Welcome to the Mystery Bookstore

Tom Nolan, Edgar nominee for ROSS MACDONALD, and Scott Phillips, Edgar nominee for THE ICE HARVEST	The erudite and all-around-nice-chap Ross King, Oxford Ph.D. and author of EX-LIBRIS, one of the season's great delights	No, it's not a character from Dickens, it's our redoubtable leader Sheldon McArthur in Victorian mufti
Stephen White and his new novel THE PROGRAM	Sam Leonard, author of A DIFFICULT TRADE	The incredibly charming and attractive Lisa Scottoline (all the guys here are in love), whose new book is THE VENDETTA DEFENSE
Larry Karp, whose new music-box mystery is THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, with an antique music box from his collection	Les Standiford signs DEAL WITH THE DEAD	John Westermann signing the jail register just before the Hollywood Premier of the film version of his novel EXIT WOUNDS up the street
Michael Cassutt, author of the Soviet Cosmonautical mystery RED MOON	David Ellis, author of LINE OF VISION, observing Lorenzo Carcaterra, whose new novel is GANGSTER, signing our (in)famous Jail Register	Lyn Hamilton, author of THE AFRICAN QUEST, and Rhys Bowen, whose new book is EVAN CAN WAIT
Bill Pronzini dropped by and discussed books with Shelly	Charles Dunning with his new novel, TWO O'CLOCK EASTERN WARTIME	Ray Bradbury with our next door neighbor, Maureen O'Connell
Eric Garcia performs a number from The Traveling Casual Rex Road Show, celebrating his new novel, CASUAL REX	Eric Garcia (right) discusses CASUAL REX, his sequel to ANONYMOUS REX, with Bill Fitzhugh (CROSS DRESSING, PEST CONTROL, THE ORGAN GRINDER)