Mysterious Bookshop Gift Guide 2023
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Looking for a holiday read? Check out Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot's Christmas. In this official edition featuring exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder—and the brilliant Belgian investigator is quickly on the case. $18.99
Agatha Christie’s masterpiece Murder on the Orient Express in a brand new graphic novel adaptation—featuring full-color illustrations by Bob Al-Greene. Just after midnight, the Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. Isolated by the storm, Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again. $25.99
Drink and dine with recipes inspired by the best-selling novelist of all time! Poisons, knives, and bullets riddle the stories of Agatha Christie, but so does food, which she uses to invoke settings, to develop characters, and, of course, to commit murder. "A fresh and fascinating angle. Karen Pierce's Recipes for Murder is the first cookbook I’d call a page turner. So much more than a cookbook, it’s a source of meticulous research, scholarly insight, and infectious enthusiasm. It will be used for many years to come to nourish body and mind," (Kemper Donovan). $19.95
HAND-PICKED BY OTTO PENZLER
In Otto's "Extra Special" section, you'll find hand-picked Rare & Collectable titles as well as special deals Otto is offering for holiday bundles of American Mystery Classics, Bibliomysteries, Best Mystery Stories of the Year, and Golden Age Stories! Enjoy browsing the special mysterious gifts that Otto has singled out the holiday season!
Charlotte Pitt’s clever grandmother investigates the sudden disappearance of her dear friend in A Christmas Vanishing, the chilling holiday whodunit by New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry, following 2022's A Christmas Deliverance. “[A] delicious mystery. Those who want a solid historical mystery set against the holiday season should pick this one up,” (Caffeinated Reviewer). $22.00
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Another title from series favorite John Dickson Carr, writing under pseudonym Carter Dickson, first published in 1934. One of the top novels from one of the top writers of Golden Age mysteries, The White Priory Murders features an impossible puzzle and the Crime Classics series’ first outing for one of Dickson/Carr’s great series detectives, Sir Henry Merrivale. Set at Christmastime, snow is crucial to the impossible crime. $14.99
The cult classic mystery that John Dickson Carr hailed as “a marvel of ingenuity.” “I came here to make a dead man change his mind.” So begins a creepy and unusual mystery celebrated to this day as one of the greatest “impossible crime” novels of all time. Supernatural undertones and eerie atmosphere clear away in the third act to present a logical conclusion to the case, teasing out the clues and murder methods that unscrupulous readers may have missed. With its off-beat exposition, puzzling plot and exceptional prose, Hake Talbot's Rim of the Pit is a cult classic of the Golden Age era. $25.95
Hugo Award-winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents this chilling horror anthology of original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe, featuring chillers by Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu and many more. From the eerie Austrian Schnabelperchten to the skeletal Welsh Mari Lwyd, by way of ravenous golems, uncanny neighbors, and unwelcome visitors, Christmas and Other Horrors captures the heart and horror of the festive season. $27.99
In his introduction to The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023, guest editor Amor Towles pays tribute to the forgotten person of the mystery story―the cadaver. “Male or female, old or young, rich or poor,” he writes, “for over a hundred years the cadaver has been accommodating, gracious, and generally on time. There is no other figure in crime who has proven to be more reliable.” Like the cadaver, this anthology series is also proving reliable, bringing to readers the finest mystery/crime/suspense stories of the year from a variety of sources including mystery and general interest magazines, anthologies, online publications, and literary periodicals. $28.95
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Sleuthing stage magician Joseph Spector (Death and the Conjuror) returns to investigate a baffling series of impossible crimes. “Can you solve the Ferris wheel murder case?” Featuring a puzzling plot with a brilliant and fairly clued solution, The Murder Wheel is a delightful homage to the Golden Age mystery sure to please fans of classic crime fiction; Tom Mead’s atmospheric writing and memorable, complex characters prove him to be one of the best new talents in the historical mystery of today. $26.95
The Christmas Appeal is an immersive holiday caper from Janice Hallett. Christmas season has arrived in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive holiday production of Jack and the Beanstalk. But despite the season, goodwill is distinctly lacking among the amateur theater enthusiasts with petty rivalries, a possibly asbestos-filled beanstalk, and some perennially absent players behind the scenes. Of course, there’s also the matter of the dead body onstage. $21.99——————————————————————————————————
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LIMITED SIGNED EDITION
Lee Child's Never Go Back is the eighteenth book in The Jack Reacher Series: The Definitive Author's Edition. Includes a new introduction by the author, written exclusively for this edition. All copies signed by Lee Child.
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An award-winning original graphic novel starring the world’s greatest detective: Sherlock Holmes! See into Sherlock’s mind like never before as Cyril Lieron depicts an intricate visual representation of his mind palace! Sherlock Holmes fans can sink their teeth into this brand new original tale, which uniquely portrays the inner workings of the greatest detective’s mind as he works to solve the case! Inside The Mind of Sherlock Holmes is a visually stunning treat! Put on your deerstalker and pull out your magnifying glass, there’s a mystery to be solved! $24.99
In The Worlds of Sherlock Holmes, Andrew Lycett explores all that encompasses the world of the great detective—tracing the infamous character’s own interests, personality and mythologized biography alongside that of his creator’s. From the Victorian crazes for detection and séance, to contemporary developments in science and psychology, Lycett weaves together everything that inspired Conan Doyle in creating the world’s most famous detective and one of fiction's most enduring, enigmatic and recognizable characters. $32.00
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First published in 1944, Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer is a lively riot of murder, holiday desserts, and misdirection, cleverly twisting the tropes of Golden Age detective fiction to create a pacey, light-hearted package admirably suited for the holiday season. $14.99
A country house murder mystery classic, as a party find themselves snowed-in on Christmas Eve with a murderer among them "Six people around the table on Christmas Eve in a large country house include the chancellor of the exchequer, the leader of a fascist movement, a Jewish historian and assorted toffs. They start dying, one by one. Snow prevents detectives from coming to investigate. Written in 1951, Cyril Hare’s An English Murder tells a satisfying tale of politics and wealth, with an unexpected denouement," (Times "Books of the Year: Crime"). $14.95
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Three new Christmas Ghost Stories for 2023! Arthur Conan Doyle's The Captain of the Polestar, Andrew Caldecott's A Room in a Rectory, and Marjorie Bowen's The House by the Poppy Field! Reading a ghost story on Christmas Eve was once as much a part of traditional Christmas celebrations as turkey, eggnog, and Santa Claus. Biblioasis is thrilled to offer this series of beautifully illustrated, collectible books that share these classic Christmas ghost stories with readers across North America.
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