The Mystery Bookstore

ITW Thriller Award Winner Lisa Gardner dropped in to sign the infamous Mystery Bookstore Jail Register – oh, and copies of her new book, LIVE TO
TELL, as well as the award winning THE NEIGHBOR from 2009.

Don Winslow spoke frankly about his new novel, SAVAGES, the writing process, Hollywood, his former life as a PI. He did, not, alas, sing – but he was very entertaining!

Handwriting analyst and mystery author Sheila Lowe spoke to an intimate but ardent group about her new book, LAST WRITES, child abduction, cult–like religions and, naturallly, hand–writing analysis.

AUTHOR SIGNINGS AND EVENTS

Saturday, July 31 at 1:30 p.m.
JOHN RECTOR discusses and signs THE COLD KISS
Forge, $24.99
Fans of the hardboiled won't want to miss this tense first novel. Nate and Sara, expecting their first child, are driving from Minnesota to Reno, Nevada to get married. At a highway rest stop in Nebraska, a man offers them $500 for a ride to Omaha. It's a stroke of unexpected good luck, but within hours, the man is dead, and a blizzard forces Nate and Sara to take shelter in a run–down motel off the highway. Looking through their passenger's belongings, Nate and Sara find two million dollars in cash, setting off a series of decisions that put the young couple's relationship and very lives at stake.
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COMING IN AUGUST

Sunday, August 1 at 2:00 p.m.
August Sisters in Crime/LA Meeting
KRIS NERI discusses her work and AVERY AAMES (Daryl Wood Gerber) reads from THE LONG QUICHE GOODBYE at the South Pasadena Public Library

Saturday, August 7 at 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. only
A VERY SPECIAL EVENT with SARA PARETSKY!
Ms. Paretsky will be discussing and signing the paperback edition of HARDBALL. Stay tuned for details!

Saturday, August 7 at 2:00 p.m.
JOEL FOX discusses and signs LINCOLN'S HAND

Saturday, August 7 at 4:00 p.m.
LEE GOLDBERG discusses and signs MR. MONK IS CLEANED OUT, TOD GOLDBERG discusses and signs BURN NOTICE: THE GIVEAWAY, and WILLIAM RABKIN discusses and signs PSYCH: A FATAL FRAME OF MIND

Monday, August 9 at 12 noon
KAT RICHARDSON signs LABYRINTH

Thursday, August 19 at 12:00 noon
BETTY WEBB discusses and signs KOALA OF DEATH

Thursday, August 19 at 7pm
Tim Hallinan signs THE QUEEN OF PATPONG

Saturday, August 21 (time to be determined)
DAVID ROSENFELT discusses and signs DOG TAGS

Saturday, August 21 at 4:00 p.m.
MARK HASKELL SMITH discusses and signs BAKED

Saturday, August 28 at 1:00 p.m.
AILEEN BARRON discusses and signs SCORPION'S BITE

And stay tuned for details about a special event to celebrate the publication of MOCKINGJAY, the third book in the Hunger Games series by SUZANNE COLLINS, on August 24!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW:

Friday, September 10 at 7 pm
Date Night with Crime and JAMES ELLROY and THE HILLIKER CURSE

Wednesday, September 15 at 7pm
JEFF LINDSAY discusses and signs DEXTER IS DELICIOUS