Events at the Poisoned Pen

Tammy Kaehler-- October 30h at 2pm

2011-10-29T19:39:00.000-07:00

Signs Dead Man's Switch (Poisoned Pen $25; trade paper $14.95), a First Mystery Club Pick set in the competitive world of racing with a sleuth who could stand in for Danica Patrick.

Click HERE to order DEAD MAN'S SWITCH

Amidst suspicion, Kate buckles down, quickly getting to know the racecar and team, bumping into plenty of suspects who might have committed murder. Clues fly at her as fast as the turns on the track, including a cryptic list of blackmail victims, unexplainable car performance at racing speed, a jealous husband with an adulterous wife, and drivers and crew who are openly happy her predecessor is dead. Kate finds exhilaration and hazards exist on- and off-track as she throttles up both the Corvette's V8 and a murder investigation.

Aspiring racecar driver Kate Reilly goes looking for a full-time ride in the American Le Mans Series—and stumbles over a dead driver. When she takes that driver's job just hours later, she also takes pole position on the list of suspects in his murder. Suddenly she's in the hot seat with little time to clear her name and get ready to race a Corvette at Lime Rock Park.

Clare O Donohue and Jenn Mckinlay

2011-10-29T19:34:00.000-07:00

Clare O' Donohue signs Devil's Puzzle After their quilting retreat upstate, the Someday Quilts ladies return to Archers Rest to prepare for the town's big anniversary celebration. But their plans are unexpectedly derailed by the discovery of a human skeleton in Nell's grandmother's backyard-making Eleanor the prime suspect in a murder. But a skeleton isn't the only thing that's long been buried. When a wave of vandalism raises fears that the town's bygone history of witchcraft has been reawakened, secrets are unearthed that could change life in Archers Rest forever. In addition to a thrilling mystery and the warm camaraderie of the ladies, The Devil's Puzzle is full of the quilting lore and techniques that Clare O'Donohue's readers adore.

Jenn Mckinlay signs Death By The Dozen Melanie and Angie are determined to win the Challenge to the Chef to promote their Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. Mel's mentor from culinary school, Vic Mazzotta, may be one of the judges, but Mel and Angie will have to win fair and square. But, when Vic's dead body is found inside a freezer truck, Mel and Angie will need to use their best judgment to find the cold-blooded killer or they may lose more than the contest- they may lose their lives.

Clive Cussler --October 27th at 7pm

2011-10-26T19:33:00.000-07:00

Signs Built for Adventure Putnam $50), the long awaited photo-essay coffee table book highlighting the author's amazing collection of classic automobiles

Click HERE to order BUILT FOR ADVENTURE.

A gorgeous tour through Clive Cussler's outstanding collection of rare, classic, and antique automobiles.

Fans of Clive Cussler's bestselling Dirk Pitt series know that his hero has a soft spot for rare and classic automobiles...and that the vehicles that appear in the novels are actually part of Cussler's own vast collection.

Through stunning color photographs and warm, informative commentary, fans of Cussler and Pitt can see fifty-six of these automobiles in all their glory, and learn about the history and acquisition of each classic car. Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Touring . . . Mercedes-Benz 630K . . . Duesenberg J-140 . . . Cadillac V-16 Roadster . . . Ford Cabriolet Hot Rod . . . Packard V-12 . . . it's a car lover's paradise!

Daniel Woodrell- October 26th at 7pm

2011-10-25T19:31:00.000-07:00

Signs Outlaw Album (Little Brown $24.99)

Daniel Woodrell is able to lend uncanny logic to harsh, even criminal behavior in his wrenching first collection of short fiction. Desperation—both material and psychological—motivates his characters. A husband cruelly avenges the murder of his wife’s pet; an injured rapist is cared for by a young girl, until she reaches her breaking point; and a disturbed veteran of Iraq is murdered for his erratic behavior.
There is also the tenderness and loyalty of the vulnerable in these stories—between spouses, parents and children, siblings, and comrades in arms—which brings the troubled, sorely tested cast of characters to vivid, relatable life. And, as ever, “the music coming from Woodrell’s banjo cannot be confused with the sounds of any other writer”
(Donald Harington, Atlanta Journal-Constitution).

