Christmas crimes at the mysterious bookshop twelve tales of seasonal suspense set in the world's oldest mystery bookstore

"The oldest mystery bookstore in the world, The Mysterious Bookshop, has for most of its forty-five-year history commissioned an original short story as a holiday gift for its customers, written exclusively for the store and never published elsewhere--before now. The prompt for the story requires th...

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Main Authors: Starr, Jason, 1966- (Author), Faye, Lyndsay (Author), Estleman, Loren D. (Author), Atkins, Ace (Author), Hart, Rob (Fiction writer) (Author), Lippman, Laura, 1959- (Author), Deaver, Jeffery (Author), Perry, Thomas, 1947- (Author), Ragnar Jónasson, 1976- (Author), Mead, Tom (Author), Gordon, David, 1967- (Author), Edwards, Martin, 1955- (Author)
Other Authors: Penzler, Otto (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Mysterious Press, [2024]
Edition:First Mysterious Press edition
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Summary:"The oldest mystery bookstore in the world, The Mysterious Bookshop, has for most of its forty-five-year history commissioned an original short story as a holiday gift for its customers, written exclusively for the store and never published elsewhere--before now. The prompt for the story requires three elements: that it be set at Christmastime, that it involve a crime of some kind, or the suspicion of one, and that it be set at least partially in the bookstore. And from these loose structural guidelines, diverse tales took flight. The dozen tales included in this volume-- by celebrated crime fiction authors such as Laura Lippman, Lyndsay Faye, Ragnar Jonasson, and Jeffery Deaver-- are among the finest to be produced in this annual tradition, sure to charm any reader looking for a holdiay-themed escape. --
Item Description:Subtitle from cover.
Physical Description:xi, 320 pages ; 19 cm
ISBN:9781613165720
1613165722
Author Notes:Otto Penzler is the founder and president of Penzler Publishers, which includes The Mysterious Press, American Mystery Classics, Crime Ink, and MysteriousPress.com. He is also the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and is regarded as the world's foremost authority on crime, mystery and suspense fiction. 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 80 anthologies and written extensively about mystery fiction.