Murder By The Book celebrates our 30th anniversary August 1st! HUGE thanks to our customers who have helped keep us in business all these years. We love you!

Visit our blog here. And we're now on Facebook.
Thank you so much for supporting indie bookstores!

On sale now...
James Lee Burke's new Dave Robicheaux novel, The Glass Rainbow (Simon & Schuster; $25.99)
All of our copies are SIGNED, so get yours now!

James Lee Burke’s eagerly awaited new novel finds Detective Dave Robicheaux back in New Iberia, Louisiana, and embroiled in the most harrowing and dangerous case of his career. Seven young women in neighboring Jefferson Davis Parish have been brutally murdered. While the crimes have all the telltale signs of a serial killer, the death of Bernadette Latiolais, a high school honor student, doesn’t fit: she is not the kind of hapless and marginalized victim psychopaths usually prey upon. Robicheaux and his best friend, Clete Purcel, confront Herman Stanga, a notorious pimp and crack dealer whom both men despise. When Stanga turns up dead shortly after a fierce beating by Purcel, in front of numerous witnesses, the case takes a nasty turn, and Clete’s career and life are hanging by threads over the abyss.

Adding to Robicheaux’s troubles is the matter of his daughter, Alafair, on leave from Stanford Law to put the finishing touches on her novel. Her literary pursuit has led her into the arms of Kermit Abelard, celebrated novelist and scion of a once prominent Louisiana family whose fortunes are slowly sinking into the corruption of Louisiana’s subculture. Abelard’s association with bestselling ex-convict author Robert Weingart, a man who uses and discards people like Kleenex, causes Robicheaux to fear that Alafair might be destroyed by the man she loves. As his daughter seems to drift away from him, he wonders if he has become a victim of his own paranoia. But as usual, Robicheaux’s instincts are proven correct and he finds himself dealing with a level of evil that is greater than any enemy he has confronted in the past.

Available at Murder By The Book, imported from England!

Mystery Man and The Day of the Jack Russell (by Colin Bateman; paperbacks; $17.95 each) The first two mysteries featuring No Alibis, a mystery bookshop in belfast! He's the Man with No Name and the owner of No Alibis. But when a detective agency neat door goes bust, the agency's clients start calling into his shop asking him to solve their cases. Highly recommended by McKenna & Michelle!

Signing this week at Murder By The Book!

New York Times best-seller
Alex Kava
Damaged
Monday, July 19, 6:30 p.m.

New York Times best-seller
Mike Lawson
House Justice
Tuesday, July 20, 6:30 p.m.

Debut thriller writer
Harry Dolan
Bad Things Happen
Wednesday, July 21, 6:30 p.m.

2010 Thriller Award winner
Jamie Freveletti
Running Dark
Saturday, July 24, 5:00 p.m.

#1 New York Times best-seller
Daniel Silva
The Rembrandt Affair
Sunday, July 25, 2:00 p.m.

Complete list of upcoming events here.

Also signing soon at Murder By The Book:
Stuart Neville, Carolyn Hart, Victoria Laurie, Dennis Lehane, Bryan Gruley, David Rosenfelt, Jeff Lindsay,Tasha Alexander, Carolyn Hart, Jack Kerley, Deanna Raybourn, Martin Cruz Smith, Brian Gruley, Sara Paretsky, and many more! Go here for a complete list.

We have (or will have) SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS of new books by:
James Lee Burke, Justin Cronin, Janet Evanovich, Rick Riordan, Paul Doiron, Nelson DeMille, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Scott Turow, Patricia Briggs, Jim Butcher, Linda Fairstein, Randy Wayne White, Harlan Coben, Lauren Willig, Lisa Scottoline, and more! Go here for a complete list.

---

Houston Press editors have picked Murder By The Book as
Best Bookstore in Houston (2008)! Find more local winners here.

Nominated for Publishers Weekly's Bookseller of the Year
(2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)!

