A review by art_cart_ron
Natale al Mysterious Bookshop by S.J. Rozan, Anne Perry, Lisa Michelle Atkinson, Thomas H. Cook, Jonathan Santofler, Mary Higgins Clark, Charles Ardai, Rupert Holmes, Edward D. Hoch, Otto Penzler, Lawrence Block, Donald E. Westlake, Andrew Klavan, Jeremiah Healy, George Baxt, Antonio Bellomi, Stefano Rosignoli, Michael Malone, Ed McBain, Ron Goulart

5.0

The origin of this book is such a wonderful piece of biblio-magic and the collection represents a decade and a half of loving contributions to readers of the mystery genre who travel from far and wide to support a specialty shop run by one of humanity's foremost experts on mystery writing. Before you even get to the stories, that's a wicked cool mark in the book's favor - - and the stories themselves very rarely disappoint. I've been introduced to a store I want to visit, and more than a dozen samples of writing that point me in the right direction when I'm choosing my next mystery novel to read.

Thank you, Otto Penzler, for this one-of-a-kind, and oh-so stinking cool, Christmas gift.