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Mystery Loves Compay
202 S. Morris Street
Oxford MD 21654

800.538.0042

410.226.0010

Spring Hours:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

10:00 am - 4:00 p.m.

Closed Tuesday and Thursday

During inclement weather, we will post store and event changes on Facebook and on our answering machine.

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Events:

MLC Summer 2013 Events Flyer

June 1 (OXFORD) 12-3 pm. Our guest will be Susan Elia MacNeal whose World War II period mysteries feature an expat American working as a spy in England. Her latest is HIS MAJESTY’S HOPE ($15.00) in which Maggie Hope gets an entirely new identity to go behind enemy lines. The other books in the series are MR. CHURCHILL’S SECRETARY and PRINCESS ELIZABETH’S SPY.

June 8 (HANOVER, MD) All day Scintillation of Scions VI a gathering of like-minded Sherlockian Groups. We will be selling books in the book room. Unfortunately the event is sold out, but here is the website www.scintillation.org  because you’ll want to register for next year.

July 4 (OXFORD) 10am. – 4pm. We will have birthday cake to celebrate the store’s and the nation’s birthday. So spend the day in beautiful Oxford with us.

July 5 (OXFORD) 10am. Mystery Then and Now Book Club meets to discuss MR. CHURCHILL’S SECRETARY and DRINK TO YESTERDAY.

July 20 (OXFORD) 12-3 p.m. Award winning author Donna Andrews signs HEN OF THE BASKERVILLES, her newest Meg Langslow humorous mystery. More at www.donnaandrews.com

July 21 (OXFORD) 2-4 pm. We welcome Martin Walker, the author of the French police series set in the Perigord region, featuring Bruno, the Chief of Police. Martin will be signing the entire collection including his latest THE DEVIL’S CAVE. Of course we will have wine and cheese on the patio. We adore this series. I hope you will as well. You can learn more about the region, Bruno’s kitchen and Bruno’s cellar, as well as the books at www.brunochiefofpolice.com

July 27 (OXFORD) 1-3 pm. Our special guest will be Mary Jane Deeb, author of three books set in Provence: MURDER ON THE RIVIERA, CHRISTMAS MYSTERY IN PROVENCE, and DEATH OF A HARLEQUIN (all are $15.00). They feature a young woman who inherits a newspaper business from her grandmother. There is lots of local color and good eating. Refreshments will be served.

August 10 (OXFORD) 1-4 pm. Ellen Crosby joins us again, this time signing her new book MULTIPLE EXPOSURE ($25.00) about a woman photo-journalist who returns from London to Washington DC when her husband, who has been working undercover for the government, disappears. This is a new and an exciting departure for Ellen, and a very suspenseful thriller. I know you will enjoy it. More at www.ellencrosby.com

August 31 (OXFORD) 1-3pm. David Stewart sign his thriller LINCOLN DECEPTION featuring John Wilkes Booth. David is the editor of The Washington Independent Review of Books to which I contribute. Here’s the site info.

September 7 (OXFORD) 1-3pm. Sujata Massey will be signing her eagerly awaited Indian novel THE SLEEPING DICTIONARY, a sweeping saga with mysterious elements on the subcontinent. Don’t miss it. www.sujatamassey.com

September 11-13 (BALTIMORE) Creatures, Crimes and Creativity Conference takes place at Hunt Valley, north of Baltimore. Their stated purpose is “to gather readers and writers of mystery, suspense, thriller, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and steam punk.” We will be the dealers for the conference. More

 

Welcome to Mystery Loves Company in Oxford, Your bookshop for Scribes of the Shore.

• We are a full-service bookstore located in the beautiful waterfront town of Oxford on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in Talbot County, Maryland. We offer books on the Eastern Shore’s history, flora and fauna, and fiction for all ages, as well as an in-depth collection of mysteries, both new and gently used in hardback and paperback.
• We provide friendly service to the well-read mystery reader, as well as those who are just getting started, with helpful recommendations for new authors
• We gladly accept want lists which we fill from our store stock and our additional 30,000 books in our “warehouses.” Just call 800-538-0042 or email us @ mysterylovescompany at gmail.com and we’ll get the books to you.
• Take a visual tour of Oxford by clicking on our photo page and download a helpful map of our store and the region.
• On this website you can find what to read next, read our monthly newsletters, check out of helpful mystery booklists, order books and gifts online at our convenient MLC Store. Check out our signed copies , new hardback arrivals and the latest paperbacks. We've also added a list on Mysteries of the Middle Ages. Also ask about out vintage paper back collection.
• Read a lovely review of MLC in Fine Books & Collections.
• Keep up to date with all things mysterious and let us know what you think at our blog www.mysterysalon.com
•  Stay in touch by subscribing to our monthly mystery email newsletter. Read back issues of the newsletter.
• Mystery Loves Company Booksellers thanks you for supporting our local and independent bookshop. When you buy independent you support small businesses and we all benefit.

Read Sister-in-Crime's blog's posting about MLC.

               

Comments or Questions? We’ll do our best to give you great service. Email us at
info@mysterylovescompany.com

Kathy was the moderator on the panel for Dec 21, 2010 2nd Annual Science is Murder event at The Washington Academy of Sciences. Read the minutes.

Listen to recent WCEI interviews

Laura Lippman interview

Peter Imirie interview (To Touch the Wind)

Carol Rizzoli's HOUSE AT ROYAL OAK interview

Andy Nunoz and Ghosts of the Eastern Shore book