title: Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores (Bibliomysteries)
author:  Otto Penzler 
description: The subtitle says it allexcept to note that contributors to this hefty anthology include some of the most admired contemporary writers of mysteries and thrillers.<br /> - <strong><em>Michael Dirda, The Washington Post</em></strong><br /><br />An anthology featuring short stories by the best of the best writers of mystery and suspense, including winners of the Edgar Award, <em>Bibliomysteries</em> edited by Otto Penzler deserves a place on every fans bookshelf.<br /> - <strong><em>New York Journal of Books</em></strong><br /><br />Superior. Fans of all mystery subgenres will find something to enjoy.<br /> - <strong><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong><br /><br />Readers who love books will love reading about books, the people who love them, the people who kill for them, and the people who kill with themoften the very same people.<br /> - <strong><em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong><br /><br />The tales feature books and bibliophiles, and the best of them is easily John Connollys The Caxton Lending Library and Book Depository, which won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story. Hot on its heels in terms of quality is Thomas H. Cooks Whats in a Name? The remainder of the collection is almost universally enthralling. A must for mystery shelves.<br /> - <strong><em>Booklist</em></strong><br /><br />A welcome anthology for bibliophiles. It features 15 tales with an impressive rangeinternational thriller, whodunit, hardboiled, and contemporary Westernwith a single unifying theme: books and the people who love them. The quality of the tales is unusually high and it is, at least as of this writing, the best anthology Ive read all year.<br /> - <strong><em>Mystery Scene</em></strong><br /><br />This anthology presents a balance worth recognizing and a welcome addition to the library of any book lover, with our without bloodshed.<br /> - <strong><em>PopMatters</em></strong><br /><br />Otto Penzlers entertaining new anthology <em>Bibliomysteries</em> puts a book or booksor a bookstore or libraryat the heart of 15 engaging stories.<br /> - <strong><em>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</em></strong><br /><br />One of the best crime anthologies Ive encountered in a long, long time. <em>Bibliomysteries</em> is a two-fold celebration of what makes books great. Penzler has done it again with this one.<br /> - <strong><em>Tulsa Book Review</em></strong>
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  If you did, thank you. Thank you for respecting me and other authors for their
  hard work, understanding this is our job, and while we love it, we do deserve
  to be compensated for all the hours, and hours, and hours we put into it.
  
  
  
  
  
  If you did not… Go buy one! You are a thief and your parents and grandparents
  and cute animals all around the world are ashamed of you. There is no
  justification for committing this crime because it is a crime, no different
  than walking into a physical bookstore, taking a print copy off the shelf, and
  walking out of the store without paying for it.
  
  
  
  
  
  There is no such thing as a victimless crime. If you truly believe that,
  you’ve never been a victim. And the victims aren’t only the authors, but the
  fans who lose authors that quit over our constantly being stolen from and
  mistreatment. Mistreating the authors that write the books you like or
  read—not liking them isn’t an excuse for theft, it’s just 