Jeri Westerson- October 23rd at 7pm

2011-10-23T19:29:00.000-07:00

Signs Troubled Bones (St Martins $25.99), a medieval mystery

Jeri Westerson writes medieval mysteries with an enigmatic, flawed, sexy, and very different protagonist. His name is Crispin Guest and he's an ex-knight turned private eye. Think of him as a Medieval Sam Spade and these mysteries as Medieval Noir. That's what makes these novels different. They're full of hard-hitting action and characters with dirty little secrets. Then there's the added twist dropped in the middle of murder: a relic with mystical powers. They always seem to stir things up, whether it's something everyone wants to get their hands on or can't wait to get rid of.

Besides writing Jeri is a public speaker, artist, singer, wife, and mother. She's on the board of directors for the Southern California chapter of Mystery Writers of America; is president of the Orange County Chapter of Sisters in Crime and a member of Sisters in Crime Los Angeles chapter; She's a member of Private Eye Writers of America and the Historical Novel Society. Jeri lives with her photographer husband, waves at her twenty-one-year-old son in college, and herds two cats, one tortoise--and the occasional tarantula-- in her home in Southern California.

Richard Kadrey--October 22 at 5pm

2011-10-21T19:22:00.000-07:00

the urban fantasist signs Aloha from Hell: A Sandman Slim Novel (Harper $23.99)

http://richardkadrey.com/sandman.html

All hail Sandman Slim, author Richard Kadrey’s ultra-extreme anti-hero and recent escapee from Lucifer’s overheated Underworld playground. Legendary author William Gibson (Neuromancer) called Kadrey’s first deliciously twisted Slim adventure “an addictively satisfying, deeply amusing, dirty-ass masterpiece,” and in number three, Aloha from Hell, the ruthless avenger, a.k.a. Stark, finds himself trapped in the middle of a war between Heaven and Hell. With God on vacation, the Devil nosing around in Paradise, and an insane serial killer doing serious damage on Earth, Stark/Slim is ready to unleash some more adrenaline-surging, edgy and violent supernatural mayhem—and even pay another visit to Hell if necessary—which is great news for fans of Jim Butcher, Warren Ellis, Charlaine Harris, Kim Harrison, and Simon R. Green.

Kelli Stanley--October 19th at 7pm

2011-10-17T19:20:00.000-07:00

Signs her second noir of 1940s San Francisco, City of Secrets (St Martins $25)

Kelli Stanley (http://kellistanley.com) is an award-winning author of crime fiction (novels and short stories). She makes her home in Dashiell Hammett’s San Francisco, a city she loves to write about. Kelli earned a Master’s Degree in Classics, loves jazz, old movies, battered fedoras, Art Deco and speakeasies. She is walked daily by a Springer Spaniel named Bertie. She credits Raymond Chandler, Ernest Hemingway, Cornell Woolrich, Dashiell Hammett and Thomas Hardy as some of her major influences.
CITY OF SECRETS, the thrilling sequel to CITY OF DRAGONS, launches on September 13th, 2011. The San Francisco-set CITY OF DRAGONS, was released by Thomas Dunne/Minotaur on February 2, 2010 to overwhelming critical acclaim, and was a finalist for the prestigious Los Angeles Times Book Prize. First of a hard-hitting new thriller series, it introduced the unforgettable protagonist Miranda Corbie—ex-escort and now private investigator.

F. Paul Wilson and SJ Rozan--October 18th at 7pm

2011-10-17T19:16:00.000-07:00

F. Paul Wilson Signs Dark at the End (Tor $25.99), a Repairman Jack urban noir with the usual fantastical elements. Great fun! He joins SJ Rozan for a lively discussion

SJ Rozan Signs Ghost Hero (St Martins $25.99) with Lydia Chin and Bill Smith and joins F. Paul Wilson in a lively discussion

Michael Stanley -- October 15th, 2011 at 5Pm

2011-10-13T19:14:00.000-07:00

The two charming South Africans who write as Stanley sign Death of the Mantis (Harper Collins $14.99)

The Kalahari: a place where men go to die

When a Kalahari ranger is found dead in a dry ravine, his corpse surrounded by three Bushmen, the local police arrest the nomads. Botswanas Detective Kubu Bengu investigates the case and is reunited with his old school friend Khumanego, a Bushman and advocate for his people. Khumanego claims the nomads are innocent and the arrests motivated by racist antagonism. The Bushmen are released, but soon after, another man is murdered in similar circumstances. Are the Bushmen to blame, or is it a copycat murder?

