  Getting Hitched!
Scripting Hitchcock, a book that follows the filmmaking process from source to screen, was recently nominated for an Edgar Award in the Best Critical Biography category. Authors Walter Raubicheck and Walter Srebnick will be in Brattleboro at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 17 at the Brooks Memorial Library. The talk, which will be accompanied by film clips, will offer insights into the work of Jay Presson Allen, Evean Hunter and Joseph Stefano, writers who scripted Psycho, The Birds and Marnie. If you want to prep yourself for their talk, you can attend a screening of Marnie on Sunday, May 6 at 4 p.m. in the Latchis Theatre. The book, Scripting Hitchcock, is available at Mystery on Main Street. For information about either event, call 802-254-5290. To reserve a copy of Scripting Hitchcock, call 802-258-2211.
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 New Series, Splendid Starts
We've had very good luck with new series of late. The Inquisitor by Mark Allen Smith gave us a Dexter-like bad guy to root for, Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye introduced us to a 19th-century Manhattan that most of us didn't know existed. Now comes The Yard by Alex Grecian (Putnam, $26.95), due May 29. It introduces a new series built around Victorian Scotland Yard. Suffering impossible workloads and public contempt after the Metropolitan Police's high-profile failure to capture Jack the Ripper, Walter Day, a member of the recently formed "Murder Squad," partners with Scotland Yard's first forensic pathologist to track down a killer who is targeting their colleagues. The Yard is rich in period detail and peopled by historical figures, just the ticket for those of us who liked The Sherlockian and The Alienist. Mystery on Main Street will have signed copies available.
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EDGAR AWARDS
The Edgar Awards have been announced and the winners are: Mo Hayder's Gone for Best Novel; Bent Road by Lori Roy for Best First Novel; The Company Man by Robert Jackson Bennett for Best Paperback Original; Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and Murder of a President by Candice Millard for Best Fact Crime; On Conan Doyle: Or, the Whole Art of Storytelling by Michael Dirda for Best Critical Biographical; The Man Who Took His Hat Off to the Driver of the Train by Peter Turnbull for Best Short Story, and Learning to Swim by Sara J. Henry for the Mary Higgins Clark award. For more winners and nominees, go to: http://www.theedgars.com/nominees.html
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 Sookie is Deadlocked
Meanwhile, the penultimate Sookie Stackhouse novel, Deadlocked, by Charlaine Harris has arrived. There are a limited number of signed copies available and will be sold in a first-come basis. If you would like to reserve a copy, do so asap by calling 802-258-2211.
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 Autographed Books Available
Looking for autographed books? Among the newest on our shelves: The Reflecting Eye by John Connolly (a novella limited edition of only 725 copies), The Book of Lost Fragrances by M.J. Rose, Last Will by Liza Marklund, Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George, Prague Fatale by Philip Kerr, Kill Shot by Vince Flynn, The Rope by Nevada Barr, Shadow Patrol by Alex Berenson, The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney, and Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear. Quantities are limited.
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Drop by and take a look at our photo gallery in the living room at the back of the shop. The photographs are by Susan Lampe-Wilson and the images capture local places, things, flora and fauna. They are signed and numbered, handsomely matted and framed, and ready to hang. In addition to prints, we have Susan's note cards available. To view some of Susan's work right now, go to http://lampewilson.zenfolio.com/.
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WE GOT THAT.
Recently, customers have asked whether they can order books from us other than mysteries. The answer is: yes. Like any full-service bookshop, we will attempt to obtain any book, CD or DVD that's out there. We need a couple of days advance notice and, if it is available, we will order it in and, if you'd like, ship it to you. |
 The Body in the Boudoir
by Katherine Hall Page
(HarperCollins, $23.99)
Distracted from her impending nuptials by two mysteries -- the disappearance of her new assistant and a saboteur at her sister's job -- Faith Fairchild soon discovers that someone will stop at nothing--not even murder--to keep her from walking down the aisle.
(Hardcover)
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 Robert B. Parker's Lullaby
by Ace Atkins
(Putnam, $26.95)
Agreeing to help a street-smart teen who is convinced the wrong man was arrested for her mother's murder years earlier, Spenser investigates two possible suspects who prove more deadly than anticipated.
(Hardcover)
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Don't Cry Tai Lake: An Inspector Chen Novel
Cliff Walk
