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Friday the 13th Sale -- 13% Off

Today is Friday the Thirteenth and to counter any possible bad luck associated with the date we're offering you a 13% off sale on any order placed today.

If you want to take advantage of this offer simply place your order at www.mysterylovers.com and, when checking out, use coupon code friday13. It's that simple.

More details about the Friday the 13th Sale on the website.

June-July News available for download

The June-July issue of the MLB News has just gone into the mail but it's already available for download on our site. For subscribers to the printed News, you should receive your copy any day.

Travel too expensive? Not at MLB

If the high price of gas and the low value of the dollar has you staying at home this summer, you can still visit exotic, overseas destinations this summer with an assortment of foreign mysteries at MLB.

We've prepared a Mystery Travel Guide which outlines the many choices we have for books that will take you to Italy, France, China, Turkey, Africa and many other locations around the globe.

You can also use the search features on our site to locate books with particular settings, just enter the country you're interested in and you get a listing of books that involve that location.

Bon Voyage.

Staff Picks--another source for summer reading

We've got a new batch of Staff Picks for June that will give you some ideas of what to read over the summer. While you're there, you can check out the archive of prior months located on the left hand side of the page.

Best Books for Babies 2008

Beginning with Books, a nationally recognized early literacy agency based in Pittsburgh has just announced their 9th annual picks for Best Books for Babies 2008 for books published in 2007.

These ten books offer a wonderful assortment of picture and board books appropriate for young children.

We're pleased to offer this collection of Best Books for Babies to our customers.

Anthony Award Nominations announced

The Bouchercon committee has announced their nominees for the 2008 Anthony Awards. These awards, named for the long-time New York Times mystery critic Anthony Boucher, will be given at the Bouchercon Convention on October 12.

Mysteries are nominated in the categories of Best Mystery, Best First Mystery and Best Paperback Original Mystery.

We were very pleased to see Tana French nominated for In the Woods, which has already won the Edgar for Best First Mystery. Tana French will be at MLB for a talk and signing on July 25 at 7 pm.

Other nominees include Laura Lippman, James Lee Burke, Robert Crais and Lee Child. Congratulations to all nominees.

Signed Copies: Murder on Bank Street

We've received signed copies of Victoria Thompson's brand-new gaslight mystery, Murder on Bank Street. If you'd like a signed book, please order now as quantities are limited.

In Murder on Bank Street, Detective Sam Malloy begins looking in to the death four years earlier of Sarah's husband, Tom Brandt. His discoveries, however, may reveal a secret that threatens his future happiness with Sarah.

Signed Copies: The Front by Patricia Cornwall

We've received a limited number of signed copies of Patricia Cornwell's The Front, the second of her novels featuring Massachusetts state investigator Will Garano, a sequel to At Risk.

Please order signed copies of The Front now as we'll run out soon.

Singed Copies: Swan Peak by James Lee Burke

We'll be receiving a limited number of signed copies of James Lee Burke's new Dave Robicheaux novel, Swan Peak. Please order early as we are sure to run out of these before the on-sale date of July 15.

May Best Sellers at MLB

Ah spring…..when all the mystery readers are out walking, gardening and coming to author events. Our kickin’ Indiana Jones event with James Rollins filled the classic single screen Oaks movie theater and other exciting store events---with and without a Mediterranean buffet---scored. Mother’s Day, autographed firsts, Victoria Thompson’s third terrific virtual signing and book groups also did a nice job with sales. On to summer!

Take a look at what our customers were reading last month at May Best Sellers.

New arrivals

Many new arrivals during the two weeks since the last email newsletter. New books by James Lee Burke, Ruth Rendell, Julia Spencer-Fleming and many others.

You'll find the complete list at New Arrivals.

Hakan Nesser kicks off Summer Coffee & Crime

Swedish author Hakan Nesser will start up our grand world tour of Summer Coffee & Crime on Saturday, June 21 at 10 am. Nesser, a multiple award-winner, will be here with the first of his Swedish police procedurals featuring Inspector Van Veeteren, Mind's Eye. Two of the later books in the series, have already been published here.

Cost of the Coffee & Crime breakfast is $5 and reservations are necessary.

Hakan Nesser's event is the first in a series of 6 Summer Coffee & Crime events featuring authors from around the world and around the US. With the price of gas so high and the dollar so low we thought we would bring the world to you instead of the other way around. Future events include:

Upcoming Events

June 13 - Friday the 13th Sale
June 21 - Hakon Nesser
June 27 - Kathryn Miller Haines publication party
June 28 - Meg Gardiner Coffee & Crime

Keep on reading,
Richard, Mary Alice and the MLB Staff

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