Mystery Readers International: Mystery Bookstores Around the World

I really enjoy a good mystery bookstore. A specialty mystery bookstore is a great place to find books, meet other mystery readers, listen to touring mystery writers, or get together in a mystery reading group. Many mystery bookstores have catalogues, do searches, host special events and trips. I guess I haven't gotten over the joy of touching books, scanning the shelves, finding books I wasn't looking for (but which intrigue me) and speaking with knowledgeable booksellers. I hope you feel the same way about these stores.

I know I've forgotten a few, so if I have, send an e-mail. I have limited this list to independent mystery bookstores with regular hours. At a future time, I'd love to annotate this list. I hope you'll visit some of these stores and let me know what you enjoyed most about them. And, for those of you who find yourself in a new city because of work or travel, remember a mystery bookstore is the perfect place to take a break from your schedule and meet with like minds and make new friends. Although I won't be including them at this time, there are many other general bookstores which have large excellent mystery sections. Get Booked at a Mystery Bookstore near you!!

Scottsdale: THE POISONED PEN, 4014 N. Goldwater Blvd., Ste. 101, Scottsdale, AZ 85251-4335. Barbara Peters. Phone: 480-947-2974; toll free: 888-560-9919. E-mail: sales@poisonedpen.com; web site: poisonedpen.com
Sedona: THE WELL RED COYOTE, 3190 W. Highway 89A (at Dry Creek Road in West Sedona), Suite #400, Sedona, AZ 86336. Kris Neri. Phone: 928-282-2284; toll free: 866-282-9291. E-mail: books@wellredcoyote.com; web site: wellredcoyote.com
Tucson: CLUES UNLIMITED, 3146 E. Ft. Lowell, Tucson, AZ 85716. Chris Acevedo & Pat Davis. Phone: 520-326-8533. E-mail: info@cluesunlimited.com; web site: cluesunlimited.com

Boulder: HIGH CRIMES is closing its store but will continue to sell books via its web site. Cynthia Nye. Phone: 303-443-8346; toll free: 800-356-5586. E-mail: highcrimes@earthlink.net; web site: highcrimesbooks.com

Colorado Springs: BOOK SLEUTH MYSTERY BOOKSTORE, 2501 W. Colorado Ave., Ste. 105, Colorado Springs, CO 80904-3000. Helen Randal. Phone: 719-632-2727.

Denver: MURDER BY THE BOOK, 1574 S. Pearl St., Denver, CO 80210-2635. Lauri Verschure & Joan D. Montgomery. Phone: 303-871-9401; toll free: 800-300-2595. info@murderbythebook.com; web site: murderbythebook.com

Delray Beach: MURDER ON THE BEACH, 273 Pineapple Grove Way, Delray Beach, FL 33444. Joanne Sinchuk. Phone: 561-279-7790. murdermb@gate.net; web site: murderonthebeach.com

Forest Park: CENTURIES & SLEUTHS BOOKSTORE, 7419 W. Madison St., Forest Park, IL 60130-1502. August Paul Aleksy, Jr. Phone: 708-771-7243. E-mail: augitraj@aol.com; web site: centuriesandsleuths.com
Glenview: ALIBI BOOKS, 995 Waukegan Rd., Glenview, IL 60025. Sheri Kraft. Phone: 847-657-7832. info@alibibooks.com; web site: alibibooks.com
Peoria: THE MYSTERY NOOK, Illinois Antique Center, 311 S. Water, 2nd Floor, Peoria, IL 61602. Joyce Welsch. Phone: 309-685-3840. E-mail: mystnook@ocslink.com; web site: www.ocslink.com/~mystnook
Virden: THE SLY FOX, 123 North Springfield, Virden, IL 62690. George Rishel. Phone: 877-848-3100. E-mail: slyfox@royell.org; web site: slyfoxvirden.com

Carmel: THE MYSTERY COMPANY closed in early 2010.
Richmond: HOUSE OF MYSTERY, 1115 South A Street, Richmond, IN 47374. Ron or Sandy Weadick. Phone: 765-962-7974. E-mail: pulptopresent@yahoo.com

Lawrence: THE RAVEN BOOKSTORE, 6 E. 7th St., Lawrence, KS 66044-2702. Pat Kehde & Mary Lou Wright. Phone: 785-749-3300. E-mail: ravenbookstore@aol.com

Mission: I LOVE A MYSTERY, 5460 Martway St., Mission, KS 66205-2915. Karen Spengler. Phone: 913-432-2583. E-mail: kas@iloveamystery.net

