Gray Monk by Baltimore's John French

Dear all,

John French is an old friend of ours at Mystery Loves Company and has a new collection of his short stories called "Souls on Fire" about The Gray Monk, a Shadow like figure who solves crimes outside the "system."

Here's a photo from the cover. We'll have John tell us something about his book next.

The book is available on our web site www.mysterylovescompany.com for $16.00 or by emailing us at mysterylovescompany at gmail .com

Best and Happy Father's day

Kathy

Chesapeake Crimes 3 launch

Here is the notice about the CC3 launch from Barb prez of Sisters in Crime -Chesapeake:

LAUNCH OF CHESAPEAKE CRIMES 3
Friday, June 6, 2008
Event runs from 7-9 pm. Doors open at 7 pm.
The Writer's Center 4508 Walsh Street
Bethesda MD 20815301-654-8664.

You are cordially invited to the official launch of CHESAPEAKE CRIMES 3, the third installment in the award-winning Chesapeake Crimes mystery series. This anthology features 15 short stories, most by chapter authors, and all set in the Chesapeake Bay region. At the launch party, the authors will discuss the murder and mayhem in their stories. We'll save plenty of time at the end for questions, answers and mingling. Booksellers from Mystery Loves Company will be on hand to sell, and the authors will be available to sign, copies of CHESAPEAKE CRIMES 3. Co-editor Donna Andrews will moderate. Admission is free.
Anthology authors are: Mary Ann Corrigan, Carla Coupe, Meriah Crawford, Barb Goffman, Sasscer Hill, Mary Ellen Hughes, K. B. Inglee, Peggy Jaegly, Clyde Linsley, C. Ellett Logan, G. M. Malliet, Carolyn Mulford, Jayne Ormerod, Shelley Shearer, and Marcia Talley. Most are expected to attend.
Wine and cheese will be served. To ensure we have enough, please let us know if you (and friends) plan to attend. RSVPs requested by May 29th to Sandy Balintfy (301-949-6446 or sandy_balintfy@hotmail.com) though late RSVPs and walk-ins are welcome.
**** Note: The location (as well as time and date of this event) has changed from information previously published on the chapter website. ****

DIRECTIONS: From DC: North on Wisconsin Ave. into Maryland. Pass Bradley Blvd. Make 2nd Right onto Walsh St.

From Baltimore, Silver Spring and East: South on 95 to 495. West on 495 to Conn. Ave. South on Conn. to Bradley (Rte 191). Turn Right. Go about 1 mile. Right onto Wisconsin Ave. Go two blocks. Right on Walsh St.

From 270: South on Wisconsin Ave. Cross East-West Hwy (Rte 410). Go 5 blocks. Left on Leland. Just after Gaylord's Lamps, right into parking lot. Go as far south as possible in lot.
From Potomac & VA Beltway: East on River Rd toward Washington. Left on Goldsboro Road. At end, Right on Bradley Blvd. Drive about 1 mile. Left on Wisconsin Ave. 2nd Right on Walsh St.

Parking: Public parking lot directly across street from Writer's Center. Meters effective Mon-Fri, 9 am-10 pm & strongly enforced. Metered street parking is also available.

By Metro: Red Line to Bethesda station, exit via elevator. Right (south) on Wisconsin Ave. Cross Wisconsin (east side). Walsh Street less than 10-minute walk on left.

You can order the book signed by emailing me at mysterylovescomany(at )gmail.com

Thanks and see you there,
Kathy
http://www.mysterylovescompany.com/

Anthony nominations

Hi and happy summer,
Here are the Anthony nominations to be awarded @ the Baltimore Bouchercon October 9 - 12, 2008.

Best Novel:
James Lee Burke-Tin Roof Blowdown- Simon and Schuster
Lee Child – Bad Luck and Trouble Delacorte Press
Robert Crais- The Watchman Simon and Schuster
William Kent Krueger-Thunder Bay Atria
Laura Lippman – What the Dead Know William Morrow

Best First Novel:
Sean Chercover- Big City, Bad Blood William Morrow
Tana French- In the Woods Viking Adult
Lisa Lutz-The Spellman Files Simon and Schuster
Craig MacDonald- Head Games Bleak House Books
Marcus Sakey- The Blade Itself St. Martin Minotaur

Best Paperback Original:
Megan Abbott- Queenpin Simon and Schuster
Ken Bruen and Jason Starr – Slide Hard Case Crime
David Corbett- Blood of Paradise Ballantine Books
Robert Fate- Baby Shark’s Beaumont Blues Capital Crime Press
P.J. Parrish- A Thousand Bones Pocket

