Welcome to 2015. This is the one hundredth anniversary of 1915, the fiftieth anniversary of 1965, and soon-to-be the ancient history of few years ago before we know it.
Fri Jan 2 – Our Regular Hours have changed! The 5-6pm hour doesn’t see much action – very few sales. So, from Jan 2nd to maybe sometime in March, if then (depends on tourist season and over-all sales):
Sunday stays the same, noon – 5
Mon – Sat: 10 to 5
If there are people in the shop at 5pm, we won’t kick them out. By the same token, if you can be here by just a few minutes after 5, call and we can see if someone can stay.But Call First!
Links of Interest:
For pure Fun and Games, some of these we’ve heard of, some not: 8 Unsolved Mysteries of the World
Former head of MI5 Reveals Real Life Behind James Bond
While we specialize in mystery and crime books, we can order virtually any new book that you might want, no matter what its topic.
See the calendar of all currently-scheduled events on our website. The website calendar contains plot synopses. At the bottom of it is the updated, complete list of signed copies that we’ll be getting from other sources. Click Here.
Jayne Ann Krentz, Jan 6 – This Event has been Cancelled
Tracy Weber & M.A. Lawson, Jan 10
Jeanne Matthews, Jan 14
Thomas Perry, Jan 16
Pamela Christie, Jan 17
Tessa Arlen, Jan 24
Yasmine Galenorn, Jan 31, drop-by, time uncertain
Gigi Pandian, Jan 31, drop-by, time uncertain
Burt Weissbourd, Jan 31 at 3:00pm
Cara Black, Mar 2
Glen Erik Hamilton, Mar 3
C.S. Harris, Mar 7
Leslie Budewitz, Mar 10
And there are always more on the way!
Remember, too, that while it is always fun to come in and meet the author in person, that isn’t always possible. So reserve a signed copy to be mailed to you or for you to pick up later. Those who reserve in advance get the copies in the best condition!
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Gift Certificates:
They’re available in Whatever Denomination You Want; They Don’t Expire; You can Order Them by Phone, e-mail or through the Website, and we can Mail them directly to the Recipient if you’d like. Perfect for all sorts of occasions.
Wish List:
Our website has a Wish List capability. If folks want to know what you’d like for a given holiday or birthday, it is easy to point people to our website. Amber has put together a dandy blog post explaining it and how it works.
Word of the Week:
booby (n.) From the 1590s, from Spanishbobo "stupid person, slow bird" (used of various ungainly seabirds), probably from Latinbalbus "stammering," from an imitative root (see barbarian).
booby trap is 1850, originally a schoolboy prank; the more lethal sense developed during World War I.
booby prize is by 1883: an object of little value given to the loser of a game:“At the end of every session the dominie had the satirical custom of presenting his tawse as a "booby-prize" to some idle or stupid lout whom he picked out as meriting this distinction so that next time they met he might start fresh and fair with new pair for a new set of classes.” [Ascott R. Hope, "Dumps," "Young England" magazine, 1883] (thanks to etymonline.com)
(thanks to merriam-webster.com)
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What We’ve Been Reading:
Amber Recommends:
Amber’s project for 2014:My 52 Weeks of Agatha Christie. Here’s her explanation.
This Week: Cheese and Musicals – and this ends the bet with her husband. But who won? Will Amber get a trip to England? Read on and find out!
Our "Best of 2014" lists will follow in the next few weeks, along with the Bestseller lists, so stay tuned!
We have two Tumblr blogs, in addition to our regular shop blog:
Hardboiled, maintained by JB – pulp covers, film noir and other images of crime and mystery, and
Reviews and Events – just what it sounds like!