Then there is a third murder. Again it points to the Bushmen. Kubu journeys into the depths of the Kalahari to find the truth. What he discovers will test all his powers of detection and his ability to stay alive ...

Catriona McPherson-- August 31st at 7pm

2011-08-30T09:28:00.000-07:00

Signs Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains (St Martins $23.99), the first US publication in a delightful 1920s series set in Scotland and recommended to fans of Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher.

Kathy Reichs --August 27th at 7pm

2011-08-26T09:26:00.000-07:00

signs Flash and Bones ($26.99 Scribner)

http://kathyreichs.com/

A body is found in a barrel of asphalt next to Lowes Motor Speedway near Charlotte just as 200,000 fans are pouring into town for race week. The next day, a NASCAR crew member shares with Tempe a devastating story. Twelve years earlier his sister, Cyndi Gamble, then a high school senior who wanted to be a professional racecar driver, disappeared along with her boyfriend, Cale Lovette. Lovette kept company with a group of right wing extremists known as the Patriot Posse. Is the body Cyndi’s? Or Cale’s?

At the time of their disappearance, the FBI joined the investigation, but the search was quickly terminated. As Tempe is considering multiple theories, including an FBI cover-up, a surprising, secret substance is found with the body, leaving Tempe to wonder what exactly the government was up to….

William Dietrich--August 23 at 7pm

2011-08-22T09:23:00.000-07:00

signs Blood of the Reich ($25.99 Harper Collins)

http://williamdietrich.com/

On the eve of World War II, explorer Kurt Raeder receives orders from ReichsfÜhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler to set out from Berlin in search of a legendary energy source hidden among the mountains of Tibet—one that could bring victory to the Nazis. Only one man can stop Raeder and his team of SS officers: wealthy American zoologist Benjamin Hood. Together with aviatrix Beth Calloway, he must race to the Buddhist kingdom before the tides of history run red with blood.

In Blood of the Reich, critically acclaimed and bestselling author William Dietrich weaves two stories separated by place and time yet deeply intertwined by the dangerous secret they share.

Decades later, in present-day Seattle, software publicist Rominy Pickett is saved from certain death by a mysterious journalist who claims to know the truth about her family. Rominy’s history and courage hold the key to defeating, once and for all, the evil forces again on the rise.

Max Allan Collins-- August 23rd at 7pm

2011-08-22T09:19:00.000-07:00

signs Bye Bye Baby (Forge $24.99) a Nate Heller novel

http://www.maxallancollins.com

It’s 1962, and Twentieth Century Fox is threatening to fire Marilyn Monroe. The blond goddess hires Nate Heller, private eye to the stars, to tap her phone so she will have a record of their calls in case they take her to court. When Heller starts listening, he uncovers far more than nasty conversations. The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia—even the Russians—are involved in actions focused on Marilyn. She’s the quintessential American cultural icon, idolized by women, desired by men, but her private life is... complicated...and her connection to the Kennedys makes her an object of interest to some parties with sinister intentions

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Barbara Allan --August 23rd at 7pm

2011-08-22T09:17:00.000-07:00

signs Antiques Bizarre ($6.99 Kensington)

From Publishers Weekly
In Allan's giddy fourth antiques mystery set in the Midwestern Mississippi River town of Serenity (after 2008's Antiques Flee Market), Vivian Borne persuades elderly Nastasya Petrova to contribute her Fabergé egg to a charity auction for Serenity flood victims. When Madam Petrova dies in a mass poisoning at the auction and someone pushes the winning bidder for the Fabergé egg, a Chicago art dealer, down a spiral staircase to his death, Vivian and daughter Brandy swing into dizzy detecting mode. Brandy must cope with morning sickness (she's a surrogate carrier for close friends) and digest the news from her biological mom that her biological dad is a U.S. senator, but these distractions don't prevent Brandy from getting closer to hunky Serenity police chief Tony Cassato as more bodies pile up. Auction tips and a recipe for spicy beef stew enhance this satirical cozy. Allan is the husband-wife writing team of Max Allan Collins and Barbara Collins.

