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BOOKS by Otto Penzler

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Kiss Before Dying

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by Ira Levin

Now a modern classic, this book tells the shocking tale of a charming, intelligent man who will literally stop at nothing, not even murder, to get where he wants to go. His problem is a pregnant woman who loves him. The solution, he realizes, involves some desperate measures.

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The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century

The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century more books like this

by Tony Hillerman (Editor), Otto Penzler (Editor)

Beloved bestselling author Tony Hillerman and mystery maven Otto Penzler have gathered 100 years' worth of peerless suspense tales into a volume every fan will cherish. Nowhere else can readers find a more thorough, more engaging, more essential distillation of American suspense.

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The Best American Mystery Stories

The Best American Mystery Stories more books like this

by Scott Turow (Editor), Otto Penzler (Editor)

This volume brings together the genre's finest from the past year. With stories from mystery veterans and newly discovered talents, this thrilling collection is sure to appeal to crime fiction fans of all tastes.

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The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age--The '20s, '30s & '40s

The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age--The '20s, '30s & '40s more books like this

by Otto Penzler (Editor)

Here are 45 of the best stories and the major writers who ever appeared in celebrated pulps like "Black Mask, Dime Detective," and "Detective Fiction Weekly." These are the classic tales that created the genre and gave birth to hard-hitting detectives.

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Best American Mystery Stories

Best American Mystery Stories more books like this

by Michael Connelly (Editor), Otto Penzler (Editor)

This anthology marks its seventh year by featuring selections from all reaches of the genre. World-renowned mystery scribe Connelly has chosen work by mystery favorites as well as talented up-and-comers for a diverse collection sure to thrill all readers.

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The Best American Crime Writing

The Best American Crime Writing more books like this

by Thomas H Cook (Editor), Otto Penzler (Editor), James Ellroy (Introduction by)

This annual collection encompasses the most intelligent and gripping crime journalism published during the year.

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Dangerous Women

Dangerous Women more books like this

by Otto Penzler (Editor)

From some of the most acclaimed mystery and suspense authors today come new stories for this anthology compiled by the legendary editor Otto Penzler, owner of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York and founder of the Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler books.

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The Best American Crime Writing

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by Mark Bowden (Editor), Otto Penzler (Editor), Thomas H Cook (Editor)

Readers will uncover the year's best crime writing and reporting in this all-new collection edited by the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Black Hawk Down" and "Killing Pablo."

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The Best American Mystery Stories

The Best American Mystery Stories more books like this

by Robert B Parker (Introduction by), Ctto Penzler (Editor), Otto Penzler (Foreword by)

This is the debut "Best American" volume for mystery stories. It includes works by heavyweight authors such as Elizabeth George, Elmore Leonard, Jonathan Kellerman, and Joyce Carol Oates.

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The Bigger They Come

by A. A. Fair, Otto Penzler (Editor)

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Best American Mystery Stories 2002

Best American Mystery Stories 2002 more books like this

by James Ellroy (Editor), Otto Penzler (Editor)

Perennially popular, this anthology is a favorite of mystery buffs and general readers alike. This year Ellroy lends his talent to the editing of the series.

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The Best American Crime Reporting more books like this

by Linda A Fairstein, Otto Penzler, Thomas H Cook

Thieves, liars, killers, and conspirators--it's a criminal world out there, and someone has got to write about it. An eclectic collection of the year's best reportage, "The Best American Crime Reporting 2007" brings together the murderers and muscle men, the masterminds, and the mysteries and missteps that make for brilliant stories, told by the ...

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Murder in the Rough: Original Tales of Bad Shots, Terrible Lies, and Other Deadly Handicaps from Today's Great Writers more books like this

by Otto Penzler (Editor)

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The Mighty Johns more books like this

by Otto Penzler

The original novella from David Baldacci highlights this collection of football mysteries from the greatest names in suspense. In the title thriller, college football player and physics major, Tor North investigates the mysterious unsolved disappearance of a legendary football hero from his school forty years before. Both his brains and his brawn ...

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Murder for Love more books like this

by Otto Penzler (Editor)

New short stories of Crimes of Passion from such authors as Mary Higgins Clark, John Gardner, Elmore Leonard, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Donna Tartt.

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Best American Crime Writing more books like this

by Otto Penzler (Editor), Thomas H Cook (Editor), Nicholas Pileggi (Editor)

This riveting new anthology series presents the best crime journalism--a year's worth of the most powerful, the most startling, the most astute, and the smartest contributions.

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The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 more books like this

by Otto Penzler (Editor), Michael Connelly (Editor)

This is the seventh annual collection of mysteries in the series developed by Otto Penzler.

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Murder at the Foul Line: Original Tales of Hoop Dreams and Deaths from Today's Great Writers more books like this

by Otto Penzler

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The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of the Algonquin Round Table more books like this

by Otto Penzler (Editor)

A literary event! The mystery and crime fiction of the Algonquin Round Table. A Mystery Guild Main Selection. With the possible exception of the expatriate writers living in Paris in the 1920s, no single group of American literary figures has achieved as much fame or notoriety as the New York sophisticates who met to match wits and attempt to ...

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Murder for revenge more books like this

by Otto Penzler (Editor)

A collection of 12 new crime stories on the subject of revenge, from masters of the genre such as Mary Higgins Clark, Lawrence Block, and Joan Hess.

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A Tale about a Tiger: Sounds Like Murder, Vol. VI more books like this

by S J Rozan, Otto Penzler

Private investigator Lydia Chin infiltrates New York's Chinatown to stop a dealer in valuable, and illegally obtained, animal parts--the sexual organ of the male tiger, to be exact--believed to have miraculous powers in the mysterious world of Chinese medicine. The tiger, in danger of becoming extinct, is revered by the Chinese people. And Lydia ...

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Dead Man's Hand: Crime Fiction at the Poker Table more books like this

by Otto Penzler (Editor)

If ever a subject begged to be associated with crime it is gambling, writes Otto Penzler in his introduction to this collection of short stories set at the poker table and beyond. In Walter Mosley's Mister In-Between, a bagman is sent to collect from a rigged poker game, but soon begins to wonder who the real mark is. In One Dollar Jackpot, ...

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Whodunit? Houdini? : Thirteen tales of magic, murder, mystery more books like this

by Otto Penzler

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Best American Mystery Stories more books like this

by Ed McBain (Introduction by), Otto Penzler (Foreword by)

The third volume in this series features 17 of the year's greatest mystery stories by such illustrious writers as Joyce Carol Oates, John Updike, and Lawrence Block and by rising stars like Thomas H. Cook and Gary Krist.

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Murder & obsession more books like this

by Otto Penzler

Obsession has fueled the fires of storytelling for centuries. New veteran mystery man Penzler brings together a roster of today's most popular and respected names in the literary world to write original stories using this intriguing of all motives as inspiration. The result is nothing short of masterful.

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