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Sometimes the weary rest. The Mystery Bookstore will be closed on Monday, September 1 for the Labor Day holiday. Have a great weekend, and come see us bright and early on Tuesday!
A SPECIAL OFFER FROM LEE GOLDBERG!
While supplies last, Mr. Lee Goldberg will give a free hardcover copy of his hilarious novel MY GUN HAS BULLETS (St. Martin's Minotaur, 1995) to anyone who buys his new book or his brother Tod's. MY GUN HAS BULLETS is a wild sendup of the cutthroat world of series television: LAPD officer Charlie Willis gets his own cop show after he agrees to forget that the star of the network's most popular show shot him in the stomach.
Lee Goldberg, MR. MONK GOES TO GERMANY. NAL hardcover, $21.95 (signed first edition). The obsessive-compulsive detective follows his long-suffering therapist, Dr. Kroger, to Germany. Dr. Kroger's not happy to see Monk – but then, across a public square, Monk sees a six-fingered man who may be connected to his wife's death.
Tod Goldberg, BURN NOTICE: THE FIX. Signet paperback original, $6.99 (signed first edition). Former spy Michael Westen is under virtual house arrest in Miami, for reasons he still can't figure out. While he's trying, he's using his skills to help civilians who need them – such as Cricket O'Connor, whose husband has vanished and taken her fortune with him.
Fall is prime time for new mysteries and thrillers, and we've got big names coming this month, next month, and well into November. In addition to our formal events this month, BRAD MELTZER will drop in on Tuesday, September 23 around 2:15 p.m.to sign his latest, THE BOOK OF LIES (Grand Central Publishing, $25.99). Call ahead to reserve your copies.
Among other events this month, we're happy to be the official bookseller for a joint reception of SoCal Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles, honoring the members of Sisters in Crime/Orange County. The reception is scheduled for September 13 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the UCLA Faculty Center; it's free to members, $15.00 for guests paid in advance. If you'd like to join either of these fine organizations, visit www.socalmwa.com or www.sistersincrimela.com.
And looking ahead to the rest of the fall, some really big events are coming up in October and November. Mark your calendars now for our party to celebrate children's author Cornelia Funke's INKDEATH (The Chicken House, $24.99), on Sunday, October 12. The party starts at 1:30, and Cornelia will be with us from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Adult readers will be excited about Michael Connelly's appearance on Saturday, October 18 at 6:00 p.m., to discuss and sign THE BRASS VERDICT (Little, Brown, $26.99); and thriller fans won't want to miss Vince Flynn's visit on Saturday, November 1 at 1:00 p.m., when he'll discuss and sign EXTREME MEASURES.
Before that, though, we've got plenty lined up for September!
AUTHOR SIGNINGS AND EVENTS
Reminder: The Mystery Bookstore is glad to serve collectors and long-time fans, but asks that everyone who wants to have personal books signed purchase a copy of the new book from us. This will help ensure that The Mystery Bookstore stays on every author's "must visit" list. Thanks for your cooperation!
Friday, September 5 at 6:30 p.m.
MARGARET COEL discusses and signs BLOOD MEMORY
Berkley, $24.95
One of our favorite authors visits to discuss this first book in a new series. Investigative reporter Catherine McLeod is the target of an assassination attempt after she writes a series of articles about the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes' claim for 27 million acres of ancestral lands. Adopted at birth, Catherine discovers that her own heritage links her to the Arapaho nation, and makes her even more vulnerable.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Saturday, September 6 at 4:00 p.m.
KELLI STANLEY discusses and signs NOX DORMIENDA
Five Star, $25.95
SEPTEMBER DISCOVERY CLUB SELECTION
The title means "a long night for sleeping," and the book creates a new subgenre: the Roman noir. In first-century Roman Britain, the half-British, half-Roman doctor Acturus investigates the murder of a spy from the Emperor Domitian, and scrambles to protect his friend Agricola, governor of Britannia. Ken Bruen says that this book moves "like a gladiator on speed."
Saturday, September 6 at 6:00 p.m.
JOHN VORHAUS discusses and signs UNDER THE GUN
Pinnacle, $6.99 (paperback original)
Poker writer and comedy expert John Vorhaus discusses his first novel, which includes elements of the author's many and varied interests. Hal Harris agrees to meet his ne'er-do-well brother Guy in Las Vegas after Guy wins big – and winds up investigating Guy's murder.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Sunday, September 7 at 2:00 p.m.
