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Big news! Our anthology, The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2025, edited by John Grisham, is the #6 “Mississippi Top Read” of the week!! www.clarionledger.com/story/entert...

Thomas Perry Dies at 78; Writer of Popular, Unconventional Thrillers

"Otto Penzler said in an interview that Mr. Perry 'was that rarity among thriller writers: He was able to concoct precise stories that compelled readers to keep turning pages, aching to know how it will turn out.'"

Obituary for Thomas Perry in @nytimes.com:

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...

It's PUB WEEK! 20 fab mystery stories to enjoy. I'm in with "Her Dangerously Clever Hands," about a former thief who returns to London from a penal colony, only to be accused of murder. #inspectorcorravan returns! Hardcover, pback & ebook bit.ly/46PwhCq
#mystery #pubday @mysteriousbookshop.com

Remember that time that Sigmund Freud used hypnosis to help Sherlock Holmes kick his coke habit?

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution screens this Sunday at The Roxy Cinema Tribeca, with a Q&A with author Nicholas Meyer to follow. Details: www.roxycinemanewyork.com/screenings/t...

A book with a red cover rests on the rung of a wooden bookshop ladder. The book's title reads "The Best Mystery Stories of the Year" in white text, while a red banner runs along the bottom with the names of the editors (John Grisham and Otto Penzler) listed. A black crow appears behind the title text. In the background of the image behind the ladder, the bookshelves of The Mysterious Bookshop appear out of focus.

THE MYSTERIOUS BOOKSHOP PRESENTS: THE BEST MYSTERY STORIES OF THE YEAR 2025, edited by JOHN GRISHAM is out now!

This annual anthology is a representation of the best mystery writing on offer today, arriving just in time for fall weather - be sure to pick up your copy!

Author Thomas Perry Dies at 78 | Kirkus Reviews The mystery writer’s novels include ‘The Butcher’s Boy’ and ‘The Old Man.’

Kirkus on the passing of Thomas Perry www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...

Book giveaway for A Christmas Witness (Inspector Ian Rutledge) by Charles Todd Sep 21-Oct 21, 2025 Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Sep 21-Oct 21, 2025. Enter to win this lovingly evoked postwar idyll (Kirkus), a spe...

Enter our Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win a copy of @charlestodauthor.bsky.social's festive new installment of the Ian Rutledge series, out next mont!

www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

We are looking forward to the Brooklyn Book Festival this weekend! Come see us at booth 515 if you can find it!!

Good morning from the Brooklyn Book Festival!! We’re here at Booth 515 all day, come see us

Screenshot of Goodreads giveaway page. Text reads: "Book Giveaway For The Glass Eel by J. J. Viertel. Release date: Sep 09, 2025. Enter to win a digital copy of this gripping debut eco-thriller that Publishers Weekly calls "tantalizing"! In this gripping debut thriller, struggling divorcee Jeanette King becomes embroiled in a criminal ring when she discovers her ex-husband's cache of baby eels."

Looking for your next thrilling read?

Enter our Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win a copy of THE GLASS EEL by J. J. Viertel, a debut eco-thriller that came out earlier this month!

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Brooklyn Book Festival. Penzler Publishers + The Mysterious Bookshop. Booth 515. Sunday, Sept 21, 10am-6pm, Cadman Plaza. Come browse our selection!

Penzler Publishers and @mysteriousbookshop.com will be at @bkbookfest.bsky.social this Sunday!
Come visit us at Booth 515 to browse some mystery, thriller, and true crime titles, new and old.

NYC! Catch Nicholas Meyer at a screening of THE SEVEN PER CENT SOLUTION later this month (9/28) at The Roxy Cinema. Details/tickets: www.roxycinemanewyork.com/screenings/t...

How The Seven-Per-Cent Solution Reinvented Sherlock Holmes www.nytimes.com/2013/01/26/m...

Early 1930s Murder on a New York City Streetcar - mailchi.mp/mysteriousbo...

Episode 317: Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing Nicholas Meyer's 7th Sherlock Holmes novel concerns an art forgery, but the discussion veers into a discussion of creators, AI, and the value of art

Check out the latest episode of @ihearofsherlock.com, in which @nicholasmeyer.bsky.social discusses his new novel SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE REAL THING:

www.ihearofsherlock.com/2025/08/epis...

#SherlockHolmes

Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing: A Case History Recorded by John H. Watson, M.D. | Bookreporter.com London, 189–: While the great city is brought to a standstill by a series of blizzards, a landlady complains that her artist tenant is behind on rent. The next thing you know, there are several corpse...

"SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE REAL THING delivers everything a Holmes fan should expect from a great tale masterminded by Nicholas Meyer."

