MYSTERY LOVES COMPANY BOOKSELLERS
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blog: www.mysterysalon.com
MAY 2008
Come experience the joy of a full-service bookstore
*Monthly newsletter & recommendations *20% off your book
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202 S. Morris Street,
Oxford, MD 21654, 410-226-0010, Hours: Fri &
Sat 10-6, Sun, Mon, Tues 10-4.
In Baltimore:
1730 Fleet Street, Baltimore MD 21231, 410-276-6708, 800-538-0042,
Hours: Thurs-Sat 11-5, Sun 12-5.
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UPCOMING AUTHOR EVENTS.
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
May 24 and 25, 2008 (OXFORD)
If you visit Oxford during Memorial Day Weekend
2008 you can experience our wonderful Oxford Fine Arts Fair at the Oxford Community
Center. It will be held Saturday and Sunday 10:00
am to 5:00 pm. Come see the art and then come see us at 202 S. Morris Street.
Saturday, June 7, 1:00 - 3:00pm (VA) Sisters in Crime
meeting with CHESAPEAKE CRIME 3 signing. For more information contact secretary@chessiechapter.org
MLC
will sell books.
Saturday, July 12, 2008, 1:00 - 3:00 pm (OXFORD) Ellen Byerrum signs ARMED AND
DANGEROUS, her new crime of fashion mystery.
Saturday, July 19, 2008: 1:00 - 3:00 pm (OXFORD) Donna Andrews signs COCKATIELS AT
SEVEN her newest Meg Langslow mystery..
Saturday August 16, 2008. 1:00 - 3:00 pm (OXFORD)
Ellen Crosby signs her third Virginia wine country
book BORDEUX BETRAYAL.
October 9 - 12, 2008 (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. The
Bouchercon 2008 web site is www.charmedtodeath.com. MLC will be in the dealers'
room at Bouchercon 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 www.mysterysalon.com is up. Be up to date on what's
mysterious. We post all the news here, first.
MALICE AND AGATHA AWARDS...
We're back from Malice Domestic XX and here are the Agatha
Award Winners 2008.
BEST NOVEL: Louise Penny, Fatal Grace (St. Martins)
BEST FIRST NOVEL: Hank Ryan, Prime Crime (Harlequin)
BEST NON-FICTION: Dan Stashower, Arthur Conan Doyle
(Penguin)
BEST CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT: Sarah Masters Buckey, Light
in the Cellar (American Girl)
BEST SHORT STORY: Donna Andrews, "A Rat's Tale" (Ellery
Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], September/October 2007)
EDGAR AWARDS...
May 1, 2008 at the Grand Hyatt in NYC The Mystery Writers of
America announced the Edgar winners:
They are:
BEST NOVEL: John Hart for DOWN RIVER
BEST FIRST NOVEL: Tana French for IN THE WOODS
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL: Megan Abbott for QUEENPIN
BEST CRITICAL/ BIOGRAPHICAL: Jon Lellenberg, Daniel
Stashower and Charles Foley
for ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
BEST SHORT STORY: Susan Straight for "The Golden
Gopher" L. A. NOIR
Read all the award winners and nominees and Sarah Weiman's
first ever live blog from the Edgar Award Celebration
@http://mysterywriters.org/?q=blog
Congratulations to all,
ELLIS NOMINATIONS...
