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Thursday, May 1 at 7:00 p.m.
St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95
Freelance journalist Jase Deering investigates a terrible crime on its first anniversary: the kidnapping of twin two-year-old boys, with no hint to where they might have gone. The boys' former nanny turned up that day with the word "mirrorrorrim" carved into her flesh, but no explanation. What Deering finds is a trail that leads back to a nearly legendary, long-dead practitioner of black magic who may be influencing followers to this day.
Posted by Pam on May 03, 2008
Saturday, May 3 at 5:00 p.m.
Vanguard, $25.95
New York District Attorney Butch Karp tries a case against an NYU professor who is pleading insanity in the deaths of her three children. Meanwhile his wife, private investigator Marlene Ciampi, is on the trail of an Islamic terrorist who calls himself The Sheik and plans a spectacular outrage in the heart of New York City.
Watch a video interview with Robert Tanenbaum!
Listen to a podcast!
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Posted by Pam on May 03, 2008
Sunday, May 4 at 3:00 p.m.
THE GETTY CENTER presents SELECTED SHORTS: A CELEBRATION OF THE SHORT STORY
The Mystery Bookstore is delighted to serve as official bookseller for a Mysterious Weekend with our neighbor, The Getty Center. New York's Symphony Space at the Getty Center produces two evenings and an afternoon of readings from THE BLACK LIZARD BIG BOOK OF PULPS (Friday); THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2007 and 2006 (Saturday) and A MOMENT ON THE EDGE: 100 YEARS OF CRIME STORIES BY WOMEN (Sunday). Readers include John Shea, Fionnula Flanagan, Robert Sean Leonard, and Christina Pickles. Tickets are $20 per performance, $15 for students. Details of the performances are online at http://www.getty.edu/visit/events/selected_shorts_2008.html; you can order tickets online at www.getty.edu, or call 310-440-7300.
Posted by Pam on May 03, 2008
Thursday, May 8 at 7:00 p.m.
Notwithstanding the homogenization of American language and culture, not everybody talks the same way. Characters shouldn't, either. Aspiring writers and all fans of quality crime fiction will want to join us for this free workshop with one of our favorite visitors. Bill Fitzhugh, award-winning author of seven satiric crime novels, will lead a discussion of how to write dialogue in general, how to write regional dialects, and how to tell if you've overdone it. The New York Times write that Fitzhugh's "facility and wit, and his taste for the perverse, put him in a league with Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard." His novels include Highway 61 Resurfaced, Heart Seizure, and Pest Control; and he'll be back later in the month to discuss The Adventures of Slim and Howdy, based on the alter egos of country superstars Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn. He also writes, produces, and hosts a weekly show on XM Satellite Radio's Deep Tracks channel called "Fitzhugh's All Hand Mixed Vinyl."
Posted by Pam on May 03, 2008
Saturday, May 17 at 2:00 p.m.
Special Offsite Event!
SISTERS IN CRIME presents BILL FITZHUGH at the Manhattan Beach Library
For our friends and customers to the south of us, a special treat: we're bringing the event to you! The Manhattan Beach Public Library welcomes Bill Fitzhugh to discuss his new book, THE ADVENTURES OF SLIM & HOWDY (Center Street, $22.99 – see next event for details). The Manhattan Beach Library [http://www.colapublib.org/libs/manhattan/] is at 1320 Highland Avenue, Manhattan Beach, CA. Call them at (310) 545-8595 for details and directions.
Posted by Pam on May 03, 2008
Saturday, May 17 at 5:00 p.m.
Center Street, $22.99
INGRID'S FAVORITE
Slim and Howdy are itinerant musicians, of the country variety. They play a mean hand of poker, reluctantly share a truck, and fend off trouble on behalf of lovely ladies in roadhouses. When a friend disappears, they pull out all the stops to find her, no matter what low-lifes, filmmakers, or fighting words they might encounter along the way. This is the first novel for famous country-western duo Brooks & Dunn, and the eighth comic mystery by Bill Fitzhugh; it effortlessly combines a freewheeling gentlemen-of-the-road storytelling style with a tight plot and great jokes.
Posted by Pam on May 03, 2008
Monday, May 19 at 7:00 p.m.
Putnam, $26.95
We're thrilled to get a visit from bestselling novelist John Sandford, author of the iconic "Prey" series. It's been almost twenty years since the publication of Sandford's first Lucas Davenport novel, RULES OF PREY, but the series shows no signs of flagging, and this book is one of the strongest installments. Lucas Davenport reluctantly agrees to investigate the disappearance of a college student that may be linked to two two recent slashing murders of Goth teenagers.
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.
Posted by Pam on May 03, 2008
Tuesday, May 20 at 6:30 p.m.
An Offsite Event!
APRIL SMITH discusses and signs JUDAS HORSE at the Palms-Rancho Park Library
April Smith, author of the Ana Grey mystery series, discusses her latest book, JUDAS HORSE, in this free event at the Rancho Palms Library. JUDAS HORSE finds Ana Grey, still recovering from the devastating events of GOOD MORNING, KILLER, coping with the news that a group of radical animal-rights activists has assassinated one of her colleagues. Ana goes undercover to infiltrate a group that calls itself Free Animals Now, led by an unstable, charismatic leader who's planning one final, monstrous act of terrorism. The Palms-Rancho Park Library is at 2920 Overland Avenue; for directions, call 310-840-2142.
Posted by Pam on May 03, 2008
Wednesday, May 28 at 7:00 p.m.
Alaska Northwest Books, $25.95
John Straley's devoted fans will tell you that his books are like nothing else in crime fiction. Find out why when he visits to discuss this marvelous historical novel, set in the Pacific Northwest of 1935. Lumberman Slippery Wilson is on his way to Seattle when he meets Ellie Hobbs and her niece, on the run with a dead body in the trunk of their car. Slip, Ellie and her niece flee union men out for revenge, up the Inside Passage from Puget Sound to Alaska.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email mysterybookstore@gmail.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Posted by Pam on May 03, 2008
COMING IN JUNE
Monday, June 2 at 7:00 p.m.
ALAN FURST discusses and signs SPIES OF WARSAW
Tuesday, June 3 at 12:00 noon
LUNCH DATE WITH CRIME!
LEE CHILD discusses and signs NOTHING TO LOSE
Saturday, June 7 at 4:00 p.m.
PATRICIA SMILEY discusses and signs COOL CACHE
Saturday, June 7 at 5:00 p.m.
DON WINSLOW discusses and signs THE DAWN PATROL
Tuesday, June 10 at 7:00 p.m.
JOHN CONNOLLY discusses and signs THE REAPERS
Thursday, June 12 at 7:00 p.m.
JON LAND discusses and signs THE SEVEN SINS: The Tyrant Ascending
Saturday, June 14 at 12:00 noon
DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI discusses and signs SEVERANCE PACKAGE
Monday, June 16 at 7:00 p.m.
MEG GARDINER discusses and signs THE DIRTY SECRETS CLUB (U.S. edition)
Thursday, June 19
JEFFERY DEAVER drops in to sign THE BROKEN WINDOW
Thursday, June 19 – Sunday, June 29
LA Film Festival in Westwood Village!
Saturday, June 21 at 5:00 p.m.
A Launch Party for THE DECEIVED by BRETT BATTLES
Monday, June 30 at 7:00 p.m.
An Offsite Event!
ROBERT FATE, NAOMI HIRAHARA, and ERIC STONE discuss their work at the Redondo Beach Library
And looking ahead to July…
Saturday, July 5 at 5:00 p.m.
ROBERT CRAIS discusses and signs CHASING DARKNESS
Posted by Pam on May 03, 2008