On This Date:
Jan 2, 1919 – Charles Willeford was born in Little Rock
Jan 2, 1920 – Isaac Yudovich Ozimov was born in Russian. A professor of biochemistry (and sometime author), he is more widely known as Isaac Asimov
Jan 2, 1935 – Bruno Hauptmann’s trial for the murder of the Lindbergh baby starts
Jan 3, 1893 – Rufus King was born in NYC. His Golden Age sleuth was Lt. Valcour, a French-Canadian serving with the NYPD
Jan 3, 1907- Ray Milland was born in Wales.Dial M for Murder, 1954
Jan 3, 1930 – future NYPD cop Eddie Egan was born. His role in cracking in the investigation that would become known asThe French Connection would end up with him portrayed by Gene Hackman as Popeye Doyle
Jan 3, 1952 – “Dragnet” premieres
Jan 3, 1956 - Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson was born in Peekskill, NY. He’s the co-star of one of our favorite Christmas movies,Lethal Weapon
Jan 4, 1900 – American ornithologist James Bond was born. Decades later, Ian Fleming will ‘borrow’ his name
Jan 4, 1920 – career spook William Colby was born in St. Paul, MN, later CIA director during the Church and Pike investigations era
Jan 4, 1934 –Murder on the Orient Express was published
Jan 4, 1941 –High Sierra premiered
Jan 4, 1962 – award-winner Harlan Coben was born in Newark
Jan 4, 1974 – Ted Bundy committed his firstadmitted murder
Jan 4, 1984 – “Night Court” premiered
Jan 5, 1909 – Harry Kurnitz was born. Under the name Marco Page, he wrote one of the earlier bibliomysteries,Fast Company (1937). Under Kurnitz, he wrote the screenplays forWitness for the Prosecution and A Shot in the Dark
Jan 5, 1914 – George Reeves was born George Keefer Brewer in Woolstock, IA. “Superman” went on the air in 1952
Jan 5 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt was born in Bern (1921) and James Melville (born Roy Peter Martin) in London, 1931
Jan 5, 1931 – Robert Duvall’s birthday – this good ol’ boy was born in San Diego
Jan 5, 1932 – semiotician, essayist, philosopher, critic and novelist Umberto Eco was born in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy
Jan 5, 1946 – Arthur Lyons – future creator of Southern California PI Jacob Asch – was born in LA
Jan 6, 1854 – the Great Detective, Sherlock Holmes, was born in North Riding, Yorkshire. Don’t have Mycroft’s birthday…
Jan 6, 1943 - Francis Nevins was born in Bayonne
Jan 6, 1971 – Karin Slaughter was born in rural Georgia. Besides being a staff favorite, she is also said to have come up with the term ‘investigoogling’
Jan 7, 1912 – Charles Addams was born in Westfield, NJ. Not really a mystery-related entry but we can’t let it pass
Jan 7, 1942 – Ritchie Perry was born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk. In the 70s he started a series about Philis, a small-time smuggler who becomes a British secret agent
Jan 7, 1961 – “The Avengers” premiered in England
Jan 7, 1964 – world premiere ofThe Pink Panther. First appearance of the Pink Panther and Inspector Jacques Clouseau
Jan 8, 1824 – early mystery master and creator of the manor-house mystery, Wilkie Collins was born in London
Jan 8, 1897 – Dennis Wheatley was born in South London. In the ‘30s, he’d create and release a series of “Crime Dossiers”, mystery stories that included actual evidence, documents and photos
Jan 8, 1921 – Sicilian crime novelist Leonardo Sciascia was born
Jan 8, 1934 – Hammet’s last novel,The Thin Man, was published
Jan 8, 1935 – Robert Littell was born in Brooklyn. He’s considered one of America’s finest spy novelists
Jan 8, 1951 – director John McTiernan was born in Albany, NY
Jan 8, 2011 – Jared Lee Loughner shot up a political rally in a supermarket parking lot in Tucson, killing six and wounded 19
Jan 9, 1913 – Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, CA
Jan 9, 1925 – Hollywood heavy Lee Van Cleef was born Sommerville, NJ
Jan 9, 1931 –Little Caesar premiered
Jan 9, 1938 – Stuart Woods was born in Manchester, GA
Jan 9, 1942 – John Dunning – bookman extraordinaire – was born in Brooklyn
Jan 9, 1947 – Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, was seen alive in public for the last time
Jan 9, 1948 – Florida mystery writer Paul Levine was born
Jan 9, 1965 –Goldfinger premiered
Jan 9, 1968 – “It Takes a Thief”, with Robert Wagner as master thief Alexander Mundy, premiered
And Have a Relaxing and Book-Filled Weekend!
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