This Week's Special

Welcome back to our not-so-weekly email. We've got a great choice for our Weekly Special, just in time for some reading over the Fourth of July. A hit man is pursued for an assasination but it's one he didn't commit in This Week's Special, at a 20% discount.

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: Swan Peak by James Lee Burke

We've just received a limited number of signed copies of James Lee Burke's new Dave Robicheaux novel, Swan Peak. They're going fast so please order now as we are sure to run out of these quickly.

New arrivals

Many new arrivals during the two weeks since the last email newsletter. New books by Donna Andrews, Deborah Crombie, Barbara Cleverly, Kathy Reichs and many others.

You'll find the complete list at New Arrivals.

Kathy Haines publication party

Please join us for a publication party for Kathryn Miller Haines' second novel, The Winter of Her Discontent. A delightful sequel to The War Against Miss Winter, this WW II set mystery features Rosie Winter, struggling actress and part-time PI.

Meg Gardiner continues Summer Coffee & Crime

When Stephen King wrote about Meg Gardiner last year he called her "the best thriller writer you never heard of." We agree but we're doing everything we can to correct the second part of that statement. Meg's original books are a set of exciting adventures featuring Evan Delaney and, though set largely in Southern California, were published only in England. Now she has a new publisher for her new series, starting with The Dirty Secrets Club and the Evan Delaney books are starting to see the light of day in the US, starting with China Lake, the first.

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

Meg Gardiner's event is the second 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:

Stella Rimington, July 12 - After a career in Britain's MI5 security service that culminated in her becoming the first woman Director, Stella Rimington turned to writing authentic thrillers about a young woman MI5 agent
N.M. Kelby, July 19 - Some would consider the Florida described in N.M. Kelby's two novels to be a foreign country. She'll be here with The Bad Girl's Bar & Grill.
Tana French, July 25 - A Friday evening event with Irish author Tana French who won the Edgar for her debut In the Woods. She'll be here with the sequel, The Likeness.
Linda Greenlaw, August 2 - Swordboat captain turned writer Linda Greenlaw joins us with the second of her Jane Bunker mysteries
Martin Clark, August 16 - Martin Clark's The Legal Limit has the appearance of a legal thriller but you'll find there's much to it than that.

Upcoming Events

June 27 - Kathryn Miller Haines publication party
June 28 - Meg Gardiner Coffee & Crime
July 12 - Stella Rimington Coffee & Crime
July 19 - N.M. Kelby Coffee & Crime
July 25 - Tana French

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

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