Small Business Saturday

Dear readers and customers:

Each Thanksgiving weekend the crowds swarm to the malls, abandoning the independent Ma and Pop stores on corners and main streets across America.

This year independent stores are asking you to make a difference in your local community and economy by choosing to buy local, not from a chain, on the Internet or from your phone. Take the time to experience the joy of shopping inside a brick and mortar store with hand picked merchandise and staff that actually knows a lot about their stock and customer service, and appreciates your business.

Not only will you be helping a local business, but a huge percentage of the money will stay in your local economy and we all will benefit.

We hope you support us on Small Business Saturday November 26th. Come into Mystery Loves Company in Oxford www.mysterylovescompany.com  and spend $50.00 and we'll give you 10% off on everything until April 2012. Is that a deal or what?

If you can't come in, of course we will accept your phone and email orders. But think what a big difference it would make to a small business like ours to see your smiling face on Small Business Saturday and everyday.

We give thanks for our loyal customers.

Happy Thanksgiving from Mystery Loves Company

Kathy

Crime Writers Award Daggers

Hi,
The Crime Writers Association gave out their Dagger Awards in the UK on October 8th.
Here are the winners:

* ITV3 People's Bestseller Dagger 2011: Peter James
* CWA Gold Dagger: Tom Franklin's Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
* CWA Ian Fleming: Steel Dagger for Best Thriller: Steve Hamilton's The Lock Artist
* CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger: S.J. Watson's Before I Go To Sleep

Congrats to all.
Don't forget Mystery Loves Company is your headquarters for all things mystery.
www.mysterylovescompany.com

Happy Harvest,
Kathy

Bouchercon awards announced

Hi,
Here by way of  Janet Rudolph editor of Mystery Readers Journal are the awards announced during the Sept 2001 Bouchercon in St. Louis, MO:<http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com

*Macavity Awards: *
*Best Mystery Novel*
*Bury Your Dead* by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
*Best First Mystery Novel*
*Rogue Island *by Bruce DeSilva (Forge-Tom Doherty Associates)
*Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction*
*Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the
Making*by John Curran (HarperCollins)
*Best Mystery Short Story*
*“Swing Shift”* by Dana Cameron in *Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the
Dark Side* (Berkley)
*Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery*
*City of Dragons* by Kelli Stanley (Minotaur)

 Janet also shared the winners of the Shamus Awards on her
blog<http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/>
.
 *Private Eye Writers of America (PWA)* 2011 Shamus Awards, “given annually
to recognize outstanding achievement in private eye fiction.”
*Best Hardcover P.I. Novel: **No Mercy*, by Lori Armstrong (Touchstone)
*Best First P.I. Novel: **In Search of Mercy*, by Michael Ayoob (Minotaur)
*Best Paperback Original P.I. Novel: **Asia Hand*, By *Christopher G. Moore*
(Grove/Atlantic)
*Best P.I. Short Story: *“The Lamb Was Sure to Go,” by Gar Anthony Haywood (
*Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine*, November 2010)
*The Hammer Award (Best P.I. Series Character): *Sara Paretsky for V.I.
Warshawski
*
The EYE (Lifetime Achievement Award):* Ed Gorman
And, today, the Anthony Awards were announced. "The Anthony Awards are given
at each annual Bouchercon World Mystery
Convention<http://www.bouchercon.info/>with the winners selected by
attendees. The award is named for the late
Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), well-known writer and critic
from the San Francisco Chronicle and New York Times, who helped found the
Mystery Writers of America."
Best Novel - *Bury Your Dead* by Louise Penny
Best First Mystery - *The Damage Done* by Hilary Davidson
Best Paperback Original -  *Expiration Date* by Duane Swierczynski
Best Critical/Non-Fiction - *Agatha Chrstie's Secret Notebooks: 50 Years of
Mysteries in the Making* by John Curran
Best Short Story -  *“Swing Shift”* by Dana Cameron in *Crimes by Moonlight:
Mysteries from the Dark Side* (Berkley)
Best Graphic Novel - *The Chill* by Jason Starr & Mick Bertilorenzi
Best Website/Blog - Stop, You're Killing
Me!<http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/>by Lucinda Surber & Stan Ulrich
Don't forget you can find them at our store Mystery Loves Company in Oxford MD
www.mysterylovescompany.com
Thanks and happy reading,
Kathy Harig

Donna Andrews signs THE REAL MACAW @ Mystery Loves Company

Saturday, July 23 @ Mystery Loves Company in Oxford MD, Donna Andrews will have her Eastern Shore launch of THE REAL MACAW.

