Ever Been to the Mystery Bookstore in Westwood?  Well, if you haven’t you’ll have more time to go.  Brave souls have bought the Mystery Bookstore.  Here’s the press release.

NEW OWNERSHIP FOR MYSTERY BOOKSTORE
(LOS ANGELES) November 14, 2008 – While other independent
bookstores in Los Angeles and around the country are struggling or
closing, Westwood’s The Mystery Bookstore has new life under new
owners. Kirk Pasich and Pam Woods, voracious readers who have been lawyers
for most of their adult lives, purchased the bookstore this month from
the consortium that owned the store since 2000.
“We are big book lovers,” said Woods. “We love the idea of continuing an
independent book store with ties to our local community–where we live
and our children have grown up and are growing up.”
The Mystery Bookstore Los Angeles, as the store is officially known, will
continue to bring internationally famous authors to Westwood, as well as
introducing new writers to the store’s devoted clients. Bobby McCue and
Linda Brown are staying on as the store’s general manager and assistant
manager, respectively, but Pasich and Woods say they plan to be handson
owners. “We expect more special events, more outreach to our
regular customers and friends, more promotion, and more community
involvement, with a higher profile,” said Pasich.
“Los Angeles is the birthplace of the American crime novel,” said general
manager McCue. “We couldn’t imagine the city without a mystery
bookstore.” The store has had a presence in Los Angeles since 1988,
when it first opened as a branch of New York’s Mysterious Bookshop. A
group of loyal customers took the store independent in 2000. Since
then, the store has been a major presence at the Los Angeles Times
Festival of Books, and has hosted more than 100 book-related events
each year, including visits from adult authors such as Michael Connelly,
Robert Crais, James Ellroy, Martha Grimes, and Anne Perry, and
children’s authors such as Eoin Colfer and Cornelia Funke.
The Mystery Bookstore is located in the heart of Westwood Village, at
1036-C Broxton Avenue, and is open seven days a week. It maintains an
online presence at www.mystery-bookstore.com.