Ellen Crosby in Oxford Visit 4

Dear ones,

Well it is hot, really hot 99 degrees hot. But it sure looks cool here in Oxford MD on the Tred Avon with the boats sailing by my window.

We have cool news, though.

Ellen Crosby returns for her fourth visit to Mystery Loves Company this Saturday August 15 from 2-4pm when we will be hosting a free wine tasting with Ellen signing her Fourth Wine Country Mystery Riesling Retribution.

Ellen's Merlot Murders is our number one book of all time in Oxford. I just sold another one a couple of minutes ago.

Don't miss this opportunity to meet Ellen and find out what the buzz is all about. You'll taste some great wines, too.

As always, if you can't attend email us at mysterylovescompany at gmail.com

or call 800-538-0042.

Hope to see you in Oxford soon,
Kathy

ELLEN CROSBY'S RIESLING RETRIBUTION SIGNING

Dear ones of mystery,

Come one, come all to the wine event of the summer in Oxford. Ellen Crosby of Virginia will autograph her newest wine mystery RIESLING RETRIBUTION at our humble bookshoppe in Oxford MD (202 S. Morris Street, 1-800-538-0042) on Saturday August 15, 2009 from 2:00 -4:00 pm. Wine and appropriate faire will be served.

In this one, a storm gathers over the vineyards which are being used for a military re-enactment. Vineyard owner Lucy Montgomery has her hands and heart full with this one.

Here's Ellen web site for more information http://www.ellencrosby.com/

You'll enjoy every minute.

Call me at 800-538-0042 to order signed copies.

Hope to see you in Oxford.

Kathy

http://www.mysterylovescompany.com/

Donna Andrews's blog on our store, Oxford and fences

Hi,

I just wanted to thank best-selling author Donna Andrews for blogging about her new book Swan for the Money, our store and Oxford Maryland's Oxford Fence Project with pictures.

Read Donna's blog for August 2.

http://femmesfatales.typepad.com/

The Oxford Fences are a project of the Oxford Business Association and will be auctioned off on Saturday October 10 at the Oxford Community Center. If you would like to bid on a fence, see the OBA web site http://www.portofoxford.com/

When in Oxford don't forget to visit our bookstore Mystery Loves Company at 202 S. Morris St. and pick up you Oxford Passport. Get 5 stamps and be eligible for a drawing of $500 in Oxford Bucks on September 5th.

My favorite book at the moment are THE ANGEL'S GAME by Carlos Luis Zafron. Looking forward to reading the MERRY MISOGYNIST by Colin Cotterill and loved the advanced reading copy of Charles Finch's third book THE FLEET STREET MURDERS. But that's a no-brainer. That's Fleet Street in London not Baltimore. The book debuts in November 2009.

Best and keep cool from Oxford,

Kathy

Thanks and Happy cool summer reading.

Donna Andrews and Ellen Crosby to sign

Kathy here from Mystery Loves Company in Oxford, MD with two great events at our store this summer.

Donna Andrews, the funniest mystery author alive signs

Swan for the Money Sunday July 26 from 1-3pm at our store Mystery Loves Company @202 S. Morris St., Oxford Md 21654.

Check out the black and white farm!

Refreshments will be served during the signing.

Ellen Crosby will be with us at the store in Oxford on Saturday August 15 to sign her fourth Virginia Wine Country mystery Riesling Retribution from 2-4pm. Wine and cheese will be served. Lots of intrigue and suspense in this one.

Call 410-226-0010, 800-538-0042 or email us at mysterylovescompany at gmail.com if you would like personalized copies.

That's about it for now.

Happy Summer reading and thank you for your loyal support of our independent mystery bookstore.

Kathy Harig

http://www.mysterylovescompany.com/

Evelyn David stops in July 1

Dear Mystery Readers,
Evelyn David, author of Murder Takes the Cake drops in to Mystery Loves Company 202 S. Morris St in Oxford MD on July 1st , 2009 at noon to sign books. Come and meet this delightful author and learn more about her Sullivan Investigations series. "Cake" is her second book in the series. Call us if you'd like to have signed copies.

