Launch! The Mysterious Bookshop

In the mystery business, everyone knows the name Otto Penzler.  Bookstore owner, editor, publisher, writer, and all around amazing guy.  He owns the Mysterious Bookshop in NYC.  When I first visited many years ago, the shop was in midtown Manhattan, in a gothic looking structure that Edgar Allan Poe would have been proud to haunt.  … Read more

Preparing to Launch: Meeting My Mates

Some days are blessed.  Yesterday was one of them. The Great Mystery Bus Tour is an enterprise mysterious in a lot of ways. From the get-go, The most perplexing mystery for me was my bus-mates.  John Connolly and I have met and talked before, but only very briefly.  M.J. Rose, I’ve known only by reputation. … Read more

Preparing To Launch

ON THE ROAD WITH THE GREAT MYSTERY BUS TOUR I arrived in New York City yesterday afternoon, and hit the ground running.  I  NY.  It’s a great city to visit.  Every time I come here, I do the same thing first: stand in line at TKTS to get a cheap seat for a great Broadway production.  … Read more