Barry Graham --August 20th at 5PM

2011-08-19T09:14:00.000-07:00

signs The Wrong Thing ($14.95 PM Press)

https://sites.google.com/site/dogobarrygraham/

A dark Latino legend of the Southwest's urban badlands, the kid is spoken of in whispers in dive bars near closing time. Some claim to have met him, and others say he doesn't exist—a phantom blamed for every unsolved act of violence, a ghost who haunts every blood-splattered crime scene. In reality, he is young man with a love of cooking and reading, an abiding loneliness, and an appetite for violence. He is a projection of the dreams and nightmares of the people ignored by Phoenix’s economic boom and a contemporary outlaw in search of an ordinary life. Love brings him the chance to start anew with Vanjii, a beautiful, but damaged woman, but try as he might to abandon the past, it won't abandon him. Fighting back in the only way he knows sets in motion a tragic sequence of events that leads to an explosive conclusion shocking in both its brutality and tenderness.

James Sallis --August 19th at 7pm

2011-08-18T09:11:00.000-07:00

signs The Killer is Dying ($23 Walker) as well as jams with his band Three-Legged Dog

http://jamessallis.com/

In what is at one and the same time a coming-of-age novel, a realistic crime novel and a novel of the contemporary Southwest, The Killer Is Dying is above all the story of three men of vastly different age and background, and of the shape their lives take against the unforgiving sunlight and sprawl of America's fifth largest city, Phoenix.

A hired killer on his final job, a burned-out detective whose wife is dying slowly and in agony, a young boy abandoned by his parents and living alone by his wits. Three people, solitary and sundered from society.

The detective, Sayles, is looking for the killer, Christian, though he doesn't know that. Christian is trying to find the man who stepped in and took down his target before he had the chance. And the boy, Jimmie, is having the killer's dreams. While they never meet, through the course of the novel, all find community.

Ellen Crobsy --August 17th at 7PM

2011-08-16T09:09:00.000-07:00

signs The Sauvignon Secret ($24 Simon Schuster) while we serve Sauvignon and assorted cheeses. Photos of Yalta's Massandra Palace wine cellar with vintages going back into the 19th Century.

http://www.ellencrosby.com/

Lucie Montgomery investigates a secret society and mysterious deaths in Napa, California, and renews her relationship with winemaker Quinn Santori.

Ellen Crosby is the author of Moscow Nights (Piatkus, UK) and five books in the Virginia wine country series: The Merlot Murders, The Chardonnay Charade, The Bordeaux Betrayal, The Riesling Retribution and The Viognier Vendetta. The Riesling Retribution was a fiction finalist for the 2010 Library of Virginia People's Choice Award and is the 2010 US winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Wine Literature. Before writing fiction, Crosby was a freelance reporter for The Washington Post, Moscow correspondent for ABC Radio News, and an economist at the US Senate. After living overseas for many years, Crosby now resides in Virginia with her family.

Kate White 8-16-11

2011-08-15T09:04:00.000-07:00

signs The Sixes ($24.99 Harper)

http://katewhite.com/content/

“The Sixes is a terrifying, psychological thriller that takes ‘mean girls’ to a whole new level of creepy. It’s Kate White’s best!”

(Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Live Wire )

Kate White rises to the pinnacle of modern suspense with The Sixes, a page-turning stand-alone thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Hush, and the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine. With taught prose evocative of Laura Lippman’s Life Sentences and Dennis Lehane’s Moonlight Mile, White paints the sinister picture of a quiet Pennsylvania college town left shaken after a mysterious death precipitates a cascade of evil events on campus. When new teacher Phoebe Hall undertakes the dangerous quest of uncovering the truth behind the ghastly recent happenings, her investigation will send her into the clutches of a deadly secret society—the Sixes—and unearth the dark relics of her own long-buried past.

Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson --August 15th

2011-08-14T09:06:00.000-07:00

Sign The Bridge to Never Land (Disney $18.99). Ages 9-12 Adventure. Join us for lunacy and literature at The Stagebrush Theater, two blocks south of The Pen.

http://www.peterandthestarcatchers.com/

The Bridge to Never Land will take Sarah and Aidan on a quest that will challenge them to solve a series of puzzles, which will gradually convince them that Peter Pan is not fiction after all. They will discover what happened to the remainder of the starstuff cache that Wendy and Peter fought to protect many years ago. But that's only the beginning. They'll find that in the early twentieth century, Wendy and the other Starcatchers embarked on one last great mission—to find a way to protect Never Land island, with magical creatures and its precious starstuff supply, from the increasingly intrusive the outside world.

Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize−winning author of more than two dozen books. Along with Ridley Pearson, he is the co-author of Peter and the Starcatchers, Peter and the Shadow Thieves, Peter and the Secret of Rundoon, Peter and the Sword of Mercy, Science Fair, Escape from the Carnivale, Cave of the Dark Wind, and BloodTide. Dave, his wife Michele and their family live in Miami, Florida.

Ridley Pearson, in addition to co-authoring the Peter and the Starcatchers series with Dave Barry, is the award-winning author of Kingdom Keepers—Disney After Dark; Kingdom Keepers II— Disney at Dawn; Kingdom Keepers III—Disney in Shadow; Kingdom Keepers IV—Power Play; as well as Steel Trapp—The Challenge and Steel Trapp—The Academy. Ridley, his wife Marcelle, and their two daughters divide their time between St. Louis, Missouri, and Sun Valley, Idaho
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David Levien --August 10th at 7pm

2011-08-09T20:15:00.000-07:00

signs Thirteen Million Dollar Pop (Doubleday $24.95)

http://cityofthesunbook.com/

In an Indianapolis underground parking structure, Frank Behr is on an executive protection detail for Bernard 'Bernie Cool' Kolodnik, a hard-driving business mogul on the verge of making a move into big-time Indiana politics. Behr is working for an exclusive investigation company, and it's an uncomfortable fit, both literally and philosophically. The uneasy stability is quickly rocked by a burst of automatic weapons fire as an attempt is made on the prominent client, and Behr manages to protect him and repel the attackers. Though Behr is celebrated for his heroism, he can't help but investigate what happened in that garage - and why the Indianapolis cops seem to be burying the incident.

As David Levien has masterfully done in his previous novels, he weaves a crime story that is teeming with real characters and electric energy - centered on the brooding psyche of Frank Behr. Thirteen Million Dollar Pop is unyieldingly compelling and will give readers yet another reason to enlist with this superbly talented writer.

Pascal Marco--August 8th 7pm

2011-08-07T20:09:00.000-07:00

signs Identity Lost ($25.95) a debut novel

CLICK to order a signed, first edition copy of IDENTITY: LOST

http://pascalmarco.com

"Pascal Marco's electrifying debut puts him firmly in the hunt to succeed John Grisham. Fresh, compelling and incredibly intricate, IDENTITY: LOST is 'Exhibit A' on the docket of this year's hottest legal thrillers."

-- Brad Thor, NY TIMES #1 best-selling author of The Athena Project
www.bradthor.com

July, 1975. Twelve-year-old James Overstreet is the sole witness to a murder in Chicago's Burnham Park and musters the courage to come forward. But the Chicago police and the Cook County state's attorney office both manage to bungle the slam-dunk case and the killers go free, sending James and his family into witness relocation in Arizona.

Thirty years later, still officially living in protective custody with a new identity, can James bring forth justice when he once again confronts the killers of Manny Fleischman, the last surviving member of the infamous 1919 Chicago Black Sox team?

He can, but not without revealing a secret he's held all this time: his boyhood friend, now a high-ranking Illinois politician and a rising star on the national Democratic presidential ticket, was a member of the juvenile gang who long-ago murdered Fleischman.

Fred Ramsay --August 8th at 7pm

2011-08-07T20:07:00.000-07:00

signs Rogue (Poisoned Pen Press $24.95) an Ike Schwartz mystery

http://www.frederickramsay.com

''Ramsay skillfully weaves historical fact into his story, all the while blending brisk action with excellent characterization. Schwartz has matured throughout the series, and readers will eagerly await his next adventure.'' --Publishers Weekly

