The Mysterious Bookshop

The Mysterious Bookshop We ship worldwide! The oldest mystery specialist bookstore in America, the Mysterious Bookshop is now in its 42nd year.
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The oldest mystery bookstore in the world, established 1979, located in Tribeca, NYC, stocking new and rare titles and home to Penzler Publishers and its imprints, Mysterious Press, Scarlet, and American Mystery Classics. We stock the finest selection of new mystery, crime, suspense and thriller hardcovers, paperbacks and periodicals. Our shop also features a superb collection of signed modern fir

st editions, rare/collectible hardcovers and Sherlockiana. Also, our store serves as the headquarters for Penzler Publishers and its imprints, The Mysterious Press, Scarlet, and American Mystery Classics, as well as for the eBook publishing company MysteriousPress.com

It’s Friday afternoon and the AC is pumping! We are continuing to work out the kinks on our new website but are feeling ...
06/12/2026

It’s Friday afternoon and the AC is pumping! We are continuing to work out the kinks on our new website but are feeling very proud of it. Have you checked it out yet? Take a look and let us know what you think. Also — events next week with Hilary Davidson, Rob Hart, and James Grady are not to be missed. See you then

TONIGHT, 6 PM, we launch ’s first mystery novel, BLUNT INSTRUMENT, new from . Val McDermid: “Sexy, scary, and sharp-tong...
06/10/2026

TONIGHT, 6 PM, we launch ’s first mystery novel, BLUNT INSTRUMENT, new from . Val McDermid: “Sexy, scary, and sharp-tongued, Amy Bloom’s spin on PI noir stings like a bee.” Publishers Weekly: “Bloom draws on her own experience with the dog-eat-dog world of academia to depict the brusque, irascible Dell’s winding journey toward the truth. . . . It’s a blast.” Appearing in conversation with . See you all then!!

New window display for ’s wonderful first mystery novel, BLUNT INSTRUMENT. She’ll be here Wednesday, 6/10, to discuss th...
06/08/2026

New window display for ’s wonderful first mystery novel, BLUNT INSTRUMENT. She’ll be here Wednesday, 6/10, to discuss the book with . 6 PM. Don’t miss it!

Hey, UK followers — check out the new covers Transworld has given our American Mystery Classics series across the pond, ...
06/05/2026

Hey, UK followers — check out the new covers Transworld has given our American Mystery Classics series across the pond, with a wonderful continuous spine design. They’re rolling out the series this summer so keep an eye out for them at your local UK bookstores.

Join us next Wednesday, June 10, to celebrate the release of BLUNT INSTRUMENT by Amy Bloom! Amy will be in conversation ...
06/04/2026

Join us next Wednesday, June 10, to celebrate the release of BLUNT INSTRUMENT by Amy Bloom! Amy will be in conversation with Jonathan Santlofer to discuss her very first mystery novel and the experience of pivoting genres.

It’s a beautiful Friday here in Tribeca and the $2 cart is well stocked with obscure spy thrillers from the 1980s and 19...
05/29/2026

It’s a beautiful Friday here in Tribeca and the $2 cart is well stocked with obscure spy thrillers from the 1980s and 1990s. Optimal browsing conditions imo…

Rest In Peace to Dennis McMillan, the publisher of striking limited editions by some of the biggest mystery writers of t...
05/27/2026

Rest In Peace to Dennis McMillan, the publisher of striking limited editions by some of the biggest mystery writers of the 80s and 90s. Pictured here with Kent Anderson and Otto Penzler at the old location of the Mysterious Bookshop.

Happy Friday, friends of mystery! Here’s a current view of our front table, freshly stocked with signed copies of some h...
05/15/2026

Happy Friday, friends of mystery! Here’s a current view of our front table, freshly stocked with signed copies of some hot new releases. What are you picking up?

Address

58 Warren Street
New York, NY
10007

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 7pm
Tuesday 11am - 7pm
Wednesday 11am - 7pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 7pm
Saturday 11am - 7pm

Telephone

+12125871011

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