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http://www.mysterylovescompany.com/

April 2008

Come experience the joy of a full-service bookstore

*Monthly newsletter & recommendations *20% off your book clubs' books

*Frequent author signings *Special orders

*Book gift baskets *New and gently used books *Listen to us Friday mornings on WCEI 96.7fm

In Oxford: 202 S. Morris Street, Oxford, MD 21654, 410-226-0010, Hours: Fri & Sat 10-6, Sun, Mon, Tues 10-4. Closed April 25 and April 27. Open April 26 for Oxford Day.

In Baltimore: 1730 Fleet Street, Baltimore MD 21231, 410-276-6708, 800-538-0042, Hours: Thurs-Sat 11-5, Sun 12-5.Closed April 4 and April 24 thru April 26.

NB: IF YOU ARE RECEIVING THIS NEWSLETTER BY MAIL AND WISH TO RECEIVE IT ONLY BY EMAIL PLEASE LET US KNOW.

We will be selling books at several events in April and May including the Malice Domestic Convention in Crystal City. We apologize for any confusion in hours.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BOOKS SIGNED AND CAN NOT ATTEND AN EVENT PLEASE EMAIL US AT mysterylovescompany@gmail.com or call 410-226-0010.

UPCOMING AUTHOR EVENTS.

April 5, 2008, 5:00 - 9:00 pm. (FREDERICK, MD) Frederick Cellars.221 N. East Street, Frederick, MD. Phone: 301-668-0311. Signing with Ellen Crosby, Donna Andrews, Ellen Byerrum, and Mary Ellen Hughes. MLC will be selling books. More information at

http://www.frederickcellars.com/index.html

April 19, 2008, 7:00 - 9:00pm. (GERMANTOWN, MD) Montgomery County Public Library, Germantown Branch, 19840 Century Blvd., Germantown, MD. Phone 240-777-0110. Author lecture and signing with Donna Andrews, Marcia Talley, and Ellen Crosby. MLC will be selling books.

April 25 - 27, 2008 (CRYSTAL CITY, VA) Malice Domestic XX. Join Lindsey Davis, Charlaine Harris, Daniel Stashower, and Peter Lovesey as they celebrate twenty years of the traditional mystery. http://www.malicedomestic.org/

April 26, 2008, 1:00 - 3:00pm (OXFORD, MD) Frank Van Riper signs FACE OF THE EASTERN SHORE ($19.95) at the store at 202 S. Morris Street during Oxford Day. More info at http://www.gvrphoto.com/

April 26, 2008, 10:00 - 4:00pm (OXFORD, MD) Oxford Day. We'll have a parade, pirates, a dog show, art auctions, a civil war reenactment, choral music, The US Navy Band "Country Current", a 10K run, an author signing and great breakfast at the Oxford Fire station. All this rain or shine and celebrate 325 years of the Oxford Ferry. Check out all the events at http://www.oxfordday.org/

April 29, 2008, 5:30 - 7:30pm (BALTIMORE) at MLC, 1730 Fleet Street. We will welcome Sujata Massey signing her new Rei Shirmura novel SHIMURA TROUBLE ($29.95). Sujata has assured us that the book will have a happy ending. If you would like to have a signed copy and can't attend, please let us know by April 22nd. You can also order on our web site.

May 13, 2008, 6:30pm - 9:00pm. (CHEVY CHASE, DC) Chevy Chase Embassy Suites, 4300 Military Rd., NW. Mystery Writers of America, Mid-Atlantic Chapter. Lecture, signing, and dinner with David Ignatius (BODY OF LIES, $13.95). Tickets are $35.00 and include a glass of wine. For further information contact Megan Plyler @ plylerme@yahoo.com

May 17, 2008, 1:00 -3:00 pm (BALTIMORE) Elizabeth Zelvin and Bill Rapp. Elizabeth will sign DEATH WILL GET YOU SOBER. Bill signs his second book A PALE RAIN featuring Chicago PI Bill Haberman

Saturday August 16, 2008. 1:00 - 3:00 pm (OXFORD) Ellen Crosby signs her third Virginia wine country book BORDEUX BETRAYAL.

October 9 - 12 (BALTIMORE) Bouchercon 2008. It is not too early to sign up for Bouchercon in our own Charm City. "Charmed to Death " is being run by Ruth Jordan and her team from Crimespree Magazine. You can reach her at ruth@crimespreemag.com about registering and any of your concerns. The Hotel is the Sheraton Baltimore City Center. Remember there are two Sheratons. Rates are $175.00 for a single and $195.00 for a double. The hotel is located at 101 West Fayette Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201. Registration for the convention is $150.00. We have new registration forms at our Baltimore store or we can send you one. MLC will be in the dealers' room and we plan to be fully staffed at the Fells Point store for your shopping convenience. See you there.