Ike Schwartz and Ruth Harris had to delay a vacation in Las Vegas because at the last moment, Ruth was required to go to Scone Island, Maine to settle an estate. But that task is soon complicated by one, and then another suspicious death. First, a long term resident slips off a cliff. Was he pushed? Then the woman, who found the body, is, in turn, discovered on a foot path dead from an apparent heart attack, but also with a not easily explained head wound. Ruth finds herself briefly cast as a person of interest in the last death. When things seem to be slipping out of hand, Ike arrives just in time to witness the discovery of a third body—Simon Weiss. Weiss had come to the island to purchase properties with an eye to turning it into a high-end resort. His tactics and personality so alienated the residents that it is no surprise his body is found under the community pier, with a very professionally placed bullet hole in his forehead. As his plans were allegedly financed by the New York mafia, it seems obvious who ordered the hit. This brings the FBI into play, to the distress of the local police. With an array of suspects, motives, and even the island's history to confound the investigation, Ike, with the aid of local Deputy Sheriff, Tom Stone, and the able, if quirky, assistance of Ruth, unravel these three deaths, but not without heavy costs to villains, residents, and their children.

Thomas Young--July 8th at 7pm

2011-08-07T20:03:00.000-07:00

signs Silent Enemy ($25.95 Putnam)

http://www.thomaswyoung.com/

"One of the most exciting new thriller talents in years"

-Vince Flynn

Four years after the events of The Mullah's Storm ("an irresistible adventure story"-USA Today), jihadists strike the Afghan National Police training center in Kabul, killing many and wounding others, including Sergeant Major Sophia Gold. The injured are hurriedly loaded onto a C-5 Galaxy bound for Germany, but once airborne, the commander, Major Michael Parson, receives a message. The jihadists have placed bombs on some planes leaving Afghanistan, and the Galaxy is one of them. If Parson tries to descend-the bomb will go off.

Parson, Gold, and everybody else aboard are trapped at altitude, until either they or someone on the ground can figure out what to do. They can refuel in midair, but not indefinitely. The aircraft is deteriorating, the condition of the patients is worsening, the crew is tiring-and their biggest challenges are yet to come. The enemy is all around . . . and will take surprising form.

Douglas Preston-- August 6th

2011-08-05T19:58:00.000-07:00

signs Cold Vengeance ($26.99 Grand Central) the latest Pendergast. Doors open 5:00 pm cash bar and buffet Program at 6 P Lincoln Child joins via Skype

http://www.prestonchild.com

You are cordially invited...

Saturday, August 6
Arizona Biltmore, Grand Ballroom
Phoenix

PRESTON & CHILD in disputation together
Discussing their latest Pendergast novel
COLD VENGEANCE

Doors Open 5:00 p.m.
Cash bar and buffet
Program at 6:00 p.m. with Douglas Preston live, Lincoln Child via Skype
Q&A, booksigning, and cocktails with Doug

Brad Thor -August 4th

2011-08-03T19:54:00.000-07:00

Signs Full Black (Atria $26.99), a Scott Harvath thriller

http://www.bradthor.com/

Thor is a graduate of the Sacred Heart Schools, the Francis W. Parker School (Chicago), and the University of Southern California (cum laude), where he studied creative writing under author T.C. Boyle.
Prior to becoming a novelist, he was the award-winning creator, producer, writer, and host of the national public television series Traveling Lite.Thor is a member of The Heritage Foundation and has spoken at their national headquarters on the need for robust missile defense. Thor has served as a member of the United States Department of Homeland Security's Analytic Red Cell Unit, is a Fellow of the Alexandrian Defense Group, and is a frequent television and cable news commentator.

Cj Box --August 3rd

2011-08-02T19:52:00.000-07:00

signs Back of Beyond ($25.99 St. Martins)

http://www.cjbox.net/

The Edgar® Award winning and New York Times bestselling author delivers a thriller about a troubled cop trying to save his son from a killer in Yellowstone.

Cody Hoyt, while a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his mentor and AA sponsor Hank Winters is found burned to death in a remote mountain cabin. At first it looks like the suicide of a man who’s fallen off the wagon, but Cody knows Hank better than that. Sober for fourteen years, Hank took pride in his hard-won sobriety and never hesitated to drop whatever he was doing to talk Cody off a ledge. When Cody takes a closer look at the scene of his friend’s death, it becomes apparent that foul play is at hand. After years of bad behavior with his department, he’s in no position to be investigating a homicide, but this man was a friend and Cody’s determined to find his killer.

