Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:55:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Lynch <rw_lynch at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: mystery books
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

--- Cathy Green <dalek_cag at yahoo.com> wrote:
> FYI, the Mystery Book Shop off Dupont Circle is
> going
> out of business :(
>
> >From their email:
> "The particulars are as follows: on Friday, March
> 1st
> we will begin a “Going Out of Business Sale” which
> will probably last throughout the month. Please stop
> by to say farewell and take advantage of these
> discounts: 10% off Signed First Editions (Pelecanos
> excluded), 20% off all Hard Covers and all
> paperbacks
> (note we will not be receiving any new books) and 40
> %
> off all accessories (totes, t-shirts, coffee mugs
> etc). "
>
> All I can say is I did my best to make sure they
> didn't go out of business.

Damn, me too.  I've been to author signings and
readings there many times -- Robert B. Parker,
Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, and most recently,
Elmore Leonard.  It's a cozy little place, and I'll
certainly stop in there next week one more time.

A decade ago, there was three mystery book stores in
the area (two in Bethesda and the one here in DC).  I
think they're all gone now, a victim of the big chain
stores.

=====
Rich Lynch
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