Once Upon a Crime, Minneapolis
In the Wind
You already know about the big guys. But think about acting locally. Independent booksellers are the ultimate book lovers. They deserve our support. My local is The Book Mark, a college bookstore that also carries a wide variety of general interest children's and adult books - including In the Wind.
My personal favorite places to get a mystery fix are Once Upon a Crime and Uncle Egar's, both in Minneapolis. If you're ever in the area, you need to visit these national treasures. They know everything there is to know about crime fiction and are happy to take orders by phone. (Or, as Pat and Gary of Once Upon a Crime say, "for a good crime, call 612-870-3785")
Don't have an independent bookseller in your area? No problem. Most of the stores below provide internet or telephone service. And those that specialize in the genre know more about mysteries than anyone in the known universe.
- Independent Mystery Bookseller's Assocation - map of member stores
- Mystery
Readers International List of Mystery Bookstores (includes
many Canadian and European stores)
- Sisters in Crime List of Mystery Bookstores
- Booksense (an organization of many but not all independent bookstores - type in your zipcode to find the closest member store)
- Powell's Books
If it's not in the catalog, ask about it. Libraries welcome suggestions for books from the public. And, apart from the undead librarians in Elizabeth Kostova's The Historian, they very rarely bite.
