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Saturday, August 2 at 3:00 p.m.
Center Street, $21.99
Ty Buchanan, introduced in TRY DYING, returns in a very different setting: he's given up his high-powered career to offer legal services to the poor, working out of a coffee shop called The Freudian Sip. A woman with a young child asks him to help prevent her eviction, and it turns out that Ty knows her landlord well. Her landlord is Ty's former best friend, and his landlord's law firm is Ty's old firm – but that doesn't stop Ty, even when his client is murdered.
Posted by Pam on July 29, 2008
Wednesday, August 6 at 7:00 p.m.
Viking, $25.95
AUGUST DISCOVERY CLUB SELECTION and CLAIR'S FAVORITE
Cassie Maddox, the partner of the main character of French's Edgar winner IN THE WOODS, agrees to go undercover to investigate the murder of a young woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to her. Even stranger, the victim had stolen the identity of an undercover alias Cassie had used years before. The prime suspects are the victim's housemates, graduate students who have formed a tightly knit surrogate family; Cassie not only convinces them of her new identity, but begins to embrace it herself. Deeply emotional, harrowing and sad, THE LIKENESS confirms Tana French as a major new talent in crime fiction.
Posted by Pam on July 29, 2008
Thursday, August 7 at 6:00 p.m.
Delacorte, $25.00
SARAH'S FAVORITE
A woman returns home to her sprawling Atlanta mansion to find a stranger standing over her daughter's mutilated body. In a fit of blinding rage, she strangles the man with her bare hands, but the shocking truth reveals that her teenage daughter wasn't murdered; she was kidnapped. Can the unlikely team of Detective Faith Mitchell, a hot-headed single-mother, and Detective Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the same one who forced Faith's mother to an early retirement, work together to save a young girl before it's too late? Karin Slaughter fans won't be disappointed in this bold, provocative thriller, the second in her best-selling Atlanta series.
Posted by Pam on July 29, 2008
Saturday, August 9 (time to be determined)
St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95
The author of the Haunted Ballad series brings us the first in a new series, featuring Hall of Fame rock-and-roll star J.P. Kinkaid. Kinkaid, a British expatriate, is also a recovering heroin addict living with multiple sclerosis. Learning that a tabloid biographer is about to write a tell-all book about his band, Blacklight, is bad news – but not so bad that Kinkaid or his longtime girlfriend, Bree, would kill the writer.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Posted by Pam on July 29, 2008
Saturday, August 9 at 12:30 p.m.
Please join us to welcome bestselling novelist Raymond Benson for a very special event! The prolific Benson is best-known for keeping the James Bond series going, with several very entertaining entries; the centerpiece of this event will be his slide show on "The James Bond Phenomenon."
But he'll also be signing and discussing his two most recent books. METAL GEAR SOLID (Del Rey trade paperback, $12.95) bases a thrilling adventure on the popular video game. Former FOXHOUND agent Solid Snake returns from retirement to stop a band of renegade former colleagues who have taken over a nuclear disposal facility in the Aleutian islands.
A HARD DAY'S DEATH (Leisure paperback original, $7.99) launches a new series featuring private investigator Spike Berenger and his firm, Rockin' Security. Spike is called to investigate the death of legendary rock star Peter Flame, whom the police are calling a suicide.
Posted by Pam on July 29, 2008
Saturday, August 9 at 3:30 p.m.
St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95
AUGUST CRIME CLUB SELECTION, PAM'S FAVORITE and STEPHEN'S FAVORITE
Edward Wright takes a departure from his John Ray Horn series but not from his incredible writing. In this compelling mystery, disgraced journalist, Randall Wilkes returns home to his boyhood home in the hills of Tennessee. The only project available to him is writing the biography of his good friend, the ex-governor of the state. But once Wilkes arrives, there's murder, dark secrets and history dating back to the Civil War to be uncovered. Wilkes has to use his now defunct investigative skills to uncover the truth before anyone else dies. Edward Wright does a fantastic job of bringing the reader the feel, smells and beauty of this small rural town, Damnation Falls.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Posted by Pam on July 28, 2008
Tuesday, August 12 at 7:00 p.m.
BOBBY'S FAVORITE
Putman, $26.95
Just in time for your late-summer vacation, Gabriel Allon is back. The Israeli security operative and international art expert must go to Moscow, where a former KGB colonel-turned-tycoon is putting together an arms deal that will put Russia's most sophisticated weapons in the hands of al Qaeda. Buzz around this book is already huge; you may have seen Daniel Silva on the Today show or Hardball, among other appearances. At the request of Mr. Silva's publisher – and following our own policy – Mr. Silva will be happy to sign backlist titles, but customers must buy at least one copy of MOSCOW RULES at The Mystery Bookstore in order to have older copies signed. Each customer may have up to three older books signed in addition to MOSCOW RULES on their first pass through the line; depending on Mr. Silva's schedule, you may be able to get back in line to have additional titles signed. Thanks for your cooperation.
Posted by Pam on July 29, 2008
Thursday, August 14 at 7:00 p.m.
An Offsite Event!
KATE THORNTON moderates the panel: HARLEY JANE KOZAK, GARY PHILLIPS, and G.B. POOL
Short story author Kate Thornton moderates a panel of three Los Angeles-based writers who will discuss the influence of L.A. on their work. Harley Jane Kozak is the author of an award-winning series featuring Wollie Shelley; the most recent installment is DEAD EX (Doubleday, $21.95). Gary Phillips is a novelist, short story writer and editor whose books include THE JOOK, BANGERS, the Martha Chainey mysteries and the Ivan Monk mysteries. Former private investigator G.B. Pool writes the Ginger Caulfield series of mysteries, beginning with MEDIA JUSTICE (Spygame, $15.00). The Wiseburn Library is at 5335 W. 135th St. in Hawthorne; call (310) 643-8880 for directions and additional information.
Posted by Pam on July 28, 2008
Saturday, August 16 at 2:00 p.m.
Forge, $25.95
Homicide detective Lt. Steve Markarian hunts a serial killer who strangles women with a single black stocking – and may be targeting Markarian's estranged wife. Booklist called this "a gripping, twisty thriller that deserves a wide audience."
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Posted by Pam on July 29, 2008
Saturday, August 16 at 4:00 p.m.
In Lee's latest Monk novel (NAL hardcover, $21.95), the obsessive-compulsive detective follows his long-suffering therapist, Dr. Kroger, to Germany. Dr. Kroger's not happy to see Monk – but then, across a public square, Monk sees a six-fingered man who may be connected to his wife's death.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Tod launches a new tie-in series with THE FIX (Signet paperback, $6.99). Former spy Michael Westen is under virtual house arrest in Miami, for reasons he still can't figure out. While he's trying, he's using his skills to help civilians who need them – such as Cricket O'Connor, whose husband has vanished and taken her fortune with him.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Posted by Pam on July 29, 2008
Saturday, August 16 at 5:30 p.m.
Ballantine, $26.00
And to top off a spectacular day, we cap Saturday with a visit from a superstar of the thriller world. It's been a while since John Saul toured, and we could not be more excited that he's coming to The Mystery Bookstore. Plastic surgeon Peter Dunn has a new wife and a new stepdaughter, after his first wife tragically killed herself. Dr. Dunn starts to pressure his stepdaughter, Alison, to have some work done – Alison is wary, but her mother is delighted. Alison agrees to the first surgery, but then discovers a photograph of Dunn's first wife – a woman who looked alarmingly like Alison.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Posted by Pam on July 29, 2008
Friday, August 22 at 7:00 p.m.
HELL HOLE: St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95
THE CROSSROADS: Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99 (Ages 9-12)
Chris Grabenstein, one of our favorite visitors, comes to sign not one but two books – one for adults, and one for kids.
HELL HOLE, the fourth John Ceepak mystery, takes a much darker turn, as Ceepak and his partner/narrator, Danny Boyle, investigate the apparent suicide of an Iraq war veteran. We learn several surprising things about Ceepak, and the book ends with the promise of more troubling events to come. But Ceepak's rock-solid integrity remains a comfort to both Danny and us, and makes this series one of the most rewarding in crime fiction.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
THE CROSSROADS is a seriously creepy ghost story and psychological thriller written for kids aged 9-12. Zack's family has just moved back to his father's hometown, and into a house near an infamous crossroads. A deadly accident at the crossroads killed 40 people fifty years ago, and the man responsible has haunted a tree at the crossroads ever since. When a lightning bolt releases the spirit, Zack is his first new target.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Posted by Pam on July 29, 2008
Saturday, August 23 (time to be determined)
Knopf, $23.95
Edgar winner Lansdale's new standalone is the story of Cason Statler, a Gulf War veteran and Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist who returns to his hometown of Camp Rapture, TX. Burnt out and desperate, he takes a job at the local paper and becomes obsessed with the year-old unsolved murder of a college student. The crime seems connected to others, though, and Statler's digging finds connections to his own brother, a local college professor.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Posted by Pam on July 28, 2008
Saturday, August 23 at 2:00 p.m.
Dutton, $24.95
Tom and Anna Reed are a couple whose happiness is being worn away by financial stress and by the emotional turmoil caused by years of unsuccessful fertility treatments. If not for their tenant, they couldn't get by – but one day their tenant dies. When Tom and Anna go to clean out his apartment, they find $400,000 in cash in the kitchen. It's the answer to all their prayers, and the beginning of their worst nightmare.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Posted by Pam on July 28, 2008
Saturday, August 23 at 4:00 p.m.
Forge, $25.95
ATF agent Jack McClure is reeling from the loss of his daughter, Emma, and the impending breakup of his marriage when he gets a phone call from his old friend Edward Carson, who's about to take office as President of the United States. Carson's daughter Alli, who was Emma's best friend, has been kidnapped. Jack must save Alli for Emma's sake, for Ed Carson's, and most of all for his own.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.
Posted by Pam on July 28, 2008
COMING IN SEPTEMBER
Monday, September 1
Closed for Labor Day
Tuesday, September 2 (time TBD)
Sally Wright drops in to sign WATCHES OF THE NIGHT
Friday, September 5 at 6:30 p.m.
Margaret Coel discusses and signs BLOOD MEMORY
Saturday, September 6 at 4:00 p.m.
Kelli Stanley discusses and signs NOX DORMIENDA
Saturday, September 6 at 6:00 p.m.
John Vorhaus discusses and signs UNDER THE GUN
Saturday, September 13 at 4:00 p.m.
Gary Bernstein and Ralph Pezzullo discuss and sign THE WALK-IN
Tuesday, September 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Lori Andrews discusses and signs IMMUNITY
Saturday, September 20 at 3:00 p.m.
Naomi Hirahara discusses and signs 1001 CRANES
Saturday, September 27 at 3:00 p.m.
Marc Lecard discusses and signs TINY LITTLE TROUBLES
Saturday, September 27 at 4:00 p.m.
Stephen Hunter discusses and signs NIGHT OF THUNDER
Posted by Pam on July 28, 2008