The INDEPENDENT MYSTERY BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION (IMBA)

Connecting Criminally Inclined Readers with Arresting Mysteries

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Are you a mystery BOOKSELLER interested in joining us?  Go to ABOUT IMBA for more information and a link to our online application.

Mystery PUBLISHERS:  click here to learn about our  GET A CLUE blog for discussing mystery publishing practices and policies. 

Mystery AUTHORS:  You have your own blog too!  Click here to learn about our KNOCK 'EM DEAD blog and how you can support IMBA. 

 

 

 

Find a great mystery

DILYS AWARD WINNERS:  Read about the winner of the 2009 Dilys award and review the list of books we've voted as the ones we most enjoyed handselling in years past.

 

 

 

 

KILLER BOOKS:  Read about what mystery booksellers have been reading -- and loving

 

 

 

RECENT BESTSELLERS:

Track what our customers bought most in May or previously or review IMBA's 2008 annual bestsellers 

 

 

LIST-O-MANIA:  

Want a mystery with recipes?  Something set in Nashville? Or Ancient Rome?  Visit our links page to connect with lists of just about any type of mystery -- and to find some other helpful links too.

 

Find a great mystery gift

Check out the array of gifts for mystery fans offered by member stores, or give an IMBA Gift Certificate that can be used at any IMBA Member store, anywhere in the country -- even at our Canadian and UK stores.

  

Find a great bookstore

to buy the mysteries that arrest you, and to get suggestions for more

USE our interactive map of independent mystery booksellers across the country to find a store near you

VISIT THIS MONTH'S PROFILED STORE:   

At I Love A Mystery®, the decor is "Victorian library" with a twist. Visitors are greeted at the door by a gargoyle, while the coffee bar is guarded by a life-size skeleton. Daggers, skulls and poison bottles may be tucked into nooks and crannies, but the atmosphere is cozy, with overstuffed chairs inviting customers to settle in for a read or a nap. The store, which is located in Mission, Kansas (just across the state line from Kansas City, Missouri), is home to about 20,000 used and 3,000 new mystery books, including a large selection of signed first editions. I Love A Mystery® is known for its extensive selection of Sherlockiana.

SEE WHAT MYSTERY BOOKSELLERS HAVE BEEN READING & THINKING: View our rotating feature of IMBA members' blogs. This month's blog is from Mystery on Main Street.

Find a mystery signing

Visit our calendar of mystery events for a list of upcoming events at member stores.