COME ON DOWN TO THE MYSTERY SALON...Our new blog http://www.mysterysalon.com/ is up and running. Authors have posted notes about their new books and we welcome your input. Create a virtual book group by commenting about some of the books we have posted. Ask an author a question. Vote on our poll for favorite mystery sub-genre. Right now "cozy" is way ahead. What think you? We will use the blog to keep you up to date with signings, events and new released books. Meet you at the Mystery Salon.

NEW THIS MONTH...

WINTER STUDY by Nevada Barr ($24.95) Ranger Anna Pigeon returns to Isle Royale in Michigan the site of her second adventure in SUPERIOR DEATH to study the wolves that inhabit the park.

ANTIQUES TO DIE FOR by Jane Cleland ($23.95) Third in the series featuring New England antiques and murder. DEADLY APPRAISAL is new in paperback ($6.99).Signed copies after April 26.

DEATH WALKED IN by Carolyn G. Hart ($23.95) A thief steals a coin collection from Broward Rock and Annie and Max Darling are off investigating. SET SAIL FOR MURDER is also available in paperback ($6.99) Signed copies after April 26.

GOODBYE MS. CHIPS by Dorothy Cannell. ($23.95) Ellie Haskell stars in this funny tale when she confronts secrets from her past and returns to her boarding school to find murderer. WITHERING HEIGHTS is also available in pb ($6.99) Signed copies after April 26.

SUDOKU PUZZLE MYSTERY by Parnell Hall ($23.95). The puzzle lady is courted by a Japanese publisher. Will Shortz constructed special sudoku puzzles for the book. Signed copies after April 26.

MERCY OAK by Kathryn Wall ($24.95). South Carolina's sultry Low Country is the setting for the next in the Bay Tanner mysteries. Bay and her late husband's brother investigate a hit and run. Signed copies after April 26.

DEGREES OF SEPARATION by Sue Henry ($23.95) Jesse Arnold encounters a dead body in the snow with her dog sled team. Signed copies after April 26.

TRICK OF THE MIND by Cassandra Chan ($24.95) Detective Sergeant Jack Gibbons has been shot and his best friend Philip Bethancourt must investigate.

CHEATING AT SOLITAIRE by Jane Haddam. ($24.95) Former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian is hired on a case with more twists than even he is used to, as he escapes from wedding preparations. GLASS HOUSES is also available in paperback ($6.99)

ROUX MORGUE by Claire Johnson ($24.95) Second in the series featuring pastry chef Meg Ryan. Meg returns to her San Francisco school to teach, but then the faculty starts dying. Signed copies after April 26.

HEADHUNTERS by Peter Lovesey ($24.00) Gemma and her office mates joke about forming a murder society. Then three of Gemma's co-workers go missing. Signed copies after April 26.

DEMON FROM DAKAR by Kjell Eriksson ($24.95) Detective Ann Lindell finds that one of her leading murder suspects owns half of a restaurant called Dakar. CRUEL

STARS OF THE NIGHT is also available in trade paperback ($12.95).

CHASING CANS by Laura Crum ($14.95) Gail McCarthy is the witness to a riding accident, then another and finally a suicide. By now she suspects murder and she nearly becomes the next victim.

PAPER MOON by Andrea Camilleri ($13.00) Inspector Montalbano investigates a man shot at point blank range with his pants down.

THE CLUTTERED CORPSE by Mary Jane Maffini ($6.99) Second in the Charlotte Adams series featuring a professional organizer and part-time sleuth. Signed copies after April 26

CORPSE POSE by Diane Killian ($6.99) First in the Mantra for Murder series about a yoga instructor A. J. Alexander. Signed copies after April 26.

MURDER IS BINDING by Lorna Barrett ($6.99) Tricia Miles comes from the city to open a bookstore in New Hampshire. Then she discovers a fellow bookseller dead in her cookbook store. Did she do away with the competition? No! But she decides to find the murderer in this debut mystery.

DEATH IN GASCONY by Sarah D'Almeida ($7.99) In this Three Musketeers mystery series, D'Artagnan gets word that his father is killed in a duel. But when he and the other two Musketeers arrive in Gascony, they find out that it wasn't a duel but murder, and D'Artagnan is their next target.

THE TEMPLAR, THE QUEEN AND HER LOVER, by Michael Jecks ($24.95) Twentieth in the Knights Templar series, this one set in 1325 featuring Sir Baldwin de Funshill.

THE ENCHANTER'S FOREST by Alys Clare ($24.95) Tenth in the medieval series featuring Abbess Helwise and Josse d'Acquin. Hawkenlye Abbey residents bitterly resent a man who claims to have found Merlin's tomb.

Hope to see you soon and we thank you for your support of our independent store. Happy spring reading from Kathy, Tom,. Dotty, Brenda, and Nick and Nora.