Oxford: MYSTERY LOVES COMPANY, 202 S. Morris Street, Oxford, MD 21654. Kathy Harig. Phone: 410-226-0010. E-mail: info@mysterylovescompany.com; web site: mysterylovescompany.com

Cambridge: KATE'S MYSTERY BOOKS closed in August 2009, but will continue selling books online. Kate Rogers. E-mail: Kate.Rogers@state.vt.us; web site: katesmysterybooks.com
Provincetown: CAPE & DAGGER, 357 Commercial St., PO Box 551, Provincetown, MA 02657-0551. The store is closed during the winter; check the web site for opening times. Diane Johnson & Nan Cinnater. Phone: 508-487-0848. E-mail: info@nowvoyagerbooks.com; web site: nowvoyagerbooks.com

Ann Arbor: AUNT AGATHA'S, 213 S. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104. James & Robin Agnew. Phone: 734-769-1114. E-mail: store@auntagathas.com; web site: auntagathas.com

Minneapolis: ONCE UPON A CRIME, 604 W. 26th St., Minneapolis, MN 55405-3303. Patricia Frovarp and Gary Shulze. Phone: 612-870-3785. Web site: onceuponacrimebooks.com
Minneapolis: UNCLE EDGAR'S MYSTERY BOOKSTORE, 2864 Chicago Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55407-1320. Jeff Hatfield. Phone: 612-824-9984. E-mail: unclehugo@aol.com; web site: uncleedgar.com

Liberty: SHERLOCK'S HOME, 7 Missouri St., Liberty, MO 64068. Jane Hooper. E-mail: jane@sherlockshome.com; web site: www.abebooks.com/home/janehooper
St. Louis: BIG SLEEP BOOKS, 239 N. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108-1527. Helen Simpson. Phone: 314-361-6100. E-mail: bigsleep.books@slacc.com; web site: bigsleepbooks.com

Omaha: THE MYSTERY BOOKSTORE, 1422 S. 13th St., Omaha, NE 68108-3504. Kate Birkel. Phone: 402-342-7343. E-mail: hudunit@radiks.net; web site: mysterybookstore.ws

Henderson: CHEESECAKE AND CRIME will be closing its store in February 2010, but will continue to sell books online. Pamela Mains and Lendall Mains. E-mail: clues@cheesecakeandcrime.com; web site: cheesecakeandcrime.com
Las Vegas: IF BOOKS COULD KILL (Albion Book Co.) closed in early 2009.

Princeton: THE CLOAK & DAGGER, 349 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ 08540-4614. Aline Lenaz. Phone: 609-688-9840. E-mail: info@thecloakanddagger.com; web site: thecloakanddagger.com

Taos: MOBY DICKENS BOOKSHOP, 124A Bent St., Taos, NM 87571-5992. Art & Susan Bachrach. Phone: 505-758-3050; toll free: 888-442-9980. E-mail: mobyop@newmex.com; web site: mobydickens.com

Taos: MYSTERY INK BOOKSHOP, 121 Camino de la Placita, Taos, NM 87571. Phone: 505-751-1092.

New York: THE MYSTERIOUS BOOKSHOP is now located at 58 Warren Street (between Church and W. Broadway), New York, NY 10007. Otto Penzler. Phone: 212-587-1011. E-mail: info@mysteriousbookshop.com; web site: mysteriousbookshop.com
New York: PARTNERS & CRIME, 44 Greenwich Ave., New York, NY 10011. Marshall Mintz. Phone: 212-243-0440. E-mail: partners@crimepays.com; web site: crimepays.com

Westerville: FOUL PLAY MYSTERY BOOKSHOP, 27 E. College Ave., Westerville, OH 43091-2101. John & Toni Cross. Phone: 614-818-CLUE. E-mail: foulplaybk@aol.com; web site: foulplaybooks.com

Portland: MURDER BY THE BOOK, 3210 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Portland, OR 97214-5045. Jill Hinckley & Carolyn Lane. Phone: 503-232-9995. E-mail: books@mbtb.com; web site: mbtb.com

Mechanicsburg: MECHANICSBURG MYSTERY BOOK SHOP, 6 Clouser Rd., Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-9735. Deborah Beamer. Phone: 717-795-7470; toll free: 866-MY-ALIBI (866-692-5424). E-mail: mysterybooks@earthlink.net; web site: mysterybooksonline.com.

