Jessica Knoll and Jo Nesbø.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Nice to see Amy Bloom’s mystery debut, BLUNT INSTRUMENT, and Joanna Margaret’s new suspense novel, THE DAUGHTERS, included in Publishers Weekly’s Spring 26 preview: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Big news in Hollywood today—
Benedict Cumbermatch plans on making a film of Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male. It was previously adapted by Fritz Lang into Man Hunt (1941), starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, and a delicious George Sanders as the baddie.
Benedict Cumbermatch plans on making a film of Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male. It was previously adapted by Fritz Lang into Man Hunt (1941), starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, and a delicious George Sanders as the baddie.
Benedict Cumberbatch Hoping To Adapt Classic British Novel ‘Rogue Male’ Next Year
Benedict Cumberbatch remains committed to adapting 'Rogue Male,' the classic British novel he says inspired Ian Fleming to write James Bond.
deadline.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Big news in Hollywood today—
Benedict Cumbermatch plans on making a film of Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male. It was previously adapted by Fritz Lang into Man Hunt (1941), starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, and a delicious George Sanders as the baddie.
Benedict Cumbermatch plans on making a film of Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male. It was previously adapted by Fritz Lang into Man Hunt (1941), starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, and a delicious George Sanders as the baddie.
Beautiful covers here. Has anyone on here ever read Jacques Pendower??
December 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Beautiful covers here. Has anyone on here ever read Jacques Pendower??
"A CHRISTMAS WITNESS is the ideal Christmas present for fans to open and consume while eagerly awaiting the next full-length entry in the beloved [Inspector Ian Rutledge] series." www.bookreporter.com/reviews/a-ch...
A Christmas Witness: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Novella | Bookreporter.com
December 1921: Being single and a new Chief, Inspector Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard gets the short straw at Christmastime and is called upon by Chief Superintendent Markum to go to the Kentish home o...
www.bookreporter.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"A CHRISTMAS WITNESS is the ideal Christmas present for fans to open and consume while eagerly awaiting the next full-length entry in the beloved [Inspector Ian Rutledge] series." www.bookreporter.com/reviews/a-ch...
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Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
Those Christmas shopping for Reacher fans today should take note!
(Full disclosure this book is published by our in-house imprint, Mysterious Press)
(Full disclosure this book is published by our in-house imprint, Mysterious Press)
Otto’s #1 gift recommendation this holiday season is Lee Child’s REACHER: THE STORIES BEHIND THE STORIES.
Available here: www.mysteriousbookshop.com/collections/...
Available here: www.mysteriousbookshop.com/collections/...
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Those Christmas shopping for Reacher fans today should take note!
(Full disclosure this book is published by our in-house imprint, Mysterious Press)
(Full disclosure this book is published by our in-house imprint, Mysterious Press)
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Check out our weekly update for the best new murder mysteries on the market! mailchi.mp/mysteriousbo...
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Check out our weekly update for the best new murder mysteries on the market! mailchi.mp/mysteriousbo...
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Robert Bloch books from before he was known as the author of Psycho
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Robert Bloch books from before he was known as the author of Psycho
Lee Child talks Reacher with Men’s Journal: www.mensjournal.com/entertainmen...
‘Reacher’ Creator Lee Child Reveals Why Men Connect So Deeply With a Hero Who Rejects Status and Materialistic Possessions
"I think he represents something appealing because people are really sick of commitments and burdens."
www.mensjournal.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Lee Child talks Reacher with Men’s Journal: www.mensjournal.com/entertainmen...
Check out our weekly update for the best new murder mysteries on the market! mailchi.mp/mysteriousbo...
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Check out our weekly update for the best new murder mysteries on the market! mailchi.mp/mysteriousbo...
Sorry but this is the worst take on Bluesky of the day
Cringe covers. 😳
December 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Sorry but this is the worst take on Bluesky of the day