Don't forget Donna Andrews signs her new Meg Langlow mystery Swan for the Money July 26 at our store from 1-3 pm

And Ellen Crosby signs Reisiling Retribution at our store on August 15 from 2-4 pm with a wine and cheese reception.

As always, call us 800-538-0042 or email if you'd like signed copies.

Happy summer from Oxford,

Kathy Harig

Agatha Winners

Hi,
I am back from Malice Domestic and here are the Agatha Award Winners. We have limited amounts of copies so email us at mysterylovescompany at gmail.com if you would like them.
I'll post the Edgar award winners next.
Without further ado and congrats to all,
Kathy

THE AGATHA WINNERS
Best Novel
THE CRUELEST MONTH by Louise Penny
Best First Novel
DEATH OF A COZY WRITER By G. M. Malliet
Best Non-Fiction
HOW TO WRITE KILLER HISTORICAL MYSTERIES by Kathy Lynn Emerson
Best Short Story
'THE NIGHT EVERYTHING CHANGED" by Dana Cameron from WOLFSBANE & MISTLETOE
Best Children's/ Young Adult
CROSSROADS by Chris Grabenstein

Laura, Life Sentences and Syd

Hi,

Laura Lippman will be lecturing and signing Life Sentences at the Pratt Library 400 Cathedral Street in Baltimore March 10 at 7pm. Hope to see you there. If you want a signed copy email me at

mysterylovescompany at gmail dot com

One of the oldest and dearest friends of Mystery Loves Company died this week, Syd Goldfield. Syd was also loved by Laura Lippman who wrote about him on her blog.http://www.journalscape.com/LauraLippman/2009-03-06-06:43/

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The beginning of which goes:

It may come as a surprise to the people who read this careless little blog that it takes some planning to file every day, something I do only when I have a new book coming out. I can't remember what I intended to write for today, however. Whatever plan I had, it was out the window when I received some bad news: Syd Goldfield died yesterday. Hardcore regulars here know his wife June from the comments section and I think Syd even slipped in here once or twice. I met Syd soon after I began publishing and he mentioned that he had a admirable goal: He wanted to read 10,000 books in his lifetime. Eventually, I decided to write about his quest... Mrs. Goldfield said to him the other night: "I hope you hit 10,000 and beyond." He's not taking anything for granted, but he knows if he hits 10,000, the next day he'll pick up 10,001. "Maybe it sounds kind of egotistical," he says, "but I'm doing this for myself. I just like to read."

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June, I hope to see you at Laura's signing at the Pratt Library. You and Syd missed very few of Laura's signings. If I don't see you, I'll send you a note. We really will miss him. I wish they could, like another person mentioned in Laura's blog, clone Syd. Perhaps the book business would be booming. If only there could be more Syds.

Best,

Kathy

Agatha Nominations Announced

Hi there,
Here are the just announced Nominations for Agatha Awards. Congrats to all the nominees. The Agatha winners will be announced @ the Awards banquet May 2 in Crystal City at the Malice Domestic Conference.
The Agatha Award is given in several categories for the best traditional mystery in 2008. Mystery Loves Company will be one of the dealers at Malice this year. If you would like more information you can visit their web site http://www.malicedomestic.org/
We have all of these books in our store. Just check out our web site below and click on
"MLC Store."
Best,
Kathy
http://www.mysterylovescompany.com/

2008 Agatha Nominees
Best Novel:Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews (Minotaur Books)A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen (Penguin Group)The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)Buckingham Palace Gardens by Anne Perry (Random House)I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-Fleming (Minotaur Books)

Best First Novel:Through a Glass, Deadly by Sarah Atwell (Berkley Trade)The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis (Penguin Group)Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris (Minotaur Books)Death of a Cozy Writer by G.M. Malliet (Midnight Ink)Paper, Scissors, Death by Joanna Campbell Slan (Midnight Ink)

Best Non-fiction:African American Mystery Writers: A Historical & Thematic Study by Frankie Y. Bailey (McFarland & Co.)How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries by Kathy Lynn Emerson (Perseverance Press)Anthony Boucher, A Bibliography by Jeff Marks (McFarland & Co.) Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories by Dr. Harry Lee Poe (Metro Books)The Suspicions of Mr. Whitcher by Kate Summerscale (Walker & Co.)