Oakmont: MYSTERY LOVERS BOOKSHOP, 514 Allegheny River Blvd., Oakmont, PA 15139-1648. Richard Goldman and Mary Alice Gorman. Phone: 412-828-4877; toll free: 888-800-6078. E-mail: mysterylovers@mysterylovers.com; web site: mysterylovers.com

Philadelphia: WHODUNIT?, 1931 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19103-3530. Art Bourgeau & Henry Reifsnyder. Phone: 215-567-1478; toll free: 800-567-1478. books@whodunitphilly.com; web site: www.abebooks.com/home/whodunit

Warwick: MURDER BY THE BOOK, 1645 Warwick Avenue, Suite 202, Warwick, RI 02889-1524. Open by appointment. Kevin J. Barbero. Phone: 401-781-1300. Web site: www.abebooks.com/home/kbbooks/

Columbia: ALIENS AND ALIBIS, 201 Columbia Mall Blvd, Ste. 173, Columbia, SC 29223. Deb Andolino. Phone: 803-462-0362. E-mail: aab@sc.rr.com; web site: www.aliensandalibis.com

Nashville: MYSTERIES & MORE, Lenox Village, 6965 Sunnywood Drive, Nashville, TN 37211. Mary and Greg Bruss. Phone: 615-837-3300. E-mail: mysteriesandmore@bellsouth.net; web site: mysteriesandmore.net

Austin: ADVENTURES IN CRIME AND SPACE, 1504 Norris Dr., Austin, TX 78704. Open by appointment. Willie Siros. Phone: 512-383-1376. E-mail: acs@crimeandspace.com; web site: CrimeAndSpace.com

Houston: MURDER BY THE BOOK, 2342 Bissonnet St., Houston, TX 77005-1512. Martha Farrington, owner; Dean James, manager. Phone: 713-524-8597; toll free: 888-4-AGATHA. E-mail: murderbk@swbell.net; web site: murderbooks.com

San Antonio: REMEMBER THE ALIBI MYSTERY BOOKSTORE, 8055 West Avenue #101, San Antonio, TX 78213. Ray Hengst. Phone: 210-344-7776; toll free: 888-272-5135.

Brattleboro: MYSTERY ON MAIN STREET, 119 Main St., Brattleboro, VT 05301. David Lampe-Wilson. Phone: 802-258-2211. E-mail: info@mysteryonmain.com; web site: mysteryonmain.com

Richmond: CREATURES 'N CROOKS BOOKSHOPPE, 3156 West Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23221. Lelia Taylor. Phone: 804-340-0277; toll free: 888-533-5303. E-mail: info@cncbooks.com; web site: cncbooks.com. This store plans to close its doors on Sept. 30, 2009.

Olympia: WHODUNIT? BOOKS, 301 E. 4th Ave., Olympia, WA 98501-1106. Phone: 360-252-8252. E-mail: whodunitsNW@aol.com

Seattle: SEATTLE MYSTERY BOOKSHOP, 117 Cherry St., Seattle, WA 98104. J.B. Dickey. Phone: 206-587-5737. E-mail: staff@seattlemystery.com; web site: seattlemystery.com

Madison: BOOKED FOR MURDER, 2701 University Ave., Madison, WI 53705-3700. Sara Barnes. Phone: 608-238-2701; toll free: 800-200-5996. E-mail: booked4murder@bookedformurder.com; web site: bookedformurder.com

Milwaukee: MYSTERY ONE BOOKSHOP, 2109 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202-1110. Richard Katz. Phone: 414-347-4077; toll free: 800-207-0084. mystery1@execpc.com; web site: mysteryone.com

Canberra: GASLIGHT BOOKS, 83 Wollongong St., Unit 10, PO Box 267, Fyshwick ACT 2609, Australia. Gayle & Robert Lovett. Phone: 61-2-6239-3633. E-mail: Gasbooks@gaslightbooks.com.au; web site: gaslightbooks.com.au

Maylands: THE CRIME SCENE BOOKSTORE, 190 Whatley Crescent, Maylands, WA 6051, Australia. Phone: 61-8-9471-9244. crimescn@iinet.net.au

Melbourne: KILL CITY CRIME BOOKS, Basement, 119 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Australia. Phone: 03-9663-3741. E-mail: killbks@ozemail.com.au