Short Story:
Rhys Bowen- Please Watch Your Step- (The Strand Magazine-Spring 07)
Steve Hockensmith-Dear Dr. Watson- (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Toni L. P. Kelner - How Stella Got her Grave Back - (Many Bloody Returns edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner) for Ace Hardcover
Laura Lippman- Hardly Knew Her - (Dead Man’s Hand edited by Otto Penzler) for Harcourt
Daniel Woodrell -Uncle – (A Hell of A Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir edited by Megan Abbott) for Busted Flush Press

Critical Work:
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower & Charles Foley Penguin
The Essential Mystery Lists Compiled by Roger Sobin Poisoned Pen Press
The Triumph of the Thriller: How Cops, Crooks and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction – Patrick Anderson Random House
Deviance in Contemporary Crime Fiction- Christiana Gregoriou Palgrave MacMillan

Special Services:
Jon and Ruth Jordan- Crime Spree Magazine
Ali Karim- Shotz Magazine
Maddy Van Hertbruggen- 4MA
Sarah Weinman- Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind
Judy Bobalik- for being one of the best friends and supporters of mystery writers anywhere

Web Site:
Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind- Sarah Weinman
Rap sheet/January Magazine –J Kingston Pierce
Murderati – A Writer’s Blog
Stop You’re Killing Me-Stan Ulrich & Lucinda Surber
Crime Fiction Dossier- David Montgomery

Good luck to all,
Best,
Kathy

Edgar Winners are announced

Hi,
Last night May 1, 2008 at the Grand Hyatt in NYC The Mystery Writers of America announced the Edgar winners:
They are:
BEST NOVEL: John Hart for DOWN RIVER
BEST FIRST NOVEL: Tana French for IN THE WOODS
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL: Megan Abbott for QUEENPIN
BEST CRITICAL/ BIOGRAPHICAL: Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley for ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
BEST SHORT STORY: Susan Straight for "The Golden Gopher" L. A. NOIR

Read all the award winners and Sarah Weiman's first ever live blog from the Edgar Award Celebration @http://mysterywriters.org/?q=blog

Congratulations to all,

Best,
Kathy Harig
Mystery Loves Company

Agatha Awards announced

We’re back from Malice Domestic and here are the Agatha Award Winners 2008.
Congratulations to all!

BEST NOVEL: Louise Penny, Fatal Grace (St. Martins)

BEST FIRST NOVEL: Hank Phillippi Ryan, Prime Crime (Harlequin)

BEST NON-FICTION: Dan Stashower, Arthur Conan Doyle (Penguin)

BEST CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT: Sarah Masters Buckey, Light in the Cellar (American Girl)

BEST SHORT STORY: Donna Andrews, “A Rat’s Tale” (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine [EQMM], September/October 2007)

Will post the Edgars when they are announced.
Best,
Kathy

Germantown event April 16

Hi,
Just wanted to clarify an event that will be taking place Wednesday, April 16 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm at the MCPL Germantown branch 19840 Century Blvd in Germantown MD. It is co-sponsored with the Montgomery College Library. Featured speakers are Donna Andrews, Marcia Talley, Dan Stashower and Ellen Crosby. For more information visit http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/libraries/BranchInfo/gt.asp
Mystery Loves Company will be selling books at this event. Hope to see you there.

ELLEN CROSBY'S NEWEST WINE MYSTERY

On Saturday August 16, 2008 from 2-4pm. Ellen will be visiting our Oxford Maryland store, 202 S. Morris St, for a wine and cheese event and signing of her new paperback of Chardonnay Charade and new hardback of Bordeaux Betrayal. Come to the beautiful waterfront town of Oxford and spend the afternoon with Ellen discussing wine mysteries set in Virginia. Read more at www.ellencrosby.com

Call us at 410-226-0010 if you would liek to order signed copies.

Reminder Laura @ Spoons

Just a reminder of the location of the Laura Lippman signing next week "Have Latte with Laura Lippman" Tuesday, March 11, 8:30am at Spoons Coffeehouse, 24 E. Cross Street in Baltimore. Mystery Loves Company will be selling books. If you need copies signed or personalized, give us a heads up before then @ mysterylovescompanyatgmaildotcom. You can also order direct at http://www.mysterylovescompany.com/

IRISH MYSTERIES AND MYSTERY WRITERS

Here, as promised is my list of IRISH MYSTERIES AND MYSTERY WRITERS.
(Representative Title or Series Character) Series characters are in italics
Compiled 2008, Revised 3/06/08 Kathy Harig-Mystery Loves Company Booksellers
http://www.mysterylovescompany.com/
Let me know if I left off your fave.
Happy St. Patrick's Day,
Kathy

