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JANUARY CRIME CLUB SELECTION
  ROBERT CRAIS discusses and signs THE SENTRY
Putnam, $26.95
JANUARY CRIME CLUB SELECTION
KIRK'S FAVORITE and LINDA'S ADULT FAVORITE
Bring your favorite person along for an evening of snacks, drinks, and conversation with Bob Crais about his latest Joe Pike novel. Believe it or not, THE SENTRY is a love story – but because it's Joe Pike's love story, it's not like anything you've seen before. Pike stops for lunch in Venice and finds a gang shaking down the sandwich shop owner and his niece, Dru Rayne. He offers his help, but they refuse. Pike's fascinated by Dru, and learns that she and her uncle have come to LA as refugees from Katrina, looking to build a new life. But there's more to the story, as Pike learns when he discovers that federal agents are watching them – and that nothing Dru has told him about herself is exactly true.
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DECEMBER CRIME CLUB SELECTION
Saturday, December 4 at 3:00 p.m.
   GRAHAM MOORE, author of THE SHERLOCKIAN, in conversation with LESLIE S. KLINGER
Twelve, $24.99
Isn't every serious crime fiction reader a fan of Sherlock Holmes? Please join us for this very special event featuring debut novelist Graham Moore in conversation with Leslie S. Klinger, editor of THE NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Novels (W.W. Norton, $59.95) and the two–volume NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Complete Short Stories (W.W. Norton, $95.00). THE SHERLOCKIAN is an ambitious first novel that moves back and forth in time between Harold White's present–day search for the missing volume of Arthur Conan Doyle's journals, and the story of what Doyle was doing during those months.
NOVEMBER CRIME CLUB SELECTION
 Dennis Lehane, MOONLIGHT MILE
William Morrow, $26.99 (signed first edition)
Lehane once again tackles complex ethics and decisions using his detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Back in GONE BABY GONE, Patrick found and returned Amanda, a four–year–old. Twelve years later, sixteen–year–old Amanda has gone missing again. Once again, Patrick vows to find her no matter the consequences. To do so, he weaves through a world of Russian gangsters, identity thieves and meth dealers. Patrick must make some hard decisions between right and wrong and his own moral code. Stephen says, "I had been waiting for a new Patrick and Angela novel from Lehane for years, and I was not disappointed. He still knows how to mix up a brew of complex questions and entertain at the same time."
OCTOBER CRIME CLUB SELECTION
 Tom Franklin, CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER
William Morrow, $24.99 (signed first edition)
When Silas "32" Jones was in high school, a schoolmate went missing. All suspicion fell on Larry Ott, a social outcast. Twenty–five years later, another girl goes missing, and Larry is once again the prime suspect. Silas is now a constable in their small Mississippi town. The events of the past, when he and Larry were classmates and friends, will revisit them with vast consequences. Small town secrets come to light, with one revelation following another. Bobby says, "Franklin paints a vivid picture of 1970s Mississippi, and it's a wonderfully told story."
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SEPTEMBER CRIME CLUB SELECTION
 Ward Larsen, FLY BY WIRE
Oceanview Publishing, $24.95 (signed first edition)
"Fly by wire" is an aircraft flight control system that replaces manual controls with an electronic interface. The C–500 cargo plane, with its revolutionary fly–by–wire technology, has become the industry leader for freight operators around the world. When a routine delivery crashes in central France for no apparent reason, finding out why becomes an international priority, and French officials summon the best: Frank "Jammer" Davis. Jammer, a retired Air Force fighter pilot, is part of the NTSB's team of first responders, called to the scene of any crash. As he arrives on the scene, however, suicide bombers start attacking oil refineries around the world – and it starts to look like the C–500 crash was part of a bigger conspiracy.
