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JOHN CONNOLLY, DAN FESPERMAN, LISA GARDNER & DON WINSLOW!!
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In-Store Events & Signings
 Saturday, July 31 at 1:30 p.m. JOHN RECTOR discusses and signs THE COLD KISS |
 Friday, August 6 at 12:00 noonALEX DRYDEN discusses and signs MOSCOW STING |
 Saturday, August 7 at 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. onlySaturday, August 7 at 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. only |
 Saturday, August 7 at 2:00 p.m. JOEL FOX discusses and signs LINCOLN’S HAND |
 Saturday, August 7 at 4:00 p.m.LEE GOLDBERG discusses and signs MR. MONK IS CLEANED OUT, TOD GOLDBERG discusses and signs BURN NOTICE: THE GIVEAWAY, and WILLIAM RABKIN discusses and signs PSYCH: A FATAL FR [ ... ] |
 Monday, August 9 at 12:00 noon KAT RICHARDSON discusses and signs LABYRINTH |
 Thursday, August 19 at 12:00 noon BETTY WEBB discusses and signs THE KOALA OF DEATH |
 Thursday, August 19 at 7:00 p.m. A LAUNCH PARTY for THE QUEEN OF PATPONG by TIM HALLINAN |
 Saturday, August 21 at 2:00 p.m. HENRY PEREZ discusses and signs MOURN THE LIVING |
 Saturday, August 21 around 3:00 p.m.Saturday, August 21 around 3:00 p.m. |
 Saturday, August 21 at 4:00 p.m. MARK HASKELL SMITH discusses and signs BAKED |
 Tuesday, August 24 at 9:00 a.m. Celebrate the publication of MOCKINGJAY, the third book in the Hunger Games series by SUZANNE COLLINS! |
 Saturday, August 28 at 1:00 p.m. AILEEN BARON discusses and signs SCORPION'S BITE |
Hal Ackerman, STEIN, STONED. Tyrus hardcover $24.95; trade paperback, $14.95 (simultaneous signed first editions). Harry Stein was famous in the 1960s for his best–selling book on how to grow marijuana indoors (Smoke This Book). Now he's a struggling PI whose biggest client is a perfume company, for whom he provides security. His pot–smoking days are far behind him, because he doesn't want to risk his joint custody of his daughter. Harry's plunged back into his past when a medical marijuana grower hires him to find out who stole his crop of "orchids." 
John Connolly, THE WHISPERERS. Atria, $26.00 (first edition with signed tipped-in page and limited edition CD). Connolly's latest Charlie Parker novel is one more advance in a series that gets sharper and deeper with every book. This time out, the Maine–based PI investigates the suicide of a recently–returned Iraq war veteran, and discovers a smuggling ring that is transporting uniquely dangerous goods across the US–Canadian border. Each book comes with a copy of Love & Whispers, a CD compilation of music that inspired or is mentioned in the Parker novels. 
Dan Fesperman, LAYOVER IN DUBAI. Knopf, $25.95 (signed first edition). This eagerly–awaited novel from the author of THE AMATEUR SPY is the story of Sam Keller, an auditor whose company has sent him to Dubai to keep an eye on a hard–partying colleague. When the colleague turns up dead in a brothel, Sam finds himself in a world of trouble, pursued by cops, mobsters, diplomats and corporate hitmen.
Lisa Gardner, LIVE TO TELL. Bantam, $26.00 (signed first edition). Gardner's 12th D.D. Warren thriller is the most disturbing one yet, as she encounters not one but two very sick children. Eight–year–old Evan has fits in which he threatens to kill his mother; nine–year–old Lucy responds to any form of attention by trying to mutilate herself. Meanwhile, she investigates the apparent slaughter of an entire family by the father, who barely survived the attack himself.
Lisa Gardner, THE NEIGHBOR. Bantam, $25.00 (signed first edition). This year's Thriller Award winner is a gripping, paranoid thriller. Detective Sergeant D.D. Warren investigates the disappearance of a beautiful young mother from her South Boston home. Her four–year–old daughter is left behind, the only witness; her handsome husband is the prime suspect. Warren doesn't know what happened to Sandra Jones, but she does know that things in their bungalow are not what they appear to be.
Dorothy Howell, SHOULDER BAGS AND SHOOTINGS. Kensington, $22.00 (signed first edition). Fashionista Haley Randolph is just back from a two–week European vacation with her boyfriend Ty Cameron, owner of Holt's Department Store, and everything's going her way. Ty's grandmother, Ada, is even letting Haley drive her Mercedes. If Haley could only get one of the new Sinful handbags, life would be perfect – until the discovery of the body of her archrival, Tiffany Markham, in the trunk of Ada's car wrecks everything. Haley herself is the prime suspect, but she knows she's not the killer – so who is? The third book in this series is just as much fun as its predecessors.
