The Mysterious Bookshop is an independent bookstore and publisher specializing in mystery fiction, located in New York City. It is one of the oldest mystery bookstores in the U.S.[1]
In addition to housing its own imprint, the shop contains the offices of Penzler Publishers, an independent publishing house consisting of the imprints The Mysterious Press, Scarlet, American Mystery Classics, and Crime Ink, all distributed by W.W. Norton.[2] The shop is also home to MysteriousPress.com, an e-book imprint distributed by Open Road Integrated Media.[3] The store and its various publishing enterprises are owned and operated by editor and publisher Otto Penzler; its inventory consists of new and rare titles in detective fiction, crime fiction, spy fiction, thrillers, and various other mystery fiction subgenres. The store also features the largest collection of Sherlock Holmes titles and Sherlockiana in the world, as well as a considerable Bibliomystery collection.[4]
- ^ Gorce, Tammy La (25 June 2010). "Man of Mysterious Bookshop Solves His Own Case". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Penzler Publishers Home Page". Penzler Publishers. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "About Mysterious Press - Mysterious Press". mysteriouspress.com. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Indie Bookstore Spotlight: The Mysterious Bookshop (New York City)". Retrieved 3 May 2017.