When clues found at the scene link the murderer to an outfitter leading tourists on a multi-day wilderness horseback trip into the remote corners of Yellowstone National Park—a pack trip that includes his son Justin—Cody is desperate to get on their trail and stop the killer before the group heads into the wild. Among the tourists is fourteen-year-old Gracie Sullivan, an awkward but intelligent loner who begins to suspect that someone in their party is dangerous.
In a fatal cat and mouse game, where it becomes apparent the murderer is somehow aware of Cody’s every move, Cody treks into the wilderness to stop a killer hell bent on ruining the only thing in his life he cares about.

New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box is the author of eleven novels including the Joe Pickett series. He won the Edgar Alan Poe Award for Best Novel (BLUE HEAVEN, 2009) as well as the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, the Barry Award, and the 2010 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Award for fiction. His short stories have been featured in America’s Best Mystery Stories of 2006 and limited-edition printings. 2008 novel BLOOD TRAIL was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin (Ireland) Literary Award. The novels have been translated into 25 languages. BLUE HEAVEN has been optioned for film.

Will Lavender--July 27th at 7pm

2011-07-26T19:49:00.000-07:00

signs Dominance ($24 Simon and Schuster)

http://willlavender.com/

"A brilliant concept, brilliantly executed. Dominance soars to the top of the thriller genre by infusing its rapid-fire plot with the mysteries of literature and authorship and offering cutting-edge (so to speak) psychological insights into minds both noble and horrifically demented. You'll never look at professors, authors or, well, books the same again. Oh, and that last page..."
—Jeffery Deaver, #1 international bestselling author of Edge and The Burning Wire

Will Lavender's New York Times bestselling debut novel, OBEDIENCE, was published by Shaye Areheart Books in February 2008. The novel is a psychological thriller set on a fictional college campus. It has drawn rave reviews from the Wall Street Journal, Salon.com, the New York Times Book Review and many other publications. Will lives in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife and two small children. After receiving an MFA from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, Will returned to Kentucky to teach college writing--a job he held for an amazing six years without going completely mad. Now he writes full-time and is working on a second novel.

Paul Harper --July 26th at 7PM

2011-07-25T19:47:00.000-07:00

signs Pacific Heights ($25 Holt) also writes as David Lindsey

http://www.davidlindsey.com/

A San Francisco detective becomes entangled with a private intelligence agency as he investigates what appears to be a traceless form of murder

A couple meets in a seedy hotel room for an illicit affair, the rules of which are simple: no names, no personal details, the specifics of their lives off-limits. It's all very exciting to Lore Cha—the wife of a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur—who thinks their forbidden meetings and taboo sexual encounters are exactly the escape she's been looking for: every single detail is as she imagined. But that's the problem. Phillip Krey anticipates every thought before she has it. He plays out her untold fantasies down to the last detail. His insights are beyond intuitive; they're invasive, even frightening. It's as if he has access into her mind. Across town, Elise Currin, wife to one of San Francisco's most powerful businessmen, is also seeing Krey, and is slowly being driven insane by his ability to tap in to her most private desires. When it's revealed that these women are also seeing the same therapist, a chilling scenario unfolds, and the quiet, plotting detective Marten Fane is called in.

Slowly Fane uncovers a plot that goes beyond Krey to reveal a powerful private sector, secret government involvement, and one of the most elaborate and monstrous psychological experiments imaginable: a traceless form of murder.

In 2011 Lindsey will publish PACIFIC HEIGHTS the first in a series of novels featuring former intelligence officer Marten Fane, and marking Lindsey’s return to hardcover fiction after a seven year hiatus. Lindsey’s respite from novels encompassed a lot of changes. He acquired a new agent, a new publisher, a new protagonist for a new series, and because this series was a clear break from his past work, not only in time but also in approach, Lindsey felt that writing the series under the pseudonym "Paul Harper" seemed a natural new beginning as well.

In addition to writing novels, Lindsey spends most of his time with his book collection which consists of a little over 4,000 volumes, mostly in the fields of literature, art, religion, intelligence, architecture, and ancient history. He works every day among these books in a building made of native Texas limestone adjacent to his home. This library is where he spends most of his time, researching and writing. In 1996 his library was featured in the book Home Offices.

Meg Gardiner--July 24th at 2PM

2011-07-22T19:45:00.000-07:00

signs The Nightmare Thief ($25.99 Dutton) a Joe Beckett novel

http://www.meggardiner.com/

"Meg Gardiner is as good as Michael Connelly and far better than Janet Evanovich. And she can be fall-on-your-fanny hilarious...The next suspense superstar."
-Stephen King

Forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett returns in a fourth taut, groundbreaking thriller from Edgar Award winner Meg Gardiner.