Special Offsite Event!
Sisters in Crime/LA Panel Discussion: GARY PHILLIPS, NAOMI HIRAHARA, GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD and MICHAEL MALLORY discuss THE DARKER MASK, edited by Gary Phillips and Christopher Chambers
All are welcome to the monthly gathering of Sisters in Crime/LA, where contributors will discuss this collection of new perspectives on superheroes. The 18 original stories focus on people outside mainstream society who discover superhuman qualities in themselves; other contributors include Walter Mosley, Peter Spiegelman, Reed Farrel Coleman, and Alexandra Sokoloff. The meeting will also feature a reading by Jack Maeby from his book THE THORAZINE MIRRORBALL (Wild Child Publishing trade paperback original, $14.99). Admission is free to members, suggested donation of $5.00 for non-members. It all happens in the Community Room of South Pasadena Library, 1115 El Centro, South Pasadena. Call 818-400-8748 for more information.
Saturday, September 13 at 4:00 p.m.
GARY BERNTSEN and RALPH PEZZULLO discuss and sign THE WALK-IN
Crown, $24.95
Award-winning author Ralph Pezzullo teams with veteran CIA operative Gary Berntsen for this cracking thriller. Counterterrorism officer Matt Freed learns of a potential attack on the United States that could kill millions, but has no way to know whether the information is true or a carefully-planted hoax. He has two weeks to find out what's really going on, and the search takes him from an Afghan prison, to an Uzbekistan bioweapons facility, to a Moscow hospital and more. Berntsen's first book, JAWBREAKER, is the critically acclaimed nonfiction account of the real stories behind the war in Afghanistan; novels don't get more authentic than this one.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Tuesday, September 16 at 7:00 p.m.
LORI ANDREWS discusses and signs IMMUNITY
St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95
SEPTEMBER CRIME CLUB SELECTION
Genetics expert Dr. Alexandra Blake discovers an outbreak of a terrifying disease throughout the Southwest; is it an infectious disease, or a bioweapons attack? As the country prepares to vote in a presidential election, Dr. Blake can't get anyone to pay attention to her findings; with the help of a rogue DEA agent and a supercomputer, she races to find answers before the disease spreads further.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Saturday, September 20 at 3:00 p.m.
NAOMI HIRAHARA discusses and signs 1001 CRANES
Delacorte, $15.99 (Ages 9-12)
SPECIAL KIDS' EVENT!
Sarah's August favorite introduces twelve-year-old Angela Kato, who' staying with grandparents in Gardena for the summer. She doesn't know anyone, and she has to work – folding origami cranes at her grandparents' flower shop for traditional Japanese weddings. On top of that, her parents are fighting again, and this time, her dad may have moved out permanently. Angela just wants everything to return to normal, but when she meets a cute skateboarder with long hair and befriends her grandparents' odd neighbor Mrs. O, she realizes she may not have all the answers.
Saturday, September 27 at 3:00 p.m.
MARC LECARD discusses and signs TINY LITTLE TROUBLES
St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95
The author of VINNIE'S HEAD returns to sign his second novel, another darkly funny, fast-paced crime romp. Scientist Aaron Rogell has it all: a great job, a beautiful wife, a new baby. He also has a bad addiction to hookers, mainly the high-priced Aphrodite. Aaron makes the mistake of telling Aphrodite what he's working on, and when her scary friend Pablo Clench finds out that it might be worth millions, Aaron's life gets a lot more complicated.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Saturday, September 27 at 4:00 p.m.
STEPHEN HUNTER discusses and signs NIGHT OF THUNDER
Simon & Schuster, $26.00
Bob Lee Swagger's daughter Nikki, an investigative journalist, gets run off the road in the wilds of Tennessee. As she lies in a coma, Bob Lee first worries that some of his old enemies have taken their revenge. But when he follows up on the stories she was writing, he finds an old crime clan, some corrupt law enforcement officials, and more enemies that Nikki made on her own.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Sunday, September 28 at 1:00 p.m.
