Kirk's Favorite

In-Store Events & Signings

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 [ ... ]

Kirk's Favorite

Gregg Hurwitz, THEY'RE WATCHING
St. Martin's, $24.99
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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Scott Turow, INNOCENT
Grand Central Publishing, $27.99 (signed first edition)
With INNOCENT, Scott Turow returns to the characters from the book, PRESUMED INNOCENT, that set the standard for the legal thriller genre. It's 20 years later and Rusty Sabitch once again is at the center of a murder trial. With perspectives changing from character to character, Innocent presents the twists and turns, along with courtroom drama and details, that made Presumed Innocent so popular. A page–turner start to finish, this is one of the best courtroom/mystery stories in years.
Please contact us directly to purchase this title.
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