Oakville: SCENE OF THE CRIME BOOKS, 2464 Lakeshore Rd., Oakville, ON, Canada, L6L 1H8. (Oakville is about 20 miles west of Toronto.) Open by appointment only. Don Longmuir. Phone: 905-469-6731. Fax: 905-562-7960. E-mail: murdermysterybooks@yahoo.ca; web site: murdermysteriesandmore.com
Ottawa: PRIME CRIME BOOKS will be closing its doors in March 2010. 891 Bank St., Ottawa, ONT K1S 3W4, Canada. Linda Wiken. Phone: 613-238-CLUE. E-mail: prime.crime@rogers.com; web site: primecrimebooks.com
Toronto: SLEUTH OF BAKER STREET, 1600 Bayview Ave., Toronto, ONT M4G 3B7, Canada. J.D. Singh & Marian Misters. Phone: 416-483-3111. E-mail: sleuth@inforamp.net; web site: www.abebooks.com/home/sleuthbooks/
Vancouver: DEAD WRITE BOOKS, 4374 W. 10th Ave., Vancouver, BC V6R 2H7, Canada. Jill Sanagan. Phone: 604-228-8223. E-mail: whitedwarf@deadwrite.com; web site: deadwrite.com
Winnipeg: WHODUNIT? MYSTERY BOOKSTORE, 165 Lilac Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3M 2S1, Canada. Jack and Wendy Bumsted. Phone: 204-284-9100; toll free: 800-468-4216. E-mail: whodunit@mts.net; web site: whodunitcanada.com

London: MURDER ONE. Please note: not a brick and mortar bookstore anymore. Office 004, Kings Cross Business Centre, 180-186 King's Cross Road, London WC1X 9DE. Maxim Jakubowski. Phone: 44-207-539 8820. E-mail: murderone.mail@virgin.net; web site: murderone.co.uk

Berlin: HAMMETT KRIMIBUCHHANDLUNG, Friesenstr. 27, D-10965, Berlin, Germany. Christian Koch. Phone: 49-30-691-58-34. E-mail: hammett@hammett-krimis.de; web site: hammett-krimis.de

Frankfurt am Main: DIE WENDELTREPPE BUCHHANDLUNG, Brückenstraße 34, D-60594, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Jutta Wilkesmann. Phone: 49-69-611341.

Köln: KRIMIBUCHHANDLUNG ALIBI, Hohenstaufenring 47-51, D-50674, Köln, Germany. Barbara & Manfred Sarrazin. Phone: 49-221-244-496.

Munich: KRIMIBUCHHANDLUNG GLATTEIS, Corneliusstr. 31 (Ecke Baaderstr.), D-80469, Munich, Germany. Gabriele Fauser & Monika Dobler. Phone: 49-89-2-01-48-44. E-mail: Glatteis.krimi@t-online.de

Cork: MAINLY MURDER BOOKSTORE, 2A Paul Street, Cork, Ireland. Patricia Barry. Phone: 353-21-427-2413.
Dublin: MURDER INK, 15 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Michael and Frances Gallagher. Phone: 353-(0)1-677-7570. Specialising in US editions of crime and mystery books.

Milan: SHERLOCKIANA-LIBRERIA DEL GIALLO, Via Peschiera 1, I-20154, Milan, Italy. Tecla Dozio. Phone: 39-3453-5073. Web site: www.myspace.com/libreriadelgiallo

Rome: LIBRERIA SUSPENSE, Via Ceresio 87/89, 00199 Rome, Italy. Phone: 39-6-8535-8291. E-mail: suspense@tin.it

Amsterdam: THRILLERBOEKWINKEL ALIBI, Willemsstraat 21, 1015 Amsterdam, Netherlands. Inez Abell. Phone: 31-20-625-0676. E-mail: thrillerwinkel-alibi@wxs.nl; web site: www.crime.nl/alibi/

Belfast: NO ALIBIS, 83 Botanic Ave., Belfast BT7 1JL, Northern Ireland. Phone: 44-28-9031-9607. E-mail: david@noalibis.com; web site: noalibis.com

Wigtown: MING BOOKS, Beechwood, Acre Place, Wigtown, Newton Stewart, DG8 9DU, Scotland. Marion & Robin Richmond. Phone: 44[0]-19884-03241. E-mail: info@mingbooks.co.uk; web site: mingbooks.co.uk

Barcelona: NEGRA Y CRIMINAL, c/ de la Sal, 5 - 08003 Barcelona. Paco Camarasa y Montse Clavé. Phone: 34-932-955-922. E-mail: info@negraycriminal.com; web site: negraycriminal.com.

Zürich: AM RAND, Röschibachstr. 73, CH-8037, Zürich, SWITZERLAND. Barbara Schneider. Phone: 41-1-27-12-151.