PAUL CHARLES discusses and signs THE BEAUTIFUL SOUND OF SILENCE
Brandon Books, $34.95
In the ninth DI Christy Kennedy mystery, Kennedy investigates the murder of a colleague whose `ends justify the means' work ethic has created numerous enemies. An annual Halloween Bonfire goes horribly wrong when a body is spotted in the middle of the fire's glowing timbers. Identifiable only through his dental records, the victim is retired police Superintendent David Peters, an ex-colleague of DI Christy Kennedy. As Kennedy and his team settle down to a painstaking search through Peters' cases, they soon discover that for the superintendent the means justified the end in solving them, and each case they review throws up another suspect.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
SEPTEMBER DELICATE BUT DEADLY CLUB SELECTION
Brunonia Barry, THE LACE READER
William Morrow, $24.95 (signed first edition)
In this lovely first novel, Towner Whitney returns to her ancestral home of Salem, MA to recover from a series of traumas. She comes from a family of women who have the power to read the future in lace, but needs help figuring out the stories of her own life – especially when her beloved Aunt Eva dies in mysterious circumstances. Publishers Weekly called this book "captivating;" don't miss it!
BOBBY'S FAVORITE
Brian McGilloway, BORDERLANDS
St. Martin's Minotaur, $23.95 (unsigned first edition)
This terrific debut novel introduces Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin, who investigates the murder of a teenaged girl found on the border between the North and South of Ireland. The only clues are a ring on her finger and an old photograph at the death site. The girl's father thinks he knows who's responsible, but when another teenager is killed, Devlin discovers a connection between those deaths and the disappearance of a prostitute 25 years earlier.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
BOBBY'S OTHER FAVORITE
Declan Burke, THE BIG O
Harcourt, $24.00 (unsigned first edition)
Another Irish writer new to American readers, Declan Burke is drawing comparisons to Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen. Karen King, armed robber and receptionist, is worried about the imminent release of her ex-husband, Rossi Callaghan, from prison. Professional kidnapper Ray Brogan is the answer to her prayers, except that he's already taken an assignment to kidnap a plastic surgeon's ex-wife – and that ex-wife happens to be Karen's best friend.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
CAROL'S FAVORITE
Elizabeth Peters, THE LAUGHTER OF DEAD KINGS
William Morrow, $25.95 (unsigned first edition)
Vicky Bliss returns! It's been a number of years since Elizabeth Peters has written any Vicky Bliss adventures and I, for one, have missed her. Vicky the Assistant curator of Munich's National Museum, her charming beau Sir John Smythe the ex antiquities thief, and her quixotic boss Herr Doktor Anton Z. Schmidt are off on another adventure. Some very important Egyptian bones have been stolen right out of their sarcophagus. King Tut is missing. Between Interpol who have their sights on Sir John, the Egyptian police, rival gangs of thieves, and even a cameo by three of my favorite authors, it is indeed a wild chase to retrieve that very special treasure.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
CLAIR'S FAVORITE
Victor Gischler, GO GO GIRLS OF THE APOCALYPSE
Touchstone, $14.00 (unsigned paperback original)
In the not-so-distant future, the world goes to hell in a handbasket: flu epidemic, terrorist attacks, natural disasters, food riots, and the destruction of Washington, DC send Mortimer Tate into a cave with a decade's worth of supplies. Nine years later, he emerges to find a world where the only semblance of order is a chain of strip clubs – Joey Armageddon's Sassy-A-Go-Go – and Mortimer's own ex-wife is one of the main attractions. Mortimer sets out to find his wife, and gets caught up in a post-Apocalyptic showdown in the skyscrapers of Atlanta. It's horrifying, funny, surprisingly poignant, and all too plausible; Gischler is a twisted genius.
INGRID'S FAVORITE
Andrew Davidson, GARGOYLE
Doubleday, $25.95 (signed first edition; extra shipping charges will apply due to weight)
In this debut novel, we meet a man of great prowess – a manipulator, a cynic, a man of indulgence and pride living in a moral vacuum. His life is changed forever after a horrible car accident that leaves him burned over much of his body. As he wallows in the burn unit, he meets a sculptor, Marianne Engel, who claims that they were lovers in medieval Germany. He is released into her care, and they begin a journey together into the depths of artistic madness and morphine-driven nightmares, and one of the most unusual love stories of the modern age. This is a vividly written book with an outrageously dark sense of humor, sure to appeal to anyone who likes Edward Gorey or that kind of gallows humor.
LIZ'S FAVORITE
Stuart Archer Cohen, THE ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
St. Martin's, $24.95 (unsigned first edition)
What if the government sold out to corporations and tried to silence anyone who opposed them with claims of terrorism? In this near future, a militant activist calling himself Lando, a political activist named Emily, and a corporate tycoon named James Sands are all trying to tell the truth and change things for the better, but as the relationships between them--and their causes – get more complicated, truth and change aren't quite what they seem. A tense, character-driven story that keeps the reader guessing, this book is both chilling and relevant to today's world.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
PAM'S FAVORITE
Marcus Sakey, GOOD PEOPLE
Dutton, $24.95 (signed first edition)
I couldn't pass up the opportunity to choose a book that takes place in my home town. It's a cautionary tale about what happens when the pursuit of a seemingly worthy goal ends up in betrayal, deceit, and greed. Tom and Anna Reed are a couple whose happiness is being worn away by financial stress and by the emotional turmoil caused by years of unsuccessful fertility treatments. If not for their tenant, they couldn't get by – but one day their tenant dies. When Tom and Anna go to clean out his apartment, they find $400,000 in cash in the kitchen. It's the answer to all their prayers, and the beginning of their worst nightmare. Sakey is a gifted storyteller, and I was completely swept up in the narrative. Suspenseful and poignant, GOOD PEOPLE is his best yet.
SARAH'S FAVORITE
Stieg Larsson, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Knopf, $24.95 (unsigned first edition)
Eccentric industrialist Henrik Vanger hires disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist to investigate the forty-year-old disappearance of his niece from the remote island of Hedeby. Blomkvist and his enigmatic tattooed assistant Lisbeth Salander wade through the complex Vanger history and stumble upon a web of pure evil that would bring even the most depraved to their knees. Swedish author Stieg Larsson, who sadly died in 2004, has made waves in Europe with this extraordinary debut, the first in his trilogy. To say this is one of the most powerful crime novels to appear this year is an understatement.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
STEPHEN'S FAVORITE
Chelsea Cain, SWEETHEART
St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95 (unsigned first edition)
In this exciting follow-up to her NY Times bestseller HEARTSICK, Chelsea Cain continues with damaged detective Archie Sheridan and his weird relationship with Gretchen Lowell, the scary but beautiful serial killer he helped put behind bars. Still recovering from his tortured two weeks spent with Lowell, Sheridan and his detectives find three bodies buried in the same park that they found Lowell's first victim thirteen years ago. Is it connected? Or does it have something to do with the story reporter Susan Ward is working on; a senator who might have had sex with an underage girl? During the investigation, Lowell escapes from prison and the only way to capture her is to use Archie Sheridan as bait. Now it's a scary and gruesome game of cat and mouse.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
LINDA'S MYSTERY OF THE MONTH FOR KIDS
DEAD GIRL WALKING by Linda Joy Singleton
Flux, $9.95 (trade paperback) (young adult)
Seventeen-year-old Amber has great ambition (she wants to be a talent agent); she also has a lousy sense of direction (she takes a wrong turn when returning from a near-death experience). She ends up in hospital, in the body of the most popular girl in school, a girl who has just tried to commit suicide. Can Amber – a girl who can't even navigate the halls of her own high school – discover the secrets of her new identity and find her way back to her own life? This paranormal thriller introduces a funny, unique teenager with some unique problem-solving abilities.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
SIGNED BOOKS ON HAND
James Scott Bell, TRY DARKNESS. Center Street, $21.99 (signed first edition). Ty Buchanan, introduced in TRY DYING, returns in a very different setting: he's given up his high-powered career to offer legal services to the poor, working out of a coffee shop called The Freudian Sip. A woman with a young child asks him to help prevent her eviction, and it turns out that Ty knows her landlord well. Her landlord is Ty's former best friend, and his landlord's law firm is Ty's old firm – but that doesn't stop Ty, even when his client is murdered.
Raymond Benson, A HARD DAY'S DEATH. Leisure paperback original, $7.99 (signed first edition). The first book in a new series featuring private investigator Spike Berenger and his firm, Rockin' Security. Spike is called to investigate the death of legendary rock star Peter Flame, whom the police are calling a suicide.
