Golden Age Masters of Mystery
Otto Penzler
Dec 2026 · Sold by Simon and Schuster
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Edgar Award winner Otto Penzler selects stories that highlight the greatest American authors of the Golden Age mystery.
The American Mystery Classics series was founded in 2018 with the goal of reissuing the very best detective novels from the genre’s Golden Age (loosely, the years between the two World Wars). For the 100th title in the series, Otto Penzler has compiled an anthology that features the greatest authors in the series to date, including such names as Ellery Queen, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Cornell Woolrich, Phoebe Atwood Taylor, and many more.
These tales will puzzle and delight, promising hours of enjoyment for mystery lovers of all stripes. Some, like Clayton Rawson’s “Nothing Is Impossible” or Mignon G. Eberhart’s “Introducing Susan Dare,” feature familiar series sleuths; others, like Stanley Ellin’s “Cat’s Paw” and “Meredith’s Murder” by Charlotte Armstrong, are intriguing standalones.
Whether you’re new to the AMC series or a long-time fan, you won’t want to miss Golden Age Masters of Mystery and its outstanding selection of stories.
The American Mystery Classics series was founded in 2018 with the goal of reissuing the very best detective novels from the genre’s Golden Age (loosely, the years between the two World Wars). For the 100th title in the series, Otto Penzler has compiled an anthology that features the greatest authors in the series to date, including such names as Ellery Queen, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Cornell Woolrich, Phoebe Atwood Taylor, and many more.
These tales will puzzle and delight, promising hours of enjoyment for mystery lovers of all stripes. Some, like Clayton Rawson’s “Nothing Is Impossible” or Mignon G. Eberhart’s “Introducing Susan Dare,” feature familiar series sleuths; others, like Stanley Ellin’s “Cat’s Paw” and “Meredith’s Murder” by Charlotte Armstrong, are intriguing standalones.
Whether you’re new to the AMC series or a long-time fan, you won’t want to miss Golden Age Masters of Mystery and its outstanding selection of stories.
Edgar Award winner Otto Penzler selects stories that highlight the greatest American authors of the Golden Age mystery.
The American Mystery Classics series was founded in 2018 with the goal of reissuing the very best detective novels from the genre’s Golden Age (loosely, the years between the t...
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About the author
Otto Penzler is the founder and president of Penzler Publishers, which includes The Mysterious Press, Scarlet, American Mystery Classics, Crime Ink, and MysteriousPress.com. He is also the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and is regarded as the world’s foremost authority on crime, mystery and suspense fiction. He has won a Raven, the Ellery Queen Award, two Edgars (for the Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, 1977, and The Lineup, 2010), and lifetime achievement awards from Noircon and The Strand Magazine. He has edited more than 80 anthologies and written extensively about mystery fiction.
Otto Penzler is the founder and president of Penzler Publishers, which includes The Mysterious Press, Scarlet, American Mystery Classics, Crime Ink, and MysteriousPress.com. He is also the proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City and is regarded as the world’s foremost authority on ...
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