Autumn Reiniger expects something special for her twenty-first birthday. Daddy's already bought her the sports car, the apartment, and admission to the private college where she parties away her weekends. Now she wants excitement, and she's going to get it.

Her father signs up Autumn and five friends for an "ultimate urban reality" game: a simulated drug deal, manhunt, and jailbreak. It's a high-priced version of cops and robbers, played with fake guns and fast cars on the streets of San Francisco. Edge Adventures alerts the SFPD ahead of time that a "crime situation" is underway, so the authorities can ignore the squealing tires and desperate cries for help.

Which is convenient for the gang of real kidnappers zeroing in on their target and a mammoth payday. Because what Daddy doesn't know is that someone has spotted his hedge fund's bulging profits, and the path to those riches runs right through Daddy's Little Girl.

Working on a case nearby is forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett and her partner Gabe Quintana.

Lisa See --July 21st at 7PM

2011-07-20T19:44:00.000-07:00

signs Dreams of Joy (Random House $26) a continuation of the story of Pearl and May from SHANGHAI GIRLS

http://www.lisasee.com/

In her beloved New York Times bestsellers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love, and, most recently, Shanghai Girls, Lisa See has brilliantly illuminated the potent bonds of mother love, romantic love, and love of country. Now, in her most powerful novel yet, she returns to these timeless themes, continuing the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl’s strong-willed nineteen-year-old daughter, Joy.

Reeling from newly uncovered family secrets, and anger at her mother and aunt for keeping them from her, Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth father—the artist Z.G. Li, with whom both May and Pearl were once in love. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism and defiance, Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers in the communist regime.

Devastated by Joy’s flight and terrified for her safety, Pearl is determined to save her daughter, no matter the personal cost. From the crowded city to remote villages, Pearl confronts old demons and almost insurmountable challenges as she follows Joy, hoping for reconciliation. Yet even as Joy’s and Pearl’s separate journeys converge, one of the most tragic episodes in China’s history threatens their very lives.

Acclaimed for her richly drawn characters and vivid storytelling, Lisa See once again renders a family challenged by tragedy and time, yet ultimately united by the resilience of love.

Daniel Silva July 20th at 7PM

2011-07-19T19:41:00.000-07:00

signs Portrait of a Spy (Harper Collins $26.99) AT THE ARIZONA BILTMORE. Doors open at 6:00 PM, with cash bar and food service to enjoy. Program at 7 PM. The program is free but only books bought from The Poisoned Pen may be signed.

http://www.danielsilvabooks.com

DANIEL SILVA is the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Unlikely Spy, The Mark of the Assassin, The Marching Season, The Kill Artist, The English Assassin, The Confessor, Prince of Fire, A Death in Vienna, The Messenger, The Secret Servant, Moscow Rules, The Defector and The Rembrandt Affair. He is married to NBC News’ Today correspondent Jamie Gangel. They have two children, Lily and Nicholas. In 2009 Silva was appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Council.

Megan Abbott --July 19th

2011-07-18T19:39:00.000-07:00

signs The End of Everything ($23.99 Reagan Arthur Books)

http://www.meganabbott.com/

Megan Abbott is the Edgar®-winning author of six books. Her novels include the upcoming The End of Everything (July 2011), Die a Little, The Song Is You, Queenpin, and Bury Me Deep. She has been nominated for many awards, including three Edgar® Award nominations, Hammett Prize, the Macavity, Anthony and Barry Awards and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Abbott won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award in 2008 for Queenpin. She was also nominated in 2010 for Bury Me Deep for Best Paperback Original and in 2006 for Best First Novel for Die A Little. In 2008, she won the Barry Award (Deadly Pleasures and Mystery News award) and has been nominated three times for the Anthony Award (Bouchercon World Mystery Convention award).

Born in the Detroit area, she graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in English Literature and went on to receive her Ph.D. in English and American literature from New York University. She lives in Queens, New York City.

The End of Everything

In a placid 1980s suburb in the Midwest, thirteen-year old Lizzie Hood and her next door neighbor Evie Verver are inseparