Celebrate your independence!

As a special Independence Day treat your favorite independent mystery bookstore is offering Free Shipping for the Fourth of July weekend. Place an order any time from today through Sunday, July 6 and your order will ship free.

What: Free shipping on any order

When: Friday July 4 through Sunday July 6

How: Use coupon code: fsf when you check out.

Enjoy your Fourth and remember: never put charcoal starter on a fire that's already started. I've tried this and it didn't really work out so well. Fortunately, the guy in the RV next to us had a fire extinguisher.

This Week's Special

This Week's Special makes a great reading pick for the summer, especially with our free shipping offer plus 20% off the regular price. A mother and son team are responsible for this exciting thriller that features a Russian nuclear sub that still poses a threat even in retirement.

June Best Sellers for June

The MLB June Best Seller list this month says summer’s here! All our sales reflect a busy schedule of author events and those to come during the next month including Stella Rimington and Tana French.

Why not see what our customers are reading and get some ideas for your own summer book list.

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.

Signed Copies: Swan Peak by James Lee Burke

We've still have 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. We've also got signed copies of The Front by Patricia Cornwell as well as books by recent author's at the store including Meg Gardiner's Dirty Secrets Club and Hakan Nesser's Mind's Eye.

New arrivals

The rate of new arrivals is starting to slow down with most of the July books here already. We do have new titles by Rhys Bowen and Aaron Elkins as well as others.

You'll find the complete list at New Arrivals.

Stella Rimington

The Stella Rimington Coffee & Crime is sold out but you are welcome to join us at 10:45 for the talk and signing.

Upcoming 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. Coffee & Crime sold out, please come at 10:45 for talk and signing.
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

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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