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Our email is going out today rather than Friday since Mary Alice and Richard are off to visit grandkids on Thursday. Next week we'll have an email on Thursday as we leave for another grandkid visit. After that--back to normal Friday emails.

Pittsburgh Noir Publication Party

On Thursday, May 19 at 7 pm we'll celebrate the publication of Pittsburgh Noir, a collection of Pittsburgh crime stories edited by Kathleen George and filled with stories by the likes of Nancy Martin, K.C. Constantine, Lila Shaara, Stuart O'Nan and Tom Lipinski.

We're expecting at least 10 of the authors to be with us for the party. A signed copy would make a great gift for the holidays or any other occasion.

Please join us for a terrific party with many of the authors who contributed stories.

Anthony nominees announced

The nominees for the 2011 Anthony Awards were announced yesterday. We were pleased to see so many good friends with nominated titles including Louise Penny, Laura Lippman, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Tana French and Steve Hamilton.

You can find the complete list of nominees in the categories of Best Novel, Best First, Best Paperback Original and Best Critical/Biographical on our Anthony Award 2011 page.

Festival of Mystery--better than ever

Wow, what a Festival of Mystery we just had. Record turnout of customers and record number of authors combined for an exciting night of interviews, chit chat, old friends, new friends, pizza and--of course--tons of book buying.

Our thanks to the dozens of volunteers who make it possible plus our splendid staff who work so very hard to make everything at the Festival perfect for readers and authors.

Our new check-out system was an unqualified success with much shorter lines and more repeat customers.

Thanks to everyone who participated and especially to you authors--we couldn't have a Festival without you.

Agatha Awards announced

The Agatha Awards were announced last weekend and we're happy to say that we had three of the winners at our Festival of Mystery: Louise Penny, Mary Jane Maffini and Avery Aames.

Find out about all the nominees and winners on our Agatha Awards 2011 page.

Staff Picks for May

Even though we were busy with the Festival last week and Stuart Woods this week, we still had time to create a list of Staff Picks for May. Take a look and see if you can find some interesting reading for the warmer weather.

Edgar Awards announced

The Mystery Writers of America announced the winners of the Edgar Award for 2011 at the annual banquet on Thursday night.

You'll find the comlete list of nominees and winners on our Edgar Award 2011 page.

Update on ebooks

After receiving hundreds of responses to our ebook survey and after many conversations both in person and via email with customers we've concluded that we simply must be in the ebook business.

We anticipate being able to sell you ebooks probably beginning sometime in June.

We have further details of the survey as well as background information on various ebook alternatives on the website.

Our thanks to the many customers who took the time to write to us about ebooks.

New Arrivals

New Arrivals continue apace with more May books showing up every week. You'll find plenty of new titles from Sue Ann Jaffarian, Sophie Littlefield, Scott Turow, S.J. Bolton and others.

We've also received a nice dose of New British books. Edward Marston has a new title in the Railway Detective series. Andrew Pepper continue his series with Bow Street Runner Pyke with The Detective Branch. A new series by Lawrence Paul begins with The Sweet Smell of Decay introducing Harry Lytle, 17th century clerk and spy.

Be sure to check our New Arrivals for the latest in new books on our shelves.

Signed first editions

What's on the website now

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

Find us on Facebook

We're over the 1,100 fan mark. How cool! Glad so many of you like to stop by our page. Latest news up there: Lisa Scottoline event pix and plenty of Festival commentary

Come visit us at facebook.com/mysterylovers where you can join the 1,125 folks who are already our fans.

Upcoming Events

May 19 - Pittsburgh Noir launch party
More events...

Ah, spring is here at last--or at least it stopped raining

Richard, Mary Alice and the MLB Staff

Did we mention that we won a Raven Award?

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