The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2026
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2026 is a crime-fiction anthology selected and introduced by Tess Gerritsen, bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series, with Otto Penzler also associated with the volume. Published in September 2026, the collection gathers well-known short mystery and crime fiction from the previous year, chosen from a pool of more than 3,000 stories under the sponsorship of New York City’s Mysterious Bookshop. Contributors include Lee Child, Andrew Klavan, Joyce Carol Oates, and Lisa Unger, alongside newer or lesser-known writers. The anthology also includes a bonus Agatha Christie story from the shop’s rare book room.
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Internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen selects and introduces the best short mystery fiction of the past year.
This anthology contains the best crime stories published last year, selected from a pool of over 3,000 by bestselling author of the Rizzoli & Isles series, Tess Gerritsen, under the auspices of New York City’s legendary crime fiction specialty store The Mysterious Bookshop.
Included herein, readers will find tales by giants of the genre Lee Child, Andrew Klavan, Joyce Carol Oates, and Lisa Unger, alongside lesser-known writers equally as deserving of attention. The stories have been pulled from a wide variety of sources, including The Strand Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, Dark Yonder, and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. The collection is rounded off by a bonus story from the last century by Agatha Christie, sourced from the Mysterious Bookshop’s rare book room.
A short story anthology – see all Tess Gerritsen books on the Tess Gerritsen Books in Order page.