Crime Writers of Canada have announced the shortlist for the
2008 Arthur Ellis Awards for the best in Canadian crime writing. The nominees
include:
Best Novel:
Linwood Barclay, No Time for Goodbye (Bantam)
Terry Carroll, Snow Candy (Mercury Press)
Maureen Jennings, A Journeyman to Grief (McClelland &
Stewart)
Louise Penny, The Cruelest Month (McArthur & Company)
Jon Redfern, Trumpets Sound No More (RendezVous
Crime/Napoleon & Company)
Best Short Story:
Vicki Cameron, "Eight Lords A'Leaping" in Locked
Up (Deadlock Press)
Maureen Jennings, "Wreckwood" in Blood on the
Holly (Baskerville Books)
D.J. McIntosh, "The Hounds of Winter" in Blood on
the Holly (Baskerville
Books)
Rick Mofina, "As Long as We Both Shall Live" in
Blood on the Holly
(Baskerville Books)
Leslie Watts, "Turners" in Kingston Whig-Standard (July 7, 2007)
Best Juvenile:
Anita Daher, Racing for Diamonds (Orca)
Anita Daher, Spider's Song (Puffin Canada)
Vicki Grant, I.D. (Orca)
Shane Peacock, Eye of the Crow (Tundra)
Drew Hayden Taylor, The Night Wanderer (Annick Press)
Best First Novel:
Claire Cameron, The Line Painter (HarperCollins)
Sean Chercover, Big City, Bad Blood (William
Morrow/HarperCollins)
Liam Durcan, Garcs Heart (McClelland & Stewart)
Susan Parisi, Blood of Dreams (Penguin Australia)
Sharon Rowse, The Silk Train Murder (Carroll & Graf)
Marc Strange, Sucker Punch (Castle Street Mysteries/Dundurn)
NEW THIS MONTH...
It is no secret that one of my favorite authors for a long
time has been Elizabeth George. Her new one is CARELESS IN RED ($27.95) and
features Lynley and Havers.
Sebastian Faulks continues the James Bond legacy with DEVIL
MAY CARE ($24.95)
Phillip Margolin gives us EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE ($25.95)
Odd is never enough for Dean Koontz who presents more odd
tales in ODD HOURS ($27.00)
Virginian Patsy (Patricia) Cornwell returns with THE FRONT
($22.95)
Sookie Stackhouse and her vampire friends are back in FROM
DEAD TO WORSE ($24.95) by Charlaine Harris.
SISTER PELAGIA AND THE BLACK MONK by Boris Akunin has Sister Pelagia
investigating a stalking monk on the island monastery of New Ararat ($14.00)
The Fool's Guild is back in business in the latest from
jester investigators Theophilos and Claudia. This time they are under the
attack of Pope Innocent III in Alan Gordon's THE LARK'S LAMENT ($14.95)
TUMBLING BLOCKS is the new quilting mystery by Earlene
Fowler ($6.99)
British master Robert Barnard has written LAST POST ($24.00)
about a mysterious envelope that arrives after a woman has buried her mother.
Lindsey Davis signed paperbacks of SATURNALIA her newest
Falco Roman historical ($6.99)
THE CRACKED POT by Melissa Glazer ($6.99) introduces the
Clay and Crime series which features the death of a renowned ceramics artist.
HOOKED ON MURDER: A CROCHET MURDER by Betty Hechtman ($6.99)
tells the tale of Molly Pink, a bookstore event coordinator, who takes up
crocheting to track a killer so she can be cleared of the murder herself.
Library mysteries are a passion with me, so you can be sure
I'll recommend the latest Miss Zukas mystery INDEX TO MURDER by Jo Dereske
($6.99). When an avant-garde artist's work is stolen, she calls on her friend
librarian Miss Zukas to solve the case.
Gardening is key in the latest PERFECT POISON from Joyce and
Jim Lavene. A drowned body is found with an exotic plant wound around it and
forensic botanist Peggy Lee is on the case.
CLUBBED TO DEATH ($21.95) is the newest Dead-End Job mystery
by Elaine Viets and her Agatha-nominated MURDER WITH RESERVATIONS ($6.99) is
available in paperback.
Mutiny on the Bounty comes alive in THE GRAVE TATTOO by Val
McDermid ($7.99)
Renowned boat captain Linda Greenlaw has written SLIPKNOT
($6.99) set in her home state of Maine.
Marine Investigator Jane Bunker finds herself drawn into a case of fishing and
paternity rights.
Thanks to all of you who bought books from us during Malice
Domestic XX. It was great to see old friends again.
That's about it for this time. Please plan to visit us in Oxford and Fells Point
this spring. It is a beautiful time to visit and we thank you for all your
loyal support. Remember you can order online any time at mysterylovescompany.com.
--Kathy,
Tom, Dotty, Brenda, and Nick and Nora.
