Seattle Mystery Bookshop

I Am Batman!

We have a new collection we are working on!

We have 70 new listings on Biblio.com and several hundred new collectables in the shop!

We will have a full list to send out pretty soon!

But check out Batman right now!

Carola Cancels!

Due to Wintry weather to the south,

Carola Dunn has been forced to cancel her signing with us

scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 17.

Snow!

Ice!

'Tis the Season!!

We'll work on getting signed copies another way at some point after the Holidays.

She and We are sorry for the change but an author's safety does come before a signing!

We'll let you know what we know when we know.

 

Holiday Mail By Dates are Swiftly Passing.....

International & Media Mail by Dates Have Passed!

1^st Class Mail: December 19

Domestic Priority: December 20

These dates are almost on top of us - so order soon!

And Remember If We Need To Order A Title For You We Will Need Time!

We also don't guarantee delivery by a certain date. 

Collectible Corner: Raymond Chandler On Sale!

New York: Penzler, 1949/ 1996. Special edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Facsimile First Edition. An exact facsimile of the classic originally published in 1949. Explanatory card laid in, as well as back plate from original wrapping. In protective mylar dj cover.

$75 - On Sale 20% off all collectible books - until December 26th!

Now - $60

 

Coming Soon Sunday: Favorite Urban Fantasies!

Amber & Fran Love This Guy!

Sandman Slim has been to Heaven and Hell and many places in between, but now he finds himself in an unknown land: the far, far edge of the Tenebrae, the desolate home of the lost dead. Making his way inland with nothing but his unerring instinct for trouble to guide him, he collides with a caravan of the damned on a mysterious crusade, led by the ruthless Magistrate. Alone and with no clue how to get back home, he throws in with this brutal bunch made up of human souls, Hellion deserters, rogue angels—and Father Traven.

Slim didn’t land in Tenebrae by chance. His little stunt of trying to open Heaven has set off a tsunami across the universe. Now, the afterlife is falling apart because of the ensuing warfare. And when Heaven finds out Slim is close by, the angels put a fat bounty on his head.

It’s one thing to ride with a ferocious criminal pack across the treacherous plains—it’s another to do it when everyone in the land of the dead is itching to keep you there permanently. But Slim’s not too worried. He’s been fighting cosmic forces bent on destroying Heaven, Hell, Earth, and him for years. A pack of vicious bounty hunters, vengeful angels, and dangerous enemies with friendly smiles isn’t going to stop him fixing the chaos he’s caused . . . one way or another.

Fran Loves This Seres! (Amber loves her October Day series - but hasn't tried this one yet!)

Improbable, adjective:

1. Not very likely to happen; not probable.

2. Probably not a very good idea anyway.

3. See also “bad plan.”

As the youngest of the three Price children, Antimony is used to people not expecting much from her. She’s been happy playing roller derby and hanging out with her cousins, leaving the globe-trotting to her older siblings while she stays at home and tries to decide what she wants to do with her life. She always knew that one day, things would have to change. She didn’t think they’d change so fast.

Annie’s expectations keep getting shattered. She didn’t expect Verity to declare war on the Covenant of St. George on live television. She didn’t expect the Covenant to take her sister’s threat seriously. And she definitely didn’t expect to be packed off to London to infiltrate the Covenant from the inside…but as the only Price in her generation without a strong resemblance to the rest of the family, she’s the perfect choice to play spy. They need to know what’s coming. Their lives may depend on it.

But Annie has some secrets of her own, like the fact that she’s started setting things on fire when she touches them, and has no idea how to control it. Now she’s headed halfway around the world, into the den of the enemy, where blowing her cover could get her killed. She’s pretty sure things can’t get much worse. Antimony Price is about to learn just how wrong it’s possible for one cryptozoologist to be.

Amber & Fran Loves This Series! (Ignore the dopey cover! They are great!)

The thrilling final installment of Chloe Neill's New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series sees sinister sorcery advancing across Chicago, and it might usher in the fall of Cadogan House....

Since the night of her brutal attack and unwilling transformation into a vampire, Merit has stood as Sentinel and protector of Chicago's Cadogan House. She's saved the Windy City from the forces of darkness time and again with her liege and lover, Ethan Sullivan, by her side.

