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The Browne Popular Culture Library is honored to have received a substantial gift of more than 10,000 volumes from the personal
mystery collection of Arthur and Phyllis Rieser. This collection includes first editions, early printings and trade editions
of mystery and suspense novels, including true crime and fictional crime from about 1880 to the present. The collection also
contains many of their personal favorites, including such authors as Ellery Queen, Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, John Dickinson
Carr, Rex Stout, Robert Crais, and Ed McBain.
 After residing in Manhattan for most of their lives, the Riesers recently retired and moved to Florida. Arthur attended MIT
and Columbia Business School and has spent his entire career in the securities industry. Phyllis started as an art major,
but later switched her field to psychology. She received her doctorate at Fordham University and had a private practice in
New York until her retirement.
This collection, reflecting the Riesers' lifelong interest in the mystery genre, is a significant addition to the Library's
extensive collection of mystery and suspense fiction.
Additional Information
"It's no mystery-Phyllis and Arthur Rieser are true 'friends of the library'", BGSU Monitor, November 20, 2006
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