Raymond Benson, METAL GEAR SOLID. Del Rey trade paperback, $12.95 (signed paperback first edition). A thrilling adventure based on the popular video game. Former FOXHOUND agent Solid Snake returns from retirement to stop a band of renegade former colleagues who have taken over a nuclear disposal facility in the Aleutian islands.
Gary Braver, SKIN DEEP. Forge, $25.95 (signed first edition). Homicide detective Lt. Steve Markarian hunts a serial killer who strangles women with a single black stocking – and may be targeting Markarian's estranged wife. Booklist called this "a gripping, twisty thriller that deserves a wide audience."
Tana French, THE LIKENESS. Viking, $25.95 (signed first edition). The August Discovery Club selection (and Clair's favorite) gives center stage to Cassie Maddox, the partner of the main character of French's Edgar winner IN THE WOODS. Cassie agrees to go undercover to investigate the murder of a young woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to her. Even stranger, the victim had stolen the identity of an undercover alias Cassie had used years before. The prime suspects are the victim's housemates, graduate students who have formed a tightly knit surrogate family; Cassie not only convinces them of her new identity, but begins to embrace it herself.
Brent Ghelfi, VOLK'S SHADOW. Henry Holt, $25.00 (signed first edition). Pam's July favorite is the second novel to feature Russian Army Colonel Alexei Volkovoy, who is both a covert government operative and a high-ranking figure in the Moscow underworld. In this gripping sequel to VOLK'S GAME, Volkovoy is lured into a trap by the terrorist Abreg, who once held him captive in a Chechen mud pit. Volk returns to Chechnya to deal with Abreg once and for all.
Lee Goldberg, MR. MONK GOES TO GERMANY. NAL hardcover, $21.95 (signed first edition). The obsessive-compulsive detective follows his long-suffering therapist, Dr. Kroger, to Germany. Dr. Kroger's not happy to see Monk – but then, across a public square, Monk sees a six-fingered man who may be connected to his wife's death.
Tod Goldberg, BURN NOTICE: THE FIX. Signet paperback original, $6.99 (signed first edition). Former spy Michael Westen is under virtual house arrest in Miami, for reasons he still can't figure out. While he's trying, he's using his skills to help civilians who need them – such as Cricket O'Connor, whose husband has vanished and taken her fortune with him.
Chris Grabenstein, HELL HOLE (St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95), the fourth John Ceepak mystery, takes a much darker turn, as Ceepak and his partner/narrator, Danny Boyle, investigate the apparent suicide of an Iraq war veteran. We learn several surprising things about Ceepak, and the book ends with the promise of more troubling events to come. But Ceepak's rock-solid integrity remains a comfort to both Danny and us, and makes this series one of the most rewarding in crime fiction.
Deborah Grabien, ROCK & ROLL NEVER FORGETS. St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95 (signed first edition). The first in a new series from the author of the Haunted Ballad series. Hall of Fame rock-and-roll star J.P. Kinkaid, a British expatriate, is also a recovering heroin addict living with multiple sclerosis. Learning that a tabloid biographer is about to write a tell-all book about his band, Blacklight, is bad news – but not so bad that Kinkaid or his longtime girlfriend, Bree, would kill the writer.
Joe R. Lansdale, LEATHER MAIDEN. Knopf, $23.95 (signed first edition). Edgar winner Lansdale’s new standalone is the story of Cason Statler, a Gulf War veteran and Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist who returns to his hometown of Camp Rapture, TX. Burnt out and desperate, he takes a job at the local paper and becomes obsessed with the year-old unsolved murder of a college student. The crime seems connected to others, though, and Statler’s digging finds connections to his own brother, a local college professor.
Laura Levine, KILLING BRIDEZILLA. Kensington, $22.00 (signed first edition). In the latest adventure of Westwood-based professional writer Jaine Austen, KILLING BRIDEZILLA finds Jaine agreeing to write wedding vows for her worst enemy from high school – who asks for something like Romeo and Juliet, but with a happy ending! Jaine can't believe anyone would want to marry Patti, and when the bride-to-be winds up dead, the list of suspects is a long one.