When the House is infiltrated and Merit is attacked by a vampire who seems to be under the sway of dark magic, Merit and Ethan realize the danger is closer than they could have imagined. As malign sorcery spreads throughout the city, Merit must go to war against supernatural powers beyond her comprehension. It is her last chance to save everything and everyone she loves.

With The Threat Of Snow....

We are closing at 4pm

Better safe than sorry!

Baby It's Cold Outside!

Amber Spent the last few days shivering....

(The chattering of her teeth was only mildly distracting.)

So Gretchen donated a set of work gloves to help warm her up!

They work rather well with the rest of the shop's decor, don't you think?

November Mass Market Bestsellers

1 – Leigh Hearon - Saddle Up for Murder (Kensington) - Signed Copies Available

2 – Gregg Hurwitz - Orphan X (St. Martin’s)

3 – Glen Erik Hamilton - Past Crimes (Morrow)

4 – tie

Leslie Budewitz - Killing Thyme (Berkley) - Signed Copies Available

Ali Brandon - Twice Told Tail (Berkley)

Chloe Neill - Some Girls Bite (Roc)

7 – tie

Jenn McKinlay - A Likely Story (Berkley)

Kathy Reichs - The Bone Collection (Bantam)

Dorothy Gilman - The Unexpected Mrs. Polifax (Fawcett)

Ben Aaronovitch - Midnight Riot (Del Rey)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Bantam)

Nero Award Winner!

2016 Nero Wolfe Award Winner!

Taylor received the Nero Award for NIGHT LIFE in the best American Mystery category this past Saturday, December 3^rd, by The Wolfe Pack--the official Nero Wolfe Society--who presented their Literary Awards at the 39^th Annual Black Orchid Banquet.

Past winners of the award include Fred Harris, Martha Grimes, Dennis Lehane, and Sharyn McCrumb.

NIGHT LIFE--which was also nominated for the 2015 Edgar Awards--was Taylor's debut novel and the first title in an electrifying new historical crime fiction series set in 1950s New York. The pulse-pounding murder plot surrounds complex protagonist and war veteran Detective David Cassidy, who finds himself caught between police and mafia ties.

Taylor used more than 20 years of experience writing for TV and film to make the vivid, old-time New York setting come alive more than ever before.

CONGRATS!

November Trade Paperback Bestsellers

1 – Elizabeth Daly - Unexpected Night (Felony & Mayhem)

2 – Iona Whishaw - A Killer in King’s Cove (Touchwood) - Signed Copies Available

3 – tie

Timothy Hallinan - Crashed (Soho) - Signed Copies Available

Susan Elia MacNeal - The Queen’s Accomplice (Bantam)

Daniel O’Malley - The Rook (Backbay)

6- tie

Amy Stewart - Girl Waits with Gun (Mariner)

Andrea Camilleri - A Voice in the Night (Penguin)

8 – tie

Maia Chance - Come Hell or Highball (Griffin)

Dietrich Kalteis - The House of Blazes (ECW)

Joshilyn Jackson - The Opposite of Everyone (Morrow)

Charles Todd - No Shred of Evidence (Morrow)

Camilla Läckberg - The Drowning (Pegasus)

Adam Christopher - Made to Kill (Tor)

Ann Cleeves - Raven Black (Minotaur)

Ian Hamilton - The Water Rat of Wanchai (Picador)

Hendricks & Lindsay - The First Rule of Ten (Hay House)

Susan Hill - The Various Haunts of Men (Penguin)

Peter May - The Blackhouse (Quercus)

Philip Kerr - March Violets (Penguin)

November Hardcover Bestsellers

1 – Lee Child - Night School (Delacorte) - Signed Copies Available

2 – Michael Connelly - The Wrong Side of Goodbye (Little Brown) - Signed Copies Available

3 – Timothy Hallinan - Fields Where They Lay (Soho)

4 – David Baldacci - No Man’s Land (Grand Central)

5 – tie

Joe Ide - IQ (Mulholland)

Tana French - The Trespasser (Viking)

PD James - The Mistletoe Murders and Other Stories (Knopf)

8 – tie

J.A. Jance, Downfall (Morrow) - Signed Copies Available

Janet Evanovich - Turbo Twenty-Three (Bantam)

10 – Ann Perry - A Christmas Message (Random House)

Collectible Corner: The Moth on Sale!