Sheila R. Lowe, LAST WRITES. Signet, $6.99 (signed paperback original). As the fourth Claudia Rose mystery begins, Claudia's friend Kelly asks her for help. Kelly's estranged half–sister, Erin, has left the compound of a mysterious religious group, The Temple of Brighter Light, after the disappearance of her husband and daughter. The only clue to their disappearance is a cryptic note, which Kelly hopes Claudia can offer some insight into. Claudia manages to use her forensic handwriting skills to get into the compound, but has only days to uncover the truth before Kelly's niece is lost forever.
John Verdon, THINK OF A NUMB3R. Crown, $22.00 (signed first edition). The July Discovery Club selection is a psychological thriller so compelling that it's hard to believe it's a first novel. Retired NYPD homicide detective Dave Gurney and his wife, Madeleine, have retired to a small town in upstate New York. Over a period of weeks, his neighbors get letters asking them to think of a number – and when they do, they discover that the anonymous letter–writer has predicted it correctly, every time. It's not long, however, before these letters seem linked to a shocking series of murders, and Gurney agrees to serve as a consultant to local police. What Gurney's not prepared for is how much of his own past will come back to haunt him, as he tries to create a new life for himself and his wife.
Don Winslow, SAVAGES. Simon & Schuster, $25.00 (signed first edition). Rachelle's July favorite is a hilarious and dark standalone about Chon and Ben, best friends who share both a lucrative marijuana business in Laguna Beach, Calif., and a girlfriend, Ophelia – "O" for short. When the Mexican Baja Cartel sends them a threatening email with photos of decapitated drug dealers, Ben and Chon still refuse to sell their infamous product to them. When the Baja Cartel kidnaps O, Ben and Chon must devise clever schemes to get her back. 
Carl Hiaasen, STAR ISLAND. Knopf, $26.95 (signed first edition). Arriving on or about July 27! It's been five years since Hiaasen's last novel for adults; we can't wait for this one. Twenty–two–year–old Cherry Pye has been a star since she was 14, but her latest stint in rehab has left her in desperate need of a comeback. Ann DeLusia is her "undercover stunt double," who makes public appearances on Cherry's behalf when Cherry herself is indisposed (drunk, stoned, in treatment, etc.). When an obsessed fan kidnaps Ann thinking she's Cherry, chaos ensues – especially because Ann herself has recently made friends with an ex–governor of Florida who now calls himself Skink.
Gianrico Carofiglio, THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY. Minotaur, $24.99 (unsigned first U.S. edition). Translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis. In this moody thriller that has drawn comparisons to both Jack Kerouac and Patricia Highsmith, legal student Giorgio Cipriani makes friends with Francesco Carducci, a charismatic philosophy student who supports himself as a gambler – or so it appears. As Giorgio is drawn deeper and deeper into Francesco's underworld, he crosses paths with police Lieutenant Chiti, who is on the trail of a serial rapist.
Rajorshi Chakraborti, SHADOW PLAY. Minotaur, $24.99 (unsigned first edition). In this literary, postmodern mystery, an internationally–renowned novelist disappears after meeting with a journalist who is found dead on her own doorstep. The novelist's editor receives a manuscript that provides an explanation for the writer's disappearance, and for his role in recent events; within the manuscript is the text of the novel the writer had been working on, which provides clues of its own.
Elizabeth J. Duncan, A BRUSH WITH DEATH. Minotaur, $24.99 (unsigned first edition). Canadian artist Penny Brannigan, now living in a cottage in Wales, returns in this sequel to THE COLD LIGHT OF MOURNING. The cottage was a bequest from Penny's old friend Emma, but when Penny finds a stash of old letters in Emma's bureau, she realizes how little she knew about Emma's past. Forty years earlier, Emma had a relationship with an artist named Alys Jones who was killed in a hit–and–run accident; the driver was never identified, and all but one of Jones' paintings were lost or destroyed. Penny decides to find out why.
Susanna Gregory, THE KILLER OF PILGRIMS. Sphere UK, $24.95 (unsigned true first edition). The sixteenth chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew finds Bartholomew and Brother Michael investigating the sudden death of a wealthy benefactor in Michaelhouse, as an unknown thief preys on wealthy pilgrims to Cambridge.
Jane Haddam, WANTING SHEILA DEAD. Minotaur, $24.99 (unsigned first edition). Retired FBI agent Gregor Demarkian is supposed to appear on a reality TV show hosted by Sheila Dunham, one of the most hated women in TV journalism. Before that happens, though, Sheila is beaten nearly to death in her Connecticut home, and a local girl is found murdered beside her. Demarkian goes from guest to consultant on a case with no shortage of suspects.