Wonderful review for @nicholasmeyer.bsky.social's latest novel from BookReporter:

Maine's baby eel black market spawns crime-thriller subgenre 'The Glass Eel' is the latest of several books and TV shows to explore elver poaching.

Maine’s black market for baby eels is spawning a crime-thriller subgenre www.pressherald.com/2025/09/09/m...

Photo of hardcover book THE GLASS EEL by J. J. Viertel propped up on the deck of a boat. The book’s cover is an orange to blue gradient with a drawing of a glass eel weaving through the text of the title.

There's something fishy going on in coastal Maine. . . .

A struggling divorcée stumbles into the dangerous underworld of black market eel smuggling, government corruption, and brutal violence in this debut eco-thriller.

THE GLASS EEL by J. J. Viertel is in stores today!

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Graphic reads: “Anthony Award winner Best Critical/Non-Fiction: Katharine Ramsland and Tracy Ullman.”

Congratulations to @katherineramsland.bsky.social and Tracy Ullman on winning the Anthony Award, Best Critical/Non-Fiction for THE SERIAL KILLER’S APPRENTICE!

#TrueCrime #BoucherCon2025 #TheSerialKillersApprentice

Some shots from the Mysterious Press 50th Anniversary party last night on Bourbon Street

Photo of author Charles Todd (left) and reviewer Steve Steinbock sitting on green chairs in front of a Mardis Gras-themed backdrop. Steve holds up an advance copy of A CHRISTMAS WITNESS by Charles Todd.

Guest of Honor @CharlesToddauthor.bsky.social is interviewed by Steve Steinbock at #BoucherCon2025. A CHRISTMAS WITNESS, a new Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery, comes out October 21!

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Photo of Otto Penzler, Luisa Cruz Smith, and Julia O’Connell

The Penzler team is at BoucherCon New Orleans.
Laissez les bons temps rouler!

#BoucherCon2025

Photo of THE MURDAUGH MURDERS CASE by Arthur Cert, laying diagonally across more copies of the same book. The cover is black & white and divided into rectangular sections like a newspaper. Apart from the title, the author’s name, and the words “South Carolina,” these rectangular sections contain photos related to the case, a map of the state, and the words “Crime: A Man Murders His Wife and Son; Place: Lowcountry, South Carolina; Date: 2021.”

The next installment in our 50 States of Crime series takes us to South Carolina. The case of the Murdaugh family is a real life tale of corruption in a small town—complete with drugs, police coverups, and a web of lies...

THE MURDAUGH MURDERS CASE by Arthur Cerf - out October 7.

Whether it's books or movies, Nicholas Meyer is a writer who never lets you down. THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION was a brilliant tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle and I eagerly look forward to reading Meyer's latest.

The day is finally here. Sherlock Holmes and The Real Thing is AVAILABLE NOW wherever you buy books, in ebook, print and audiobook. Join me tonight at Diesel Brentwood at 6:30pm for a reading, followed by a Q&A and book signing. See you there! #losangeles #california #books a.co/d/2RcQUgA

Grab your copy today and see why
@PublishersWkly.bsky.social
calls SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE REAL THING Meyer’s “best revamp of the Conan Doyle canon” in a starred review.

Be sure to also check out www.nicholas-meyer.com/events for Nicholas Meyer’s book tour schedule!

Photo of hardcover book SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE REAL THING by Nicholas Meyer. Cover shows Holmes with his iconic deerstalker hat and pipe in an art gallery where easels show multiple copies of the same painting of a woman.

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE REAL THING by @nicholasmeyer.bsky.social is out today!
If anyone can tell the difference between a clever counterfeit & the real thing, surely it’s the greatest detective of all time. But the cutthroat world of art forgery will put Holmes to the test.
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Grab your copy today and see why @PublishersWkly.bsky.social calls SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE REAL THING Meyer’s “best revamp of the Conan Doyle canon” in a starred review.

Be sure to also check out www.nicholas-meyer.com/events for Nicholas Meyer’s book tour schedule!

Excellent Library Journal review for this year's installment in our Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year anthology

Nicholas Meyer on tour with Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing Film Screenings. Watch Nicholas Meyer’s Oscar-nominated film The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, then get a copy of his new book, Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing, signed! Sept 10, 7:00pm - Film Scene (Iowa City, IA) Sept 28, 5:00pm - Roxy Cinema Tribeca (New York, NY) Sept 30, 7:30pm - Cinema Arts Centre (Huntington, NY)

Select cities will also be hosting special screenings of Nicholas Meyer’s Oscar-nominated film, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, combined with a book signing.