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Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores

par Otto Penzler (Directeur de publication)

Autres auteurs: David Bell (Contributeur), Peter Blauner (Contributeur), C. J. Box (Contributeur), Ken Bruen (Contributeur), Read Farrel Coleman (Contributeur)12 plus, Max Allan Collins (Contributeur), John Connolly (Contributeur), Thomas H. Cook (Contributeur), Jeffrey Deaver (Contributeur), Nelson DeMille (Contributeur), Loren D. Estleman (Contributeur), William Link (Contributeur), Laura Lippman (Contributeur), Anne Perry (Contributeur), Ian Rankin (Introduction), Mickey Spillane (Contributeur), Andrew Taylor (Contributeur)

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An uneven mix but worth the price of the book for "The Caxton Lending Library & Book Depository"by John Connolly. ( )
  dhenn31 | Jan 24, 2024 |
I almost quit reading this collection of short stories. I didn't care for the first four, and one other later, but after those five, the quality picked up a lot. The stories got better and better until the last two which were the best in the book. ( )
  MrsLee | Jan 21, 2024 |
Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores is just what it says it is: 15 short stories, specially commissioned by Otto Penzler of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York, dealing specifically with murders committed in, by, for and/or because of books and bookstores. There’s a wide range of authors here, and like any such anthology each reader will prefer some stories to others. My favourites here include “An Acceptable Sacrifice,” by Jeffery Deaver, a clever tale involving a Mexican businessman who loves books - or is he a drug lord instead?; the chilling “The Book of Ghosts,” by Reed Farrel Coleman, about one aftermath of the Holocaust; Loren D. Estleman’s “Book Club,” in which a book collector in small-town Arizona is murdered for a rare book; the whimsical “The Book Thing” by Laura Lippman; a touching tale of fathers and sons by David Bell, “Rides a Stranger”; and the brilliant, Edgar Award winning “The Caxton Library and Book Depository,” by John Connolly, which sort of takes an inside-out, upside-down swing at a premise I first read in Jasper Fforde’s “The Eyre Affair.” The whole book is easily worth it for that last story alone, but the others mentioned here are all stand-outs too, and even the ones that I didn’t like were still quite good. Perfect for fans of short mystery fiction and of books (and bookstores!); recommended! ( )
  thefirstalicat | Mar 9, 2022 |
When Halloween Bingo was kicking off, and we had to submit the seven squares we didn't want included on our card, I was a little bit flummoxed, because there were 9 squares on my list. I knew I wouldn't be able to convince Moonlight Reader to just give me three cozy mystery squares instead, so I had to pick the 2 lesser evils. Classic Noir was one of them. I'm generally not a fan of the sub-genre as it's all a bit too 'dame' and 'broad' for me; the slang wears on my nerves after awhile and feels too affected.

But I'd just received Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores; it's the (presumably) first collection of the Bibliomysteries Otto Penzler commissions from authors each year, which he then publishes to offer first as gifts to his good customers, then to sell to the general public. One of the stories is It's in the Book; originally started by Mickey Spillane before his death, it was found amongst his papers and Max Allan Collins finished it for Penzler. I don't know if Spillane meant for it to be a short story, but it certainly works beautifully as one.

Hammer is hired, first by the NYPD, then by the mafia. Both want the same book: a ledger allegedly used by a recently passed Don to record every nefarious deed and transaction he ever undertook. Names are named and nobody wants it to see the light of day, although a few would kill to use it themselves.

It was a lot of fun riding along with Hammer as he makes short work of finding the book, and while the noir was thick, it wasn't overdone (perhaps by virtue of being a short story). The ending is purposefully foreshadowed early on, making me think that it was more about the action and savoir-faire than about the conclusion of the 'mystery' itself. Collins did offer up a slight, pretty comical twist at the end, and it had me smiling as I closed the book last night.

I won't rush out to read more noir, but I definitely had a good time with this one! ( )
  murderbydeath | Jan 18, 2022 |
A somewhat uneven collection, some of which only just barely could be termed bibliomysteries. But there are enough good stories in here to make the volume worth a read if you like the genre. ( )
  JBD1 | Sep 14, 2019 |
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Penzler, OttoDirecteur de publicationauteur principaltoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Bell, DavidContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Blauner, PeterContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Box, C. J.Contributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Bruen, KenContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Coleman, Read FarrelContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Collins, Max AllanContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Connolly, JohnContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Cook, Thomas H.Contributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Deaver, JeffreyContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
DeMille, NelsonContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Estleman, Loren D.Contributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Link, WilliamContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Lippman, LauraContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Perry, AnneContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Rankin, IanIntroductionauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Spillane, MickeyContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
Taylor, AndrewContributeurauteur secondairetoutes les éditionsconfirmé
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This work, Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores, contains stories #16-30 of the Bibliomysteries series of short stories published by The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City.

Do not combine with Bibliomysteries: Vol II: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores. Both works contain stories #16-30 of the Bibliomysteries series, and the work with no volume listed is not Vol. I of a two volume set. It is possible they are editions of the same work. Since this is unclear, they were separated to avoid ambiguity.

Do not combine with Bibliomysteries: Short Tales About Deadly Books, which contains stories #1-15 of the same series. That work could plausibly be considered volume one of two volumes containing the first thirty stories in the Bibliomysteries series, but is not titled as such.
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