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AUGUST CRIME CLUB SELECTION
  ALEX DRYDEN discusses and signs MOSCOW STING
Ecco, $24.95
Another fantastic spy novel from the pseudonymous author of last year's RED TO BLACK, MOSCOW STING picks up where the earlier book left off. Years ago Anna, a KGB colonel, betrayed her country for the love of Finn, a British secret agent. Now a widow, Anna is on the run with her child, with information many would kill to get – including the identity of the Russian double agent known as Mikhail. Finn's old boss, Adrian, the head of MI6, wants vengeance for Finn's death, and needs to know what Anna knows. Whether Anna lives or dies depends on which organization – the KGB, MI6, the CIA or the American private intelligence group known as Cougar – gets to her first. In addition to the new book, we will have a limited number of first editions of Dryden's first novel, RED TO BLACK (Ecco, $25.99), available for signing and purchase.
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ALTERNATE AUGUST CRIME CLUB SELECTION
 Laura Lippman, I'D KNOW YOU ANYWHERE
William Morrow, $25.99 (signed first edition)
We had a hard time choosing between this title and MOSCOW STING for the August Crime Club selection. Crime Club members, if you would prefer to receive I'D KNOW YOU ANYWHERE instead of the main selection, let us know – or if you'd like to receive both books, we’ll give you the Crime Club discount (10% off) both titles!
Twenty–five years ago, Eliza was kidnapped by Walter, a rapist and murderer who held her hostage. She survived the ordeal, married, had children, moved to England. Now she is back in the Washington, DC area with her family, and Walter is on death row, weeks from execution. Nevertheless Walter is able to reach across the years and terrorize Eliza once again, and Eliza must discover – or remember – just how strong her survival instinct is.
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JULY CRIME CLUB SELECTON
  GREGG HURWITZ discusses and signs THEY'RE WATCHING
St. Martin's, $24.99
KIRK'S FAVORITE and PAM W.'S FAVORITE
Half the Mystery Bookstore's staff would have made this their July favorite, but that wouldn't have been fair. It's a phenomenal breakout thriller for our friend Gregg Hurwitz. Screenwriter Patrick Davis is dealing with career disasters and a crumbling marriage when he starts getting DVDs in the mail – DVDs filmed inside his own house, showing him and his wife living their everyday lives. It's only a matter of time before the emails start, offering to make the stalking stop if Patrick will follow instructions carefully. Nothing is as it seems in this twisty thriller, and you won't be able to put it down. Come to the event and quiz Gregg on his self-proclaimed Hitchcockian homage!
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JUNE CRIME CLUB SELECTION
 Thomas Perry, STRIP
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.00 (signed first edition)
Bad people do bad things, and mostly get what they deserve in this wildly entertaining book, which was Stephen's favorite for May. Strip club owner Claudio “Manco” Kapak gets upset when he's robbed by a masked gunman. Manco's men think the robber is Joe Carver, but they are wrong. Joe Carver and his shadowy past don't like to be messed with, so he retaliates; meanwhile, the real masked gunman, Jefferson Davis Falkins, picks up a psycho girlfriend and keeps robbing Manco. Trying to quell this brewing crime war is Lt. Nick Slosser, a cop with two wives and several kids ready to start college.
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MAY CRIME CLUB SELECTION Elizabeth George, THIS BODY OF DEATH Harper, $28.99 (signed first edition) Inspector Lynley, still on compassionate leave after the shocking death of his wife and unborn child, is called back to investigate the brutal murder of a woman in a London cemetery. Meanwhile, Sergeant Barbara Havers and PC Winston Nkata follow the trail to the New Forest, where they find evidence of an even more horrifying crime. THIS BODY OF DEATH is a sort of reboot of one of crime fiction's longest–running and best–loved series, and if you've never read an Inspector Lynley/Barbara Havers book before, it's a perfect place to start. Please contact us directly to purchase this title. You may email
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Our emphasis is on first mysteries by new authors — we were the first to showcase such outstanding mystery debuts as Michael Connelly’s Black Echo and John Dunning’s Booked To Die — but we also offer significant new works by established writers, as with such break-out books as Walter Mosley’s Fearless Jones and Arturo Perez-Reverte’s The Nautical Chart. Most of the books we have chosen for our CRIME COLLECTORS CLUB have gone on to win many of the major mystery awards around the world.
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