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Otto Penzler's 5 Crime and Mystery Picks for October

Otto Penzler's 5 Crime and Mystery Picks for October

From Raymond Chandler to Carl Hiaasen

By Otto Penzler | October 18, 2016

So Who <em>Was</em> Jack the Ripper?

So Who Was Jack the Ripper?

Otto Penzler on the Most Famous Serial Killer of Them All

By Otto Penzler | October 4, 2016

Otto Penzler's 5 Crime and Mystery Picks for September

Otto Penzler's 5 Crime and Mystery Picks for September

E.W. Hornung, Cornell Woolrich, Helen Eustis, and More

By Otto Penzler | September 12, 2016

Otto Penzler's 5 Crime Picks for the End of Summer

Otto Penzler's 5 Crime Picks for the End of Summer

Grim Gentlemen, Deadly Dopplegangers, and a little Zen

By Otto Penzler | August 22, 2016

Otto Penzler's 5 Crime and Mystery Picks for the Dog Days of Summer

Otto Penzler's 5 Crime and Mystery Picks for the Dog Days of Summer

Novels of War, Hollywood, and Cannibal Country

By Otto Penzler | August 5, 2016

Otto Penzler Recommends Crime and Mystery

Otto Penzler Recommends Crime and Mystery

Novels of Espionage, Nazis, and Hannibal Lecter

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