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MLB Best Sellers for July

We've compiled our July Best Seller list and it shows an interesting assortment of books that our customers are reading. Topping the list are signed books: The Mist by Carla Neggers and The Fixer Upper by Mary Kay Andrews. Interestingly, the former was a virtual signing where the author sent us signed books and announced their availability to her email list. Other hardcover best sellers included popular authors including James Lee Burke and Daniel Silva among others.

In paperbacks, The Goodbye Cousins topped the list--a second book by a local author while The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson continued its torrid sales. Face Time and Prime Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan continued to top the mass market list due largely to a virtual signing and the author's promotion.

Take a look at our July Best Sellers, we're sure you'll find just the right book (or books) for your next order.

Missing mysteries

There are three titles that were unintentionally omitted from the recently published August issue of the MLB News.

Sand Sharks by Margaret Maron--if you're a fan of the Deborah Knott series you won't want to miss this latest installment

Paths of the Air by Alys Clare--the eleventh in this popular Hawkenlye medieval series featuring Abbess Helewise and Joss D'Acquin

No Law in the Land by Michael Jecks--another great historical mystery series featuring bailiff Simon Puttock and his friend Sir Baldwin Furnshill, this is the 26th.

MLB News for August-September is here

The August-September issue of the MLB News is available for download. The printed version of the News goes in the mail today but you can download it right now from the website and view it on screen or print it.

See what we're reading at August Staff Picks

OK, here's a question: what do Stockholm, Atlanta, Chicago and rural Kentucky have in common? They're all settings for books in our August Staff Picks. If you're about to leave on vacation our Staff Picks are a perfect way to find some new authors to take with you.

Marcus Sakey - Coffee & Crime August 29

We're starting up our Fall Coffee & Crime series with Chicago crime writer Marcus Sakey, a rising young star in the genre. Sakey will be here with his fourth novel, The Amateurs.

More signed books

We've got some signed books that are either here or coming in the next few weeks. Quantities are limited so place your order now.

Plenty of new arrivals to choose from

August books are here in force and the New Arrivals page will give you the whole list. Among the notable arrivals are Kathy Reich's new Tempe Brennan thriller, 206 Bones and Faye Kellerman's Blindman's Bluff. Dozens more new releases are also in from authors including Jeffery Deaver, Brent Ghelfi, H.R.F. Keating and many others.

Check our New Arrivals for page for everything new at MLB.

What's on the website now

Here's what you can find at www.mysterylovers.com:

Upcoming Events

Aug. 29 - Marcus Sakey
Sept. 26 - Barbara Cloud

More events...

Take a trip abroad--books are your ticket this summer.
Richard, Mary Alice and the MLB Staff

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