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
Lisa Unger's wonderfully creepy holiday thriller, CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, is on sale today at BookBub: www.bookbub.com/books/christ...
December 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Lisa Unger's wonderfully creepy holiday thriller, CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, is on sale today at BookBub: www.bookbub.com/books/christ...
Did something new with our lights this year that I think looks pretty great
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Did something new with our lights this year that I think looks pretty great
Here’s the only photo I took at our Christmas party last night: Walter Mosley, Patrick Hoffman, and Raphael Montes
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Here’s the only photo I took at our Christmas party last night: Walter Mosley, Patrick Hoffman, and Raphael Montes
Every single person at our Xmas party complimented my pin so now we have to find a way to make more of them
December 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Every single person at our Xmas party complimented my pin so now we have to find a way to make more of them
Christmas party was crazy tonight
December 17, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Christmas party was crazy tonight
Anybody else wait until this week to put up the Christmas tree? 😅
December 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Anybody else wait until this week to put up the Christmas tree? 😅
“A veritable primer on the locked [room] mystery.”—Benoit Blanc
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www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/joh...
December 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“A veritable primer on the locked [room] mystery.”—Benoit Blanc
www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/joh...
www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/joh...
Reminder that our anthology, Christmas Crimes at The Mysterious Bookshop, remains the best possible mystery gift (verified) even one year after publication www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/ott...
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Reminder that our anthology, Christmas Crimes at The Mysterious Bookshop, remains the best possible mystery gift (verified) even one year after publication www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/ott...
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)
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...
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.
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!
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)
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??
Are you local to NYC? This is our Lee Child shelf just FYI
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Are you local to NYC? This is our Lee Child shelf just FYI
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...
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
Kirkus calls Thomas Perry's THE TREE OF LIGHT AND FLOWERS "a supercharged final pursuit that’s a fitting close to Perry’s remarkably consistent career as a master of suspense."
Coming March 2026.
Coming March 2026.
December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Kirkus calls Thomas Perry's THE TREE OF LIGHT AND FLOWERS "a supercharged final pursuit that’s a fitting close to Perry’s remarkably consistent career as a master of suspense."
Coming March 2026.
Coming March 2026.
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 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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/...
Checking in on Cyber Monday — or as we call it here at the bookshop, “Monday.”
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December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Checking in on Cyber Monday — or as we call it here at the bookshop, “Monday.”
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Since we are closed today I will observe that the current weather in NYC would provide the perfect conditions for seeing Wake Up Dead Man at the theater. Might have to go for a second viewing…
November 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Since we are closed today I will observe that the current weather in NYC would provide the perfect conditions for seeing Wake Up Dead Man at the theater. Might have to go for a second viewing…
Happy birthday to the locked room master John Dickson Carr, born 11/30/1906 in Uniontown, PA
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Happy birthday to the locked room master John Dickson Carr, born 11/30/1906 in Uniontown, PA