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JOHN RECTOR discusses and signs THE COLD KISS
Forge, $24.99
Fans of the hardboiled won't want to miss this tense first novel. Nate and Sara, expecting their first child, are [ ... ]

Friday, August 6 at 12:00 noon

ALEX DRYDEN discusses and signs MOSCOW STING
Ecco, $24.95
AUGUST CRIME CLUB SELECTION
Another fantastic spy novel from the pseudonymous author of last year's RED TO BLACK, MO [ ... ]

Saturday, August 7 at 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. only

Saturday, August 7 at 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. only
SARA PARETSKY discusses and signs HARDBALL
Signet Select paperback, $9.99 (paperback reprint).
CLAIR'S FAVORITE
We are bey [ ... ]

Saturday, August 7 at 2:00 p.m.

JOEL FOX discusses and signs LINCOLN’S HAND
Echelon, $15.99 (trade paperback original)
Veteran political consultant Joel Fox visits to talk about his first novel, which int [ ... ]

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
Roc, $24.95
A benefit for California Ferret Legalization!

Private investigator Harper Blaine is a "greywalker," someone who live [ ... ]

Thursday, August 19 at 12:00 noon

BETTY WEBB discusses and signs THE KOALA OF DEATH
Poisoned Pen hardcover, $24.95; simultaneous trade paperback, $14.95
Betty Webb, best known for her excellent desert mysteri [ ... ]

Thursday, August 19 at 7:00 p.m.

A LAUNCH PARTY for THE QUEEN OF PATPONG by TIM HALLINAN
BOBBY'S FAVORITE
William Morrow, $24.95
Hallinan's Poke Rafferty books may be the best crime fiction series you're not [ ... ]

Saturday, August 21 at 2:00 p.m.

HENRY PEREZ discusses and signs MOURN THE LIVING
Pinnacle, $6.99 (paperback original)
In this sequel to Perez's acclaimed debut, KILLING RED, Chicago reporter Alex Chapa mu [ ... ]

Saturday, August 21 around 3:00 p.m.

Saturday, August 21 around 3:00 p.m.
DAVID ROSENFELT drops in to sign DOG TAGS
Grand Central Publishing, $24.99
STEPHEN'S FAVORITE and PAM W'S FAVORITE
Lawyer and dog lover [ ... ]

Saturday, August 21 at 4:00 p.m.

MARK HASKELL SMITH discusses and signs BAKED
Grove Press, $14.00 (trade paperback original)
Botanist Miro Basinas is on top of the world. He's just won the Cannabis Cup in A [ ... ]

Tuesday, August 24 at 9:00 a.m.

Celebrate the publication of MOCKINGJAY, the third book in the Hunger Games series by SUZANNE COLLINS!
EMILY'S FAVORITE
Scholastic, $17.99 (unsigned first edition)
Join us at [ ... ]

Saturday, August 28 at 1:00 p.m.

AILEEN BARON discusses and signs SCORPION'S BITE
Poisoned Pen hardcover, $24.95; simultaneous trade paperback, $14.95
Aileen Baron wrote her first Lily Sampson novel, A Fly H [ ... ]

Welcome to the Mystery Bookstore! Our staff is passionate about crime fiction, and would love to share that passion with you! Each month we select our personal favorite to profile, simply select one of our staff from the pulldown menu.

How much do we love our authors? Enough to put our arms where our mouths are. In anticipation of Robert Crais' January 29 visit to sign THE FIRST RULE, the staff of The Mystery Bookstore decided they all wanted to look like Joe Pike:

the staff of the Mystery Bookstore
Left to right, that's Ingrid, Emily, Linda, Bobby, Pam W., Rachelle, Liz and Stephen!

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