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    Otto Penzler

    Otto Penzler, the creator of American Mystery Classics, is also the founder of The Mysterious Press (1975); MysteriousPress.com (2011), an electronic-book publishing company; and New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop (1979). He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars (for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, 1977, and The Lineup, 2010), and lifetime achievement awards from NoirCon and The Strand Magazine. He has edited more than 70 anthologies and written extensively about mystery fiction.

    Otto Penzler

    Otto Penzler, the creator of American Mystery Classics, is also the founder of The Mysterious Press (1975); MysteriousPress.com (2011), an electronic-book publishing company; and New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop (1979). He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars (for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, 1977, and The Lineup, 2010), and lifetime achievement awards from NoirCon and The Strand Magazine. He has edited more than 70 anthologies and written extensively about mystery fiction.

    Books by Otto Penzler

    • The Bigger They Come: A Cool and Lam Mystery

      Erle Stanley Gardner, Otto Penzler

      E Book, 2022

      A private detective searches for a missing person in this "breathlessly dramatic" (Los Angeles Times) whodunnit from the creator of Perry Mason

    • The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022

      Sara Paretsky, Otto Penzler

      Paperback, 2022

      Sara Paretsky selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Michael Connelly, Jo Nesbo, Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, and more!

    • The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2022

      Sara Paretsky, Otto Penzler

      E Book, 2022

      Sara Paretsky selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Michael Connelly, Jo Nesbo, Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, and more!

    • The Album

      Mary Roberts Rinehart, Otto Penzler

      Paperback, 2023

      In this twisty whodunnit from "the grand dame of American crime fiction" (CrimeReads), the murder of a wealthy widow brings the secrets of her aristocratic neighbours to light

    • The Spanish Cape Mystery

      Ellery Queen, Otto Penzler

      Paperback, 2023

      A house party turns a millionaire’s hacienda hideaway into a crime scene in this classic whodunnit from an Edgar Award–winning Grand Master

    • Dead Man Inside

      Vincent Starrett, Otto Penzler

      Paperback, 2023

      A wealthy dilettante is on the trail of a killer with a penchant for theatrics in this cosy mystery by the author of Murder on “B” Deck

    • The Penguin Pool Murder

      Stuart Palmer, Otto Penzler

      Paperback, 2023

      In this classic whodunnit, crime-solving teacher Hildegarde Withers discovers a dead body while on a trip to the New York Aquarium with her third-grade class

    • The Bigger They Come: A Cool and Lam Mystery

      Erle Stanley Gardner, Otto Penzler

      Hardback, 2023

      A private detective searches for a missing person in this "breathlessly dramatic" (Los Angeles Times) whodunnit from the creator of Perry Mason

    • The Spanish Cape Mystery

      Ellery Queen, Otto Penzler

      Hardback, 2023

      A house party turns a millionaire’s hacienda hideaway into a crime scene in this classic whodunnit from an Edgar Award–winning Grand Master.

    • The Album

      Mary Roberts Rinehart, Otto Penzler

      Hardback, 2023

      In this twisty whodunnit from "the grand dame of American crime fiction" (CrimeReads), the murder of a wealthy widow brings the secrets of her aristocratic neighbors to light

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