If you’re looking for a page-turner to keep you up at night, you need to make a stop by Scottsdale’s The Poisoned Pen: A Mystery Bookstore. This exceptional bookstore specializes in mysteries both classic and modern, but their selection does extend to other subjects as well. As a specialized store, they are notorious for setting up signings with some of the biggest names in the mystery genre, and hundreds of authors have come through the store to meet their fans. Even better, these events are always free. The staff here, as you’d expect, are huge fans as well, and they’re happy to recommend their latest favorites. The store even has a little reading nook for you to sit down and test drive a chapter before you buy!

The Poisoned Pen: A Mystery Bookstore
4014 N. Goldwater Boulevard
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
(480) 947-2974
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