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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 Three Coffins

      John Dickson Carr, Otto Penzler

      Paperback, 2025

      Dr. Gideon Fell solves two impossible murders in one of the most baffling locked room mysteries ever created.

    • The Three Coffins

      John Dickson Carr, Otto Penzler

      E Book

      Dr. Gideon Fell solves two impossible murders in one of the most baffling locked room mysteries ever created.

    • The Door

      Mary Roberts Rinehart, Otto Penzler

      Paperback, 2025

      An old woman suspects her own household staff of murder in this classic mystery by the author known as the American Agatha Christie.

    • Obelists En Route

      C. Daly King, Otto Penzler

      Hardback, 2025

      The discovery of a corpse turns a cross-country train journey into a closed-circle hunt for a killer.

    • The State versus Elinor Norton

      Mary Roberts Rinehart, Otto Penzler

      Paperback, 2025

      On trial for murder, a young bride recalls the steps that led her to the dock

    • The Scarlet Circle

      Jonathan Stagge, Otto Penzler

      Paperback, 2025

      A Golden Age mystery featuring a sleuthing small-town doctor who’s out of his depth as a killer haunts a waning New England summer

    • The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern

      Phoebe Atwood Taylor, Otto Penzler

      Hardback, 2025

      Asey Mayo, the Sherlock of Cape Cod, investigates the murder of a local innkeeper.

    • The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern

      Phoebe Atwood Taylor, Otto Penzler

      Paperback, 2025

      Asey Mayo, the Sherlock of Cape Cod, investigates the murder of a local innkeeper.

    • The D.A. Calls It Murder

      Erle Stanley Gardner, Otto Penzler

      Paperback, 2025

      In this legal mystery from the creator of Perry Mason, a newly elected District Attorney must prove his worth with a puzzling case.

    • The D.A. Calls It Murder

      Erle Stanley Gardner, Otto Penzler

      E Book

      In this legal mystery from the creator of Perry Mason, a newly elected District Attorney must prove his worth with a puzzling case.

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