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Dear Mystery Lover,

Lots of news to tell you about, so let's get right to it, beginning with this week's special:

This week's special

A second entry in a delightful new amateur sleuth series is This Week's Special. A chance encounter puts our pet-sitting heroine in danger in this charming book that is even more attractive at 20% off. Take a look at this week's special where you can save money and get a good read all at one time.

Staff Picks for March

We've got a diverse assortment of cozy, thriller, even a non-fiction title among the Staff Picks for March . A great place to find a writer who might be new to you.

Agatha Nominations

The Malice Domestic convention has announced the nominees for the 2007 Agatha Awards. You'll find a listing of the nominees for Best Novel and Best First Novel published in 2006. Among the nominees are several who have been to MLB in the past year so we've signed first editions of both Messenger of Truth of Jacqueline Winspear and All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming. Several authors coming to the Festival of Mystery in May have also been nominated including L.C. Hayden and Jane Cleland.

Congratulations to all the nominees.

This Just In

A pile of new releases are here--most of the March titles. You'll find new hardcovers from James W. Hall, Rhys Bowen, Steven Saylor, Ken Bruen and many others.

Paperbacks, too, are here in large numbers with books by Robert B. Parker, Christine Goff, Randy Wayne White, Charlaine Harris, Stephen Whtie, Martha Grimes and others.

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

MLB News for February-March

The MLB News for February-March is at the printers and expected to go into the mail Friday. You don't have to wait to find out what's new in mystery, just download the News in PDF format.

Signed books

As you'll see from the Upcoming Events section, below, we've got a number of interesting authors lined up for the next month. If you can't come to an event you can still get a signed book just by ordering through the web site. We can even arranage personalized books. Just use the Special Instructions section of the order checkout to tell us how you would like the book signed.

We also have signed books from recent events including Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie, A Crazy Little Thing Called Death by Nancy Martin and A False Mirror by Charles Todd.

Upcoming Events

Mar. 11 - Tea & Talk with Peter May
Mar. 16 - Lisa Scottoline
March 2 - Coffee & Crime with John Banville writing as Benjamin Black
Apr. 1 - Laura Lippman
Apr. 3 - Michele Martinez

Happy reading and start thinking about spring,
Richard, Mary Alice and the MLB Staff