Follow our Twitter! Keep up with our signing events, used book sales, new arrivals, and more.

Thank you for supporting independent booksellers & local businesses!

Want to find a IndieBound independent bookstore near you? Please go here.
Or how about another independent mystery bookstore? Please go here.

---

New from Busted Flush Press!
(BFP is owned by MBTB assistant manager David Thompson.)

Busted Flush Press is the proud publisher of Ace Atkins, Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman, Bill Fitzhugh, David Handler, Vicki Hendricks, Margaret Maron, A. E. Maxwell (Elizabeth Lowell), Donna Moore, Zoë Sharp, Cynthia Smith, Randy Wayne White, Don Winslow, Daniel Woodrell, and more! Check out news & information on BFP at their blog and website.

To order or reserve this or any other books, please call (713-524-8597 / 888-424-2842) or e-mail Murder By The Book.

---

Have you read the mysteries written by MBTB employee Dean James?

Flamingo Fatale (by Dean, writing as "Jimmie Ruth Evans"; Berkley Prime Crime; paperback original; $6.99) Meet waitress-single mom Wanda Nell Culpepper. After a full day slinging hash at Kountry Kitchen and then surviving the graveyard shift at Budget Mart, the last thing Wanda Nell needs is to to find her no-account ex-husband, Bobby Ray, flashing cash and stirring up trouble. Things can't get much worse -- until the next day when she finds her missing pink flamingo stuck in his very dead body.

ALSO AVAILABLE:
Bring Your Own Poison ($6.99)
Leftover Dead ($7.99)

Posted to Death (by Dean; Kensington; $5.99) Edgar nominee and Agatha Award-winner Dean James offers his own delightful take on a classic British cozy mystery...starring an attractive, sophisticated man who just happens to be a vampire!

"A delight from start to finish. Everything you could wish for in a British cozy." -- Dorothy Cannell

ALSO AVAILABLE:
Faked to Death ($5.99)
Decorated to Death ($5.99)
Baked to Death ($6.99)

Signed/inscribed copies of Dean's books available on request.

---

Meet the staff of Murder By The Book!

Read up on Busted Flush Press, the Edgar Award-nominated publishing venture of MBTB employee David Thompson.

---

 

Murder By the Book is the proud recipient of
Mystery Writers of America's Raven Award!

Murder By The Book won a 2007 James Patterson PageTurner Award!  The 2007 James Patterson Awards are intended to celebrate the people, companies, schools and other institiutions who find original and effective ways to spread the excitement of books and reading. For more information on the awards, please go here.

Watch our video:
Murder By The Book former manager (and award-winning mystery writer) Dean James talks about the store, how it's laid out and what makes us a special place to visit.
Real Media or Windows Media formats.

Who are we?
MURDER BY THE BOOK is one of the nation's oldest & largest mystery specialty bookstores, established in 1980 by Martha Farrington. The store stocks over 25,000 books -- new & used, hardbacks & paperbacks, first editions, collectibles, gift items, mystery magazines, and more. We host dozens of the hottest mystery and crime authors for book signing events every year (we've had everyone from Dick Francis to P. D. James, Sue Grafton to Robert Crais, Michael Connelly to Patricia Cornwell, James Lee Burke to Daniel Silva).

Where are we?
MURDER BY THE BOOK is located in Houston, Texas, within five minutes of the Texas Medical Center & Rice University, and ten minutes from the Galleria. Off U.S.-59, take the Greenbriar exit; head south on Greenbriar; one light from 59 is Bissonnet St.; turn right on Bissonnet; we're ahead on the right (2342 Bissonnet), between Kirby & Greenbriar. View Map

Murder By The Book's McKenna Jordan & David Thompson (along with Crimespree Magazine's Jon Jordan) will host the 2011 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in St. Louis! Guests of Honor include: Robert Crais, Charlaine Harris, Val McDermid, and Colin Cotterill. Toastmaster: Ridley Pearson.