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Knockin' em dead since 1983

Named one of Portland's top 10 bookstores 2007 by CitySearch (5 stars 5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended)

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 Of note  

Top 10 Bestselling hardcovers at MBTB in May: 

1.  Walking Dead by Greg Rucka  ( Bantam)
2.  Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris ( Ace)
3.  Blood Moon by Garry Disher (Soho)
4. Dark Horse by Craig Johnson (Viking)
5. The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly  (Little Brown)
6. Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child   (Delacorte Press)
7. Alexandria by Lindsey Davis   (Minotaur)
8. About Face, by Donna Leon   (Atlantic Monthly Press)
9. Wicked Prey by John Sandford   ( Putnam)
10. The Language of Bees by Laurie R. King   (Bantam)

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Phil Margolin greeting a fan at his signing. Thanks, Phil!

 

 

 

 

 

Our Favorite Paperbacks for 2008 now online!  See our book blog archives for reviews of all titles.

MURDER BY THE BOOK offers great consolidated shipping rates on mysteries, thrillers, and crime fiction in hardcover and paperback.  We can often offer used copies from our brick-and-mortar store if you request it. 

The mysteries in our store are divided into more than a dozen sections, based on the type of detective, locale, and style.  Click here for an explanation of Murder by the Book sections.

Shipping via media mail in the U.S. is 50 cents for each paperback and $1.00 for each hardback, plus a $2.50 handling charge per order. (Allow up to two weeks for east coast delivery via media mail).

IF YOU'D LIKE TO BROWSE ONLINE AND PICK YOUR ORDER UP AT THE STORE just select "store pick up" at check out -- and give us a day or two to get your order together (we'll email you when it's ready).  You can select "used preferred" for many titles and we'll grab the used copy when it's available.

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PORTLAND NOIR

Wednesday, July 15, 7:30 p.m.

 

Celebrate the release of Portland Noir (trade, $14.95), a book devoted to ficitional short stories of the (way) dark side of Portland. Floyd Skoot, Jess Walter, and Bill Cameron are among the authors whose stories appear in this compilation.

 

One of the book's authors will be here to discuss the dark underbelly of Portland!

 

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Eric Stone

SHANGHAIED

Wednesday, July 29, 7:00 p.m.

 

Private investigator Ray Stone is back with another action-filled story set in Asia. Bleak House Publishing released this tantalizing description of Shangaihed (trade, $14.95; hardcover, $24.95): "Hong Kong's been handed back to the Chinese. Ray Sharp's whole world is changing. Carnivorous Tibetan monks are worried about what a Chinese bank is doing with their money. A murderous, sociopathic veteran of the U.S. invasion of Grenada, along with his twin kung-fu bodyguards, Floss and Betty, muddy the waters. Adding to it all is a painful dumpling accident, drugs, sex and rock and roll; along with the usual coterie of business moguls, hookers, friends and foes. And the return of Ray's Chinese-Mexican colleague and pal, the diminutive Ms. Wen Lei Yue." Wow!

 

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 Shipping  

Shipping via media mail in the U.S. is 50 cents for each paperback and $1.00 for each hardback, plus a $2.50 handling charge per order. (Allow up to two weeks for east coast delivery via media mail).

FREE MEDIA-MAIL SHIPPING ON ALL LARGE PRINT MYSTERIES. 

Priority mail for US or international orders is available for an additional charge at checkout. 

Most books ship within 3 days.  We will notify you if your books are not available for mailing within that time.

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