This Week's Special

Those with a taste for the serial killer novel will most definitely enjoy This Week's Special. As further inducement we'll take 20% off the regular price. Why not check out This Week's Special?

Happy Birthday Phyllis Whitney

This coming Sunday, September 9 is Phyllis Whitney 104th birthday. Weve known Phyllis for many years as a customer but for even longer as the author of a series of novels of intrigue and romantic suspense that have thrilled generations of young girls. For many, it was the first "adult" book they had ever read.

If you've know a teenage or pre-teen girl who seems tired of young adult novels, why not make her a gift of several of Phyllis's books. Still available are Daughter of the Stars, The Singing Stones and Amethyst Dreams. Any or all of thsese would make a great gift, or perhaps you'd like to try them yourself.

If you'd like you can extend your own Birthday Wishes to Phyllis on her website.

September Staff Picks

We've posted our September Staff Picks to share the books that we're enthusiastic about this month. Please check it out and see if you can find some good ideas for your mystery reading.

August Best Sellers

Our August Best Sellers lead off with Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer who visited us last month. Also on the list you'll find The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and a variety of other titles that were popular among our readers.

We invite you to see what was selling last month on our August Best Sellers page.

This Just In

New Arrivals for September continue comng in, lead by Pittsburgh author Rebecca Drake and her latest thriller, The Next Killing. Her publication party will be at MLB on Friday, September 14.

A number of other new titles are in including books by Kathy Lynn Emerson, Kate Atkinson, Ralph McInerney and others.

Check the New Arrivals page for all that's fresh.

Book Club Dinner with Mariah Stewart

Best selling suspense writer Mariah Stewart will join us for a Book Club Dinner on Monday, September 10. We'll have a delicious dinner catered by Girasole restaurant along with talk and signing by this talented author.

Please join us if you can. Reservations are essential.

Fall Coffee & Crime

We're pleased to announce a new Fall series of Coffee & Crime author breakfasts on three Saturdays in September and October.

Sept. 8 - We'll lead off with Alison Gaylin and her novel of Hollywood tabloid journalism, Trashed.

Oct. 6 - M.J. Rose will be here with her riveting thriller The Reincarnationist that takes the reader on a wild ride across the centuries and the continents.

Oct. 20 - We'll wrap up the series with James Swain and a standalone thriller Midnight Rambler. Swain's earlier Tony Valentine novels have dealt with casino cheats and scams and he's quite an authority on these shady tactics.

Each event begins at 10 am and includes a continental breakfast, talk and signing for $5. Reservations are essential and you buy tickets on the website.

Upcoming Events

Sept. 8 - Coffee & Crime with Alison Gaylin
Sept. 10 - Book Club Dinner with Mariah Stewart
Sept. 14 - Rebecca Drake publication party

Happy reading during the last days of summer,
Richard, Mary Alice and the MLB Staff

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