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This week's special

Fans of the traditional English mystery will find a treat in This Week's Special, a debut which involves a new vicar in town, an unlikely match and an unexpected death. Take a look at this week's special where you can save 20% and discover a new writer.

Best mysteries of 2006?

We'll leave it to you to decide if you think they're the best but the Mystery Writers of America have announced their nominees for the Edgar Award 2007 for books published in 2006. and you'll find an interesting assortment of nominees in the categories of Best Mystery, Best First Mystery and Best Paperback Original as well as Best True Crime.

Among the nominees are some favorites of ours including Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris, The Jannisary Tree by Jason Goodwin, The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard, King of Lies by John Hart and the Deep Blue Alibi by Paul Levine.

You'll also notice that the information on previous awards: Edgar, Shamus, Anthony and Agatha, has been brought more up-to-date. See our Awards page for full details.

This Just In

A good bit of February new titles are here including paperbacks from some best-selling MLB authors: Dirty Blonde by Lisa Scottoline, Finishing School by Michele Martinez, Templar Legacy by Steve Berry, Cherry Cheescake Murder by Joanne Fluke and many, many others.

You'll find the complete list of what's new in our New Arrivals pages.

Signed High Profile by Robert B. Parker

Robert B. Parker's latest Jesse Stone novel, High Profile, goes on sale February 6 and we'll have signed copies about a week later. We have only a limited supply of these coming in so please order now to avoid disappointment.

New British imports

Some new titles in British Imports are here. Notably, we've received four more of the charming Georgette Heyer mysteries, bringing to 9 the total so far reissued. These are delightful Golden Age mysteries, written in the '30s and '40s with classic plots and settings. The new editions are very attractive trade paperbacks with distinctive covers.

Also just in, the paperback of Susanna Gregory's A Conspiracy of Violence, first in a new Restoration-set series as well as Roman Ransom, the latest for Rosemary Rowe's series set in ancient Britain.

See our New British Books page for the complete list.

Harry Potter hits year 7

The word is out that the seventh, and final, Harr Potter book from J.K. Rowling will be titled Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

There is no price or publication date as yet for this book (despite what you may have seen or heard on the internet).

You can get on the Harry Potter notification list through our website and we'll let you know via email as soon as a date and price have been announced.

Upcoming Events

We've updated out Events section with a slew of new events from now through the end of March. Those not fortunate enough to live near Pittsburgh may not be able to attend our author events but you can get signed books. Ordering before the event will even allow you to get personalized copies, if you wish. Just use the Special Instructions section in the checkout to tell us how you'd like the book signed.

Feb. 9 - A Little Night of Romance with Victoria Alexander
Feb. 16 - A Victorian Lady with Cordelia Biddle
Feb. 24 - Deborah Crombie

Happy reading and stay warm (preferably by curling up with a mystery from MLB)
Richard, Mary Alice and the MLB Staff