The INDEPENDENT MYSTERY BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION (IMBA)

Connecting Criminally Inclined Readers with Arresting Mysteries

 

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Find a great mystery

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

 

DILYS AWARD WINNERS:  Read about the 2008 Dilys Winner and see the list of books we've voted as the ones we most enjoyed handselling in years past.

RECENT BESTSELLERS: Track what our customers bought most in August and previously

OUR 100 FAVORITE Click here for larger image. MYSTERIES OF THE 20th CENTURY: See the list us mystery lovers and that best fed that love

When you've found a new author, find a complete list of all the books in the series, in chronological order, on stopyourekillingme.com (not affiliated with IMBA but a site we find indispensable)

 		 

Find a great bookstore

to buy the mysteries that arrest you and 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:  poisonedpen.com 

Founded in 1989, The Poisoned Pen is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, part of Greater Phoenix, now the fifth largest metro-region in the United States. They  run a full and varied program of Events, Workshops, and Conferences. Their specialty is fiction—mysteries and thrillers, plus general fiction, science fiction/fantasy, historical fiction—and a whole lot more including history, travel, and food. They carry British and Canadian as well as American titles with a strong collection of Signed First Editions. They are a member of BookSense. Sign up for their newsletter: <http://www.poisonedpen.com/store-info/newsletters>!
  SEE WHAT MYSTERY BOOKSELLERS HAVE BEEN READING & THINKING: View our rotating feature of IMBA members' blogs.  This month's blog is from Oregon's MURDER BY THE BOOK. 

Give a great mystery

Now available!  IMBA Gift Certificates that can be used at any IMBA Member store anywhere in the country!

 

Copies of IMBA's 2008 Catalogue, including Dilys nominees and Killer Book recommendations through 2007, plus a complete listing of IMBA members, will be available at Left Coast Crime and all other major mystery conventions this year, as well as at member stores.  Booksellers may order 100 copies for $20, including shipping.