Special Events

In-Store Events & Signings

Date Night with Crime!
JAMES ELLROY discusses and signs THE HILLIKER CURSE: My Pursuit of Women
Knopf, $24.95
Don't miss this opportunity to hear the one-and-only James El [ ... ]

Saturday, September 11 at 1:30 p.m.

DEBORAH GRABIEN discusses and signs LONDON CALLING
Plus One Press, $16.99 (trade paperback original)
Guitarist JP Kincaid, in his third adventure, heads to London for a honey [ ... ]

Saturday, September 11 at 3:00 p.m.

A WRITING WORKSHOP with DENNIS PALUMBO, author of MIRROR IMAGE
Poisoned Pen hardcover, $24.95; simultaneous trade paperback, $14.95
Dennis Palumbo is a psychotherapist, forme [ ... ]

Wednesday, September 15 at 7:00 p.m.

JEFF LINDSAY discusses and signs DEXTER IS DELICIOUS
Doubleday, $25.95
He's America's best–loved serial killer, and he's back for a fifth adventure. We are thrilled to wel [ ... ]

Saturday, September 18 at 11:00 a.m.

SPECIAL KIDS' EVENT!
BRUCE ERIC KAPLAN discusses and signs MONSTERS EAT WHINY CHILDREN
Simon and Schuster, $15.99, picture book
LINDA'S MYSTERY OF THE MONTH FOR KIDS
Okay, le [ ... ]

Saturday, September 18 at 3:00 p.m.

GRAHAM BROWN discusses and signs BLACK SUN
Bantam, $7.99 (paperback original)
It's still officially summer, which means you have time for another summer adventure novel. Dani [ ... ]

Saturday, September 18 at 5:00 p.m.

A LAUNCH PARTY for MURDER IN VEIN by SUE ANN JAFFARIAN!
Midnight Ink, $14.95 (trade paperback original)
Our friend Sue Ann Jaffarian has to be one of the hardest–working wo [ ... ]

Monday, September 20 at 7:00 p.m.

MARGARET COEL discusses and signs SPIDER'S WEB
Berkley, $24.95
Margaret Coel's characters, Vicky Holden and Father John O'Malley, feel like old friends, and we are always so [ ... ]

Thursday, September 23 around 11:00 a.m.

NORA McFARLAND drops in to sign A BAD DAY'S WORK
Simon & Schuster, $14.99 (trade paperback original)
LINDA'S ADULT FAVORITE
Lilly Hawkins is having one of those days. The las [ ... ]

Saturday, September 25, 3:00 4:30 p.m.

A WRITING WORKSHOP with PM Press!
Authors SUMMER BRENNER, OWEN HILL, GARY PHILLIPS, SIN SORACCO, MICHAEL HARRIS and BENJAMIN WHITMER share their expertise Put a litt [ ... ]

Saturday, September 25 at 4:30 p.m.

WILLIAM KENT KRUEGER discusses and signs VERMILION DRIFT
Atria, $25.00
The Cork O'Connor series has won almost every award available in the world of crime fiction, and contin [ ... ]

.Monday, September 27 (time to be determined)

JOANNE FLUKE drops in to sign GINGERBREAD COOKIE MURDER
Kensington, $23.00
GINGERBREAD COOKIE MURDER is a collection of three holiday–themed novellas by Fluke, Westwood's o [ ... ]

Thursday, September 30 at 7:00 p.m.

A LAUNCH PARTY for BEAT by STEPHEN JAY SCHWARTZ
Forge hardcover, $24.99; simultaneous trade paperback, $14.99
KIRK’S FAVORITE
Stephen Jay Schwartz is our neighbor and frien [ ... ]

Tuesday, September 7 at 8:00 p.m.
JAMES ELLROY in conversation with CAROLYN KELLOGG
At Largo at the Coronet
A Presentation of Rare Bird Lit and PEN Center USA
We are honored to be the booksellers at this one-night-only event. James Ellroy discusses his latest book, THE HILLIKER CURSE, with L.A. Times book reviewer Carolyn Kellogg. Tickets are $40 with the book or $25 without, and can be purchased online at http://stores.rarebirdlit.com/StoreFront.bok.

Sunday, September 12 at 2:00 p.m.
September Sisters in Crime/LA Meeting
SHEILA LOWE discusses her work and P.I. BARRINGTON reads from BUTTON HOLLOW CHRONICLES #1: The Leaf Peeper Murders We are always glad to serve as booksellers at the monthly meeting of Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles. This month's speaker is handwriting expert and author Sheila Lowe, who will discuss what handwriting shows about how to motivate people. Lowe's Forensic Handwriting Mystery series features handwriting expert Claudia Rose; the latest entry is LAST WRITES (Signet paperback original, $6.99), published in July. This month's reader is P.I. Barrington, co-author (with Loni Barrington) of BUTTON HOLLOW CHRONICLES #1: The Leaf Peeper Murders, first in a new series set in a small New Hampshire town. All are welcome, but a $5.00 donation is requested of nonmembers. The South Pasadena Public Library is at 1100 Oxley Street in South Pasadena; for more information, call 626-403-7340 or visit www.sistersincrimela.com.

Tuesday, September 21 at 6:30 p.m.
JERI WESTERSON discusses and signs her books at the PALMS-RANCHO PARK LIBRARY
Jeri Westerson's "medieval noir" mysteries feature Crispin Guest, a disgraced knight who has created a new life for himself as "the Tracker." The third book in the series, THE DEMON'S PARCHMENT (Minotaur, $25.99), is due out in October; Guest and his apprentice, Jack Tucker, search for stolen Hebrew manuscripts for one of London's only Jews, a physician at the King's court. We loved the earlier books, VEIL OF LIES (St. Martin's Griffin trade paperback, $14.99), and SERPENT IN THE THORNS (Minotaur trade paperback, $14.99). Admission to this event is free; the Palms-Rancho Park Library is at 2920 Overland Ave., Los Angeles. Call 310-840-2142 for directions and more information.

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