The signing is from 12:30 - 3:00 pm with refreshments and all are welcome.

Meg Langslow is ready to birth her twins in this one, part of Donna's  extremely funny and award- winning mystery series.

If you can't join us please email us at mysterylovescompany at gmail.com (no spaces) and we'll reserve a copy for you.

You don't want to miss this latest addition to the hilarious life of Meg and her family.

Hope to see you in Oxford soon

www.mysterylovescompany.com

Kathy

Macavity Awards

Dear ones,
Janet Rudolph has just announced the Macavity Awards to be given out in Sept 2011 in St. Louis at Bouchercon, Many are favorite authors of ours.
You can buy them through our web site at www.mysterylovescompany.com
Congratulations to all!

Macavity Award Nominees:

Best Mystery Novel
The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster)
Faithful Place by Tana French (Viking)
The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan (HarperCollins-William Morrow)
Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer (Grove Atlantic)
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard (Ballantine)

Best First Mystery Novel
The Damage Done by Hilary Davidson (Forge)
Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva (Forge-Tom Doherty Associates)
The Poacher’s Son by Paul Doiron (Minotaur)
Full Mortality by Sasscer Hill (Wildside)
A Thousand Cuts by Simon Lelic (Viking)

Best Mystery-Related Nonfiction
The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum (Penguin)
Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making by John Curran (HarperCollins)
Following the Detectives: Real Locations in Crime Fiction edited by Maxim Jakubowski (New Holland)
Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang (W.W. Norton)
Thrillers: 100 Must Reads, edited by David Morrell and Hank W Wagner (Oceanview Publishing)

Best Mystery Short Story
“The Scent of Lilacs” by Doug Allyn (EQMM)
“Swing Shift” by Dana Cameron in Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side (Berkley)
“Devil’s Pocket” by Keith Gilman in Philadelphia Noir (Akashic)
“The Gods for Vengeance Cry” by Richard Helms (EQMM)
“Bookworm” by G.M. Malliet in Chesapeake Crimes: They Had It Comin’ (Wildside)

Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery
A Marked Man by Barbara Hamilton (Berkley)
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell (Random House)
City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley (Minotaur)
The Red Door by Charles Todd (HarperCollins- William Morrow)
The Fifth Servant by Kenneth Wishnia (HarperCollins-William Morrow

The Edgars are announced

It has been a while but The Mystery Writers of America have announced the Edgar nominees for BEST NOVEL


Caught by Harlan Coben (Penguin Group USA - Dutton)

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin (HarperCollins – William Morrow)

Faithful Place by Tana French (Penguin Group USA - Viking)

The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan (HarperCollins – William Morrow)

The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton (Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books)

I’d Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman (HarperCollins – William Morrow
 
Such a good group. What do you think?
For the complete list of all nominees in all categories click here http://www.mysterywriters.org/
Congratulations to all the nominees.
Awards will be given out at the Annual Edgars Banquet on April 28, 2011 in NYC.
Kathy

GOLD DAGGER SHORTLIST

Hi,
The Gold Dagger Award shortlist was just announced. Favorites by Denise Mina, George Pelecanos, James Lee Burke and the book I blogged about this month by Patricia Duncker THE STRANGE CASE OF THE COMPOSER AND HIS JUDGE are listed with other worthy nominees on the Crime Writers Association's web site. http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2010/index.html


Congratulations to all nominees.
Kathy
Mystery Loves Company
http://www.mysterylovescompany.com/

STUNNING NEW BOOK FROM ENGLAND

Dear readers...

Here's my new Killer Book recommendation for IMBA.