Best Short Story:"The Night Things Changed" by Dana Cameron, Wolfsbane & Mistletoe (Penguin Group)"Killing Time" by Jane Cleland, Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine - November 2008"Dangerous Crossing" by Carla Coupe, Chesapeake Crimes 3 (Wildside Press)"Skull & Cross-Examinations" by Toni L.P. Kelner, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine - February 2008"A Nice Old Guy" by Nancy Pickard, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine - August 2008

Best Children's/Young Adult:Into the Dark by Peter Abrahams (Harper Collins)A Thief in the Theater (A Kit Mystery) by Sarah Masters Buckey (American Girl Publishers)The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein (Random House Children's Books)The Great Circus Train Robbery by Nancy Means Wright (Hilliard & Harris)

BICENTENNIAL POE

Dear readers,

You may have heard that January 19 is a very special day. Wedged in by inauguration festivities is an anniversary near and dear to our hearts, the Bicentennial celebration of the birth of Edgar Allen Poe, the originator of the detective story.

A special stamp will be issued and there will be events scheduled in the five places which have a claim to EAP, Baltimore, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Richmond. The Poe Toaster will return once more to Westminster Church in Baltimore with a bottle of cognac and three roses. This scene is at the center of the plot of Laura Lippman's novel In a Strange City.

You can also celebrate by ordering our exquisite EAP earrings. Go to http://www.mysterylovescompany.com/, click on MLC store and then jewelry.

You can read up on Poe with four wonderful books THE POE SHADOW by Matthew Pearl, THE PALE BLUE EYE by Louis Bayard, THE BEAUTIFUL CIGAR GIRL by Dan Stashower, and THE POE PAPERS by Nancy Zaroulis.

You can find out more about festivities at http://www.nevermore2009.com/

But as we say in Baltimore, other cities may claim him, but we have The Poe house, The Poe Room at the Central Enoch Pratt Free Library, his football team (The Ravens), his mascot ("Poe") and most importantly, we have his body.

Happy Bicentennial,

Kathy

That said, "Go Ravens, and Go Poe."

An end of an era

Dear loyal readers,

As I look out my window today at the Oxford store at 4:15 pm on December 31, 2008 I see a beautiful if extremely breezy Tred Avon riverscape, and a brilliant setting sun. I also realize that at this minute my husband is shutting the door of Mystery Loves Company in Baltimore for the very last time. Author and crime scene specialist John French was in to say goodbye in Baltimore. He reminded us that he was our first customer in August 1991 and was to be one of our last customers today. Louise Titchener came by with a bottle of bubbly and chocolate for tonight's festivities. It is with a very heavy heart and with many fond memories that we leave Baltimore where we have sold books on Fleet Street (as in "Demon Barber of") in Fells Point for 17+ years.

We have held many "launches" of wonderful mystery series (John's, Tim's, Louise's, Jack's, Laura's, Sujata's and George's) to mention a few, unpacked and shelved thousands of books, sold hundreds of copies of our 100 best mysteries and Chesapeake authors, made tea for hundreds of happy fans of visiting authors, and placed hundreds of kibble in bowls for our store cats Nick and Nora. We also think of those who are no longer with us, who worked long and hard hours to help us do all those wonderful things -- Maurice Simmons, Sue Feder, and Paige Rose. I thank Dotty and Sammi and Tom as well. Please remember them fondly. I do.

The time, however had come to leave Baltimore and continue our life on our beautiful Eastern Shore. We hope you will come and see us in 340 year-old Oxford and our fabulous renovated bank building location. The serene surroundings, and great food and lodging will make you linger long after you purchased your books.

Thank you again for supporting our independent bookstore. We hope to see you soon in Oxford or online at http://www.mysterylovescompany.com/

Happy New Year,

Kathy