Award Winning Mystery Book Club Selections by Murder by the Book in Denver, Colorado
The owner of Murder by the Book in Denver, Colorado personally reads and selects the books for the book clubs. This results many times in selecting award winning books. This care in book club selection is a reason for the popularity of the Murder by the Book book clubs.
Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) February 27, 2008 -- Murder by the Book, a mystery bookstore in Denver, Colorado has been in business since the early 1980's. They specialize in personal service and knowledge of mystery books. This is realized through the owner Lauri Ver Schure's personal efforts in reading a majority of the mystery books herself.
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"I read a lot of books in order to make the book club selections. All book club members benefit from that."
Ms. Ver Schure's love of mystery books has become a major benefit to the book club members. Approximately once a quarter she makes a selection for each of the 3 book clubs: 1sts (the first book by a new author), cozy and hardboiled. These books are then delivered to all book club members who subscribe to the service. You can subscribe to Murder by the Book's mystery book clubs service online.
In 2007 many of the books that were selected for the book clubs received several book awards. They are listed below. This effort to ensure the book club members receive the best books available in their genre has paid off in the satisfaction of the entire readership.
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AWARD WINNING BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS
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Still Life, Louise Penny's 1st book, which was a cozy selection, won the Anthony, the Dilys and the Barry Awards for best 1st Novel.
The King of Lies, by John Hart, a 1st Book club selection, was nominated for Best 1st Novel for the Edgar, the Macavity, the Barry, and the Anthony awards.
Nancy Pickard's book, The Virgin of Small Plains, a cozy club book, won the Macavity and the Agatha awards for Best Novel and was additionally nominated for the Edgar, the Anthony and the Dilys awards.
Holmes on the Range, by Steve Hockensmith was nominated for the Dilys, the Edgar, and the Anthony Awards for Best 1st novel. This was a cozy book club selection.
Barry Eisler's book The Last Assassin, a hardboiled selection, was nominated for the Barry Award for Best Novel.
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Congratulations to all of these authors, and to everyone else who was nominated, including new Colorado author Troy Cook, who was nominated for the Anthony and the Macavity awards for his book 47 Rules of Highly Effective Bank Robbers!
A few notables:
Murder by the Book is supporting the Left Coast Crime convention in Denver by hosting multiple book signings. Come and visit the authors!
Murder by the Book was recently awarded second place in Denver Channel 7's viewers poll in the Best Bookstore category!
Murder by the Book also has a bi-monthly mystery book newsletter and an online store to purchase direct from their inventory.
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