Adcock, Thomas - Drown All the Dogs
Allen, Liz - Deborah Parker, Solicitor
Baker, Keith - Inheritance
Banville, John - Freddie Montgomery
Bateman, Colin - Divorcing Jack
Black, Benjamin - Quirke
Black, Ingrid - Saxon and Grace Fitzgerald
Bowen, Rhys - Molly Murphy
Brady, John - Sgt. Matt Minogue
Bringle, Mary - Man in Moss Colored Trousers
Bruen, Ken - Jack Taylor
Collins, Michael/ Dennis Lynds - Dan Fortune
Connolly, John - Charlie "Byrd" Parker
Crofts, Freeman Wills - Insp. Joseph French
Daniel, Mark - Ireland and Horses
Deere, Dicey - Torrey Tunet
DuBois, Theodora - Shannon Terror
Dublin Noir - Ken Bruen ed., Various authors
Edwards, Ruth Dudley - Robert Amiss & Jack Troutbeck
Eickhoff, Randy Lee - Fallon's Wake
Faherty, Terence - Owen Keane
Fallon, Ann C. - James Fleming
Gill, Bartholomew - Chief Insp. Peter McGarr
Great Irish Stories of Murder & Mystery - ed. Peter Haining
Greeley, Andrew - "Blackie" Ryan & Nuala Ann McGrail
Hamilton, Lyn - Celtic Riddle
Hart, Erin - Nora Gavin & Cormac Maguire
Higgins, Jack - Dougal Munro & Jack Carter; Liam Devlin; Nick Miller; Sean Dillon
Hughes, Declan - Ed Loy
Keating, H.R.F. - Insp. Ghote & DCI Harriet Martens
Kiely, David - Angel Tapes
Lehane, Con - Irish-Am. Bartender McNaulty
McEldowney, Eugene - Stone in the Heart
McGinley, Patrick - Trick of the Ga Bolga
McInerny, Ralph - Andrew Broom & Father Roger Dowling
McKinty, Adrian - Hidden River
Murder Most Celtic, by Greenberg - Various Authors
Murder Most Irish - ed. by Ed. Gorman- Various Authors
O'Marie, Sister Carol Ann - Sister Mary Helen
Petit, Chris - Psalm Killer
Pim, Sheila - Her Irish Gardening Mysteries
Sansom, Ian - Case of the Missing Books
Seymour, Gerald - Journeyman Tailor
Tremayne, Peter - Sister Fidelma
Trocheck, Kathy H. - Irish Eyes
Yeats is Dead - Joseph O'Connor, ed. - Various Authors

Agatha Award Nominees Announced!

The Nominees for Agatha Awards-Malice Domestic XX have been announced. Winners will be announced April 26, 2008 at the Malice Domestic XX. Congratulations to all nominees. If you would like signed copies of any of these books, please contact Mystery Loves Company www.mysterylovescompany.com before April 15th. MLC will be dealers at the Malice Domestic XX Convention. For more details about the Con please see http://www.malicedomestic.org/

BEST NOVEL
THE PENGUIN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH Donna Andrews, St. Martin's Minotaur
HER ROYAL SPYNESS Rhys Bowen, Penguin Group
HARD ROW Margaret Maron, Grand Central Publishing
A FATAL GRACE Louise Penny, St. Martin's Minotaur
MURDER WITH RESERVATIONS Elaine Viets, NAL

BEST FIRST NOVEL
A BEAUTIFUL BLUE DEATH Charles Finch, St. Martin's Minotaur
A REAL BASKET CASE Beth Groundwater, Five Star
SILENT IN THE GRAVE Deanna Raybourn, Mira
PRIME TIME Hank Phillippi Ryan, Harlequin

BEST NON-FICTION
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: A LIFE IN LETTERS Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley, Penguin Press
THE OFFICIAL NANCY DREW HANDBOOK Penny Warner, Quirck Productions

BEST SHORT STORY
"A RAT'S TALE" Donna Andrews, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Sept/Oct, 2007
"PLEASE WATCH YOUR STEP" Rhys Bowen, The Strand Spring, 2007
"CASINO GAMBLE" Nan Higginson, Murder New York Style. L & L Dreamspell
"DEATH WILL CLEAN YOUR CLOSET" Elizabeth Zelvin, Murder New York Style. L & L Dreamspell

BEST CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT
A LIGHT IN THE CELLAR Sarah Masters Buckey, American Girl
BRAVO ZULU, SAMANTHA! Kathleen Benner Duble, Peachtree Publishers
COVER-UP: MYSTERY AT THE SUPER BOWL John Feinstein, Knopf (Random House)
THE FALCONER'S KNOT Mary Hoffman Bloomsbury, USA Childrens' Books
THEODOSIA AND THE SERPENTS OF CHAOS R.L. LaFevers, Houghton Mifflin

Happy Reading,
Kathy
Mystery Loves Company Booksellers