Eric Van Lustbader, FIRST DAUGHTER. Forge, $25.95 (signed first edition). ATF agent Jack McClure is reeling from the loss of his daughter, Emma, and the impending breakup of his marriage when he gets a phone call from his old friend Edward Carson, who's about to take office as President of the United States. Carson's daughter Alli, who was Emma's best friend, has been kidnapped. Jack must save Alli for Emma's sake, for Ed Carson's, and most of all for his own.
George Pelecanos, THE TURNAROUND. Little, Brown, and Co., $24.99 (signed first edition). Liz's August favorite. In 1970s Washington, DC, three teenage white boys drive into a black neighborhood for a prank, where three black teenagers meet them. The event changes all the men's lives in different ways, and almost 40 years later, they find their lives colliding again.
Christopher Reich, RULES OF DECEPTION. Doubleday, $24.95 (signed first edition). Dr. Jonathan Ransom and his wife, Emma, are caught by a blizzard in the Alps that ends with Emma's tragic death. The next day, Jonathan gets an envelope addressed to Emma that contains two baggage claim checks for a remote railway station. When Jonathan goes to the station to pick up the packages, two Swiss police officers attack him – but this is only the beginning of the surprises and betrayals that await him.
John Saul, FACES OF FEAR. Ballantine, $26.00 (signed first edition). Plastic surgeon Peter Dunn has a new wife and a new stepdaughter, after his first wife tragically killed herself. Dr. Dunn starts to pressure his stepdaughter, Alison, to have some work done – Alison is wary, but her mother is delighted. Alison agrees to the first surgery, but then discovers a photograph of Dunn's first wife – a woman who looked alarmingly like Alison.
Daniel Silva, MOSCOW RULES. Putnam, $26.95 (signed first edition). It was Bobby's favorite for August, and the #1 bestselling book in the country last week. Israeli security operative and international art expert Gabriel Allon must go to Moscow, where a former KGB colonel-turned-tycoon is putting together an arms deal that will put Russia's most sophisticated weapons in the hands of al Qaeda.
Edward Wright, DAMNATION FALLS. St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95 (signed first U.S. edition). The August Crime Club (and Stephen and Pam's favorite) is Wright's first standalone. Disgraced journalist Randall Wilkes returns home to his boyhood home in the hills of Tennessee. The only project available to him is writing the biography of his good friend, the ex-governor of the state. But once Wilkes arrives, there's murder, dark secrets and history dating back to the Civil War to be uncovered. Wilkes has to use his rusty investigative skills to uncover the truth before anyone else dies.
COMING IN OCTOBER
Friday, October 3 at 7:00 p.m.
CLYDE FORD discusses and signs PRECIOUS CARGO
Saturday, October 4 at 3:00 p.m.
CHARLIE HUSTON discusses and signs EVERY LAST DROP
Saturday, October 4 at 6:00 p.m.
A Launch Party!
ERIC STONE discusses and signs FLIGHT OF THE HORNBILL
Sunday, October 12 at 1:30 p.m.
A Very Special Event to celebrate INKDEATH by CORNELIA FUNKE
Party: 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Author Appearance: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Friday, October 17 at 7:00 p.m.
LESLIE KLINGER presents THE NEW ANNOTATED DRACULA (with slide show!)
Saturday, October 18 at 6:00 p.m.
MICHAEL CONNELLY discusses and signs THE BRASS VERDICT
Tuesday, October 21 at 6:30 p.m.
An Offsite Event!
SHEILA LOWE discusses and signs WRITTEN IN BLOOD at the Rancho Palms Library
Tuesday, October 21 at 7:00 p.m.
MICHAEL GENELIN discusses and signs SIREN OF THE WATERS
Saturday, October 25 at 1:00 p.m.
PATRICIA WYNN discusses and signs MOTIVE FROM THE DEED
Saturday, October 25 at 3:30 p.m.
CLARE O'DONOHUE discusses and signs LOVER'S KNOT
Saturday, October 25 at 5:30 p.m.
JAMES SWAIN discusses and signs NIGHT STALKER
Sunday, October 26 at 1:00 p.m.
CAROLA DUNN discusses and signs BLACK SHIP
Thursday, October 30 at 7:00 p.m.
ROBERT GREER discusses and signs BLACKBIRD FAREWELL
AND LOOKING AHEAD TO NOVEMBER…
Saturday, November 1 at 1:00 p.m.
VINCE FLYNN discusses and signs EXTREME MEASURES