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MYSTERY STORES, LISTS

Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
http://www.mysterybooksellers.com/member-directory/
A database of their member stores.


MYSTERY STORES, (BRICK AND MORTAR)

Aunt Agathas
http://www.abebooks.com/home/auntagathas/
Ann Arbor, MI

Centuries and Sleuths
http://www.centuriesandsleuths.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp
Forest Park, IL

Chronicles of Crime
http://www.chroniclesofcrime.com/
Victoria, BC, Canada

Clues Unlimited
http://www.cluesunlimited.com/
Tucson, AZ

Dark Carnival
http://www.darkcarnival.com/
Berkeley, CA

Dead Write Books
http://www.deadwrite.com/dw.html
Vancouver, British Columbia

Enigma Bookstore
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Enigma-Bookstore/138243176369174
Astoria, NY

Gaslight Books
http://www.gaslightbooks.com.au/
Canberra, Australia/

Kayo Books
http://www.kayobooks.com/
San Francisco, CA

Mechanicsburg Mystery Books and Gifts
http://www.mysterybooksonline.com
Mechanicsburg, PA

Murder by the Book
http://mbtb.com/shop/
Portland, OR

Murder by the Book
http://www.murderbooks.com/
Houston, TX

Murder on the Beach
http://www.murderonthebeach.com/
Del Ray, FL

The Mysterious Bookshop
http://www.mysteriousbookshop.com/
New York City, NY

Mystery Books Online
http://www.mysterybooksonline.com/
Mechanicsburg, PA

Mystery Lovers Bookshop
http://www.mysterylovers.com/
Oakmont, PA

Mystery Loves Company
http://www.mysterylovescompany.com/
Oxford, MD

Mystery One
http://www.mysteryone.com/
Milwaukee, WI

Mystery on Main
http://www.mysteryonmain.com/
Brattleboro, VT

Mystery to Me
http://www.mysterytomebooks.com/
Madison, WI

No Alibis
http://www.noalibis.com/
Belfast, Northern Ireland

Once Upon a Crime
http://www.onceuponacrimebooks.com/
Minneapolis, MN

Partners & Crime
http://www.crimepays.com/
Greenwich Village, New York, NY

Poisoned Pen
http://www.poisonedpen.com/
Scottsdale, AZ

Raven Book Store
http://www.ravenbookstore.com/
Lawrence, KS

Seattle Mystery Bookshop
http://www.seattlemystery.com/
Seattle, WA

Sleuth of Baker Street
http://www.sleuthofbakerstreet.com/
Toronto, Ontario, CA

Snoopers
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/vme/snoopers/
Sacramento, CA

Spensers Mystery Books
http://www.spensersmysterybooks.com/
Boston and North Andover, MA

Strange Birds Books
http://www.abebooks.com/home/strangebirds/
Norwood, OH

Uncle Hugo
http://www.unclehugo.com/prod/
Minneapolis, MN

Whodunit Bookstore
http://www.whodunitphilly.com/index.html
Philadelphia, PA

Whodunit?
http://www.whodunitcanada.com/
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Wrigley-Cross Books
http://www.wrigleycrossbooks.com/
Gresham, OR


MYSTERY STORES (ONLINE)

Dead End Books
http://deadendbooks.com/

Detective Fiction
http://www.detective-fiction.com/

Grave Matters
http://www.gravematters.com/

The Hidden Staircase
http://www.hsmb.com/
San Diego, CA

Murder by the Book
http://www.murderbythebook.com/
Denver, CO

Murder One
http://www.murderone.co.uk/

My Unicorn
http://myunicorn.com/

Mystery Bookstore
http://www.mysterybookstore.com/

Mystery Lovers Bookshop
http://www.mysterylovers.com/

Mystery Mikes
http://www.abebooks.com/home/mysterymikes/

Owen Bookseller
http://www.owenbookseller.com/

Spencer’s Mystery Books
http://www.spensersmysterybooks.com/

Tangled Web Books
http://www.twbooks.co.uk/

Uncle Buck’s Mysteries
http://www.peaknet.net/~unclebuck/


BOOK STORES, INDEPENDENT

American Booksellers Association
http://www.bookweb.org/
Representing small and independent bookstores.

Book Store Tourism
http://www.bookstoretourism.com/
Bookstore Tourism is a type of "cultural tourism" that promotes independent bookstores as a group travel destination. It encourages schools, libraries, reading groups, and organizations of all sizes to create day-trips and literary outings to cities and towns with a concentration of independent bookstores.

Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
http://www.mysterybooksellers.com


GENERAL CHAIN STORES THAT CARRY MYSTERIES (BRICK AND MORTAR)

Barnes and Noble
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
B&N also owns the B. Dalton bookstore chain.

Books-A-Million
http://www.booksamillion.com/


OUT OF PRINT / HARD TO FIND / USED BOOKS

Alibris
http://www.alibris.com/
Alibris (pronounced "uh-LEE-briss") connects people who love books, music, and movies to thousands of independent sellers around the world. Their proprietary technology and advanced logistics allow them to offer over 60 million used, new, and out-of-print books to consumers, libraries, and retailers.

Biblio.com
http://www.biblio.com/textbooks/
Biblio.com offers discount textbooks which average 40% less than retail textbook prices. There are books available on Criminal Justice and Forensic Science. Biblio.com also offers mystery and crime fiction novels in the regular section of the site.

Hard to Find Books
http://www.hardtofindbooks.com/
This online store focuses on rare and used books, although some new offerings are also included.

Post Mortem Books
http://www.postmortembooks.com/
A secondhand-book catalog focusing primarily on crime and mystery fiction, military fiction, and  In children's fiction.

 

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