Don't miss it. You can order it form us at
http://www.shop.mysterylovescompany.com/


Stay cool,

Kathy

http://www.mysterylovescompany.com/



THE STRANGE CASE OF THE COMPOSER AND HIS JUDGE. by Patricia Duncker.Bloomsbury, $15.00. (Recommended by Kathy Harig, Mystery Loves CompanyBooksellers, Oxford MD)

This haunting and exceptional book begins with a "departure"-- a horrific scene which hunters come across in the Jura Mountains in France. Nine dead adults and their children whose bodies have been carefully arranged in the snow, died on January 1, 2001. Arriving at the scene soon after Commissaire Andre Schweigen is Dominique Carpentier," Madame Le Juge," an investigator of sects. She has made it her job to investigate this and other extreme religious groups. The case is similar to one in 1984 when Andre and Le Juge worked as partners. Once again they are thrown together and Andre has very strong feelings for Dominique, although he is married.

Dominique is a strong, dispassionate woman and takes the lead in the case.Her job is to put together the evidence and present it to the Republic of France. Her young well-pierced and tattooed assistant Gaelle brings to mind CLSI. The women work as a well-oiled machine to hunt down evidence while Andre frantically calls and emails the women to try to stay connected.


Then investigators discover an ancient book tucked away in the cabin of the"departed." Written in many languages and codes she can't decipher Dominique tracks down the printer of the book in Lubeck,and discovers that it was rebound many years ago for Friedrich Grosz, The Composer, a world famous Lubeck conductor. She believes this charismatic seventy year old man is at the center of the group calling themselves The Faith. She also can't deny that she is growing ever closer to him as he seduces her with his music and his philosophy.


Although primarily a metaphysical mystery, the action ranges from Strasbourg, to the vineyards of Languedoc, to Lubeck, to London, to castle sin Lausanne, and massive telescopes in Cheshire. It talks about death,dying, rebirth and the music of the spheres.


I can only use the words extraordinary to describe this book. I will remember it for a long time. Recommended for readers of music, astronomy and literary fiction and fans of Louise Penny, Fred Vargas and ArturoPerez-Reverte.

Kathy Harig

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND JULY EVENTS

The Town of Oxford has been voted

COME CELEBRATE OUR STORE'S 4TH OXFORD BIRTHDAY THIS SATURDAY JULY 3RD WITH BIRTHDAY CAKE AT NOON & A SIGNING WITH BILL RAPP AUTHOR OF THE PATRIOTIC THRILLER BERLIN BREAKDOWN AT 1PM
THEN ENJOY OXFORD WITH A STOP AT THE HIGHLAND CREAMERY, THE OXFORD MUSEUM AND DINNER AT ONE OF OUR GREAT RESTAURANTS. THE FIREWORKS START AT DUSK ON THE STRAND. PLANNING A TRIP TO OXFORD SEE http://www.portofoxford.com/

THEN JULY 17 WE WELCOME TO THE STORE THREE DELAWARE AWARD WINNING SISTERS IN CRIME AUTHORS--CAROLYN TODD WHO WRITES AS CHARLES TODD, ELEANA SANTANGELO, AND ROBIN HATHAWAY. DON'T MISS THE CHANCE TO MEET AND HEAR THESE GREAT AUTHORS TELL ABOUT THEIR WORK.

CHECK OUT ALL OUR EVENTS BY FOLLOWING US ON FACEBOOK

WHILE IN OXFORD DON'T MISS ALL THE FABULOUS PAINTED OXFORD FENCES AROUND TOWN.. PICK ONE OUT TO BID ON AT THE AUCTION ON OCTOBER 2ND.

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR SHOWING YOUR INDEPENDENCE AND SUPPORTING OUR BOOKSTORE DURING INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE WEEK AND ALL THROUGH THE YEAR.

BE WELL , HAPPY BIRTHDAY MYSTERY LOVES COMPANY AND AMERICA AND HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY READING.

Kathy

Anthony Nominees

Dear ones,
Here is the link to the list of Anthony nominees for 2009. The awards will be given out at Bouchercon in San Francisco October 2010
http://www,bouchercon.info.com/nominees.html#2010
Congratulations to all the talented authors.
Check our web site or call the store at 800-538-0042 we have many of these books.
Happy summer reading http://www.bouchercon.info.com/nominees.html#2010
Kathy