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Otto Penzler is an editor of mystery fiction in the United States, and proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, where he lives.

Otto Penzler founded The Mysteriour Press in 1975 and was the publisher of The Armchair Detective, the Edgar-winning quarterly journal devoted to the study of mystery and suspense fiction, for seventeen years.

Penzler has won two Edgar Awards, for The Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection in 1977, and The Lineup in 2010. The Mystery Writers of America awarded him the prestigious Ellery Queen Award in 1994, and the Raven--the group's highest non-writing award--in 2003.


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Bellringer by Joseph Robert Janes
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Beauty never guarantees safety, and that could not be truer regarding the luxurious Vittel resort town. During the Second World War, France’s wealthiest deserted the resort, and the place was made into an internment camp for British and American wome...more
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An Officer and a Lady and Other Stories by Rex Stout
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This is a thrilling collection of some of Rex Stout’s earliest writings. Here, Stout features Bill Farden, a criminal used to breaking into homes, stealing, and tying people up. However, one particular night does not go according to his plan, and he...more
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Hasty Wedding by Mignon G. Eberhart
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Eberhart tells the story of a beautiful couple on the eve of “happily ever after” when (seemingly out of nowhere) the bride is accused of murder. The victim is her ex-lover, and without an alibi and all kinds of motive, she becomes the main suspect…u...more
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Death from a Top Hat by Clayton Rawson
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Rawson's first book in one of the great “Golden Age” mystery series is mystifying and intriguing , introducing the Great Merlini, a detective and magician protagonist. Death from a Top Hat is the story of a murdered magician -- a case that can only...more
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This new short story collection from David Corbett features an ex-marine named Satcher who is recruited by Sterling Associates, a suspicious company that kills for profit . Satcher is sent from Iraq to capture and kill a cartel member in Guatemala ,...more
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