James M. Cain - The Moth

1948 - Knopf - 1^st edition

Top page edges are lightly soiled, darkened and foxed. The front paste down page and free end paper bear pencil and ink spots from other used bookshops. Boards and tail end page edges show some shelf wear and spine is rolled. DJ has small chips - mainly on the spine and shelf wear to edges and rubbing and soiling as well.

$100 - But on sale now for 20% off! Until December 26^th!

Now $80!

Coming Soon Sunday: Some of Our Favorite Authors.....

Fran & JB Love This Guy!

It sounds like a thief’s dream to Van Shaw: A terminally-ill ex-con tells him of an easy fortune in gold, abandoned and nearly forgotten after its original owner died in prison. For the dying man, the money is a legacy to ensure his pre-teen daughter’s future. For Van, the gold is cash he desperately needs to rebuild his destroyed family home.

The grandson of a career criminal who taught him all the tricks of his trade, Van suspects that nothing is ever that easy. Sure enough, the safe holding the fortune is a trap—set by a mysterious player armed with tremendous resources and a lifetime of hatred. Now, Shaw’s partner is in the clutches of the hunters, and the former Army Ranger may be their next prey. But when the ex-con’s innocent daughter is threatened too, Van’s own hard childhood means he can’t let her come to harm.

To discover who has them in the cross-hairs, Shaw must seek out the hunters’ real prey. His quest leads him from an underground bare-knuckle fighting ring, which may be fronting a darker purpose, to a massive pop-culture convention, where Van and his allies, Hollis and Corcoran, play a dangerous game with foes on every side. It also introduces Van to a brash and beautiful aspiring journalist who poses a whole different kind of personal risk.

For years, Van Shaw has tried to live every day above ground, on the right side of the law, even though crime is his gift . . . and in his blood. If he survives the coming storm, he’ll have to decide what he wants—and whether he can live as an outlaw without sacrificing his honor.

One Of Fran's Favorite Authors!

Superheroes have always been Leia Birch Briggs’ weakness. One tequila-soaked night at a comics convention, the usually level-headed graphic novelist is swept off her barstool by a handsome and anonymous Batman.

It turns out the caped crusader has left her with more than just a nice, fuzzy memory. She’s having a baby boy-an unexpected but not unhappy development in the thirty-eight year-old’s life. But before Leia can break the news of her impending single-motherhood (including the fact that her baby is biracial) to her conventional, Southern family, her step-sister Rachel’s marriage implodes. Worse, she learns her beloved ninety-year-old grandmother, Birchie, is losing her mind, and she’s been hiding her dementia with the help of Wattie, her best friend since girlhood.

Leia returns to Alabama to put her grandmother’s affairs in order, clean out the big Victorian that has been in the Birch family for generations, and tell her family that she’s pregnant. Yet just when Leia thinks she’s got it all under control, she learns that illness is not the only thing Birchie’s been hiding. Tucked in the attic is a dangerous secret with roots that reach all the way back to the Civil War. Its exposure threatens the family’s freedom and future, and it will change everything about how Leia sees herself and her sister, her son and his missing father, and the world she thinks she knows.

One of JB's Favorite Authors!

Since We Fell follows Rachel Childs, a woman on the brink, who worries that her marriage is not what it seems.

After a scarring reporting assignment and a painful public breakdown, Rachel Childs retreated from the world, only leaving the house to drink alone at neighborhood dive bars. When she meets Brian, a raffish businessman who sees past her intense neuroses and pushes her back to her former self, she finds happiness. But that is threatened when Rachel sees something she shouldn’t . . . or thinks she does. She’s quickly pulled into a plot that will test the limits of her damaged psyche and force her to find strength she never knew she had.

You Know What Today Is....

Take Your Kid To A Bookshop Day!

We Look Forward To Seeing You!

We Have New Bags!

Fran's Action Shot Of The New Bag!

We are very pleased with how they turned out!

Here is the front and back of the new bag.

Pretty classy for us!

(Only $14.95 for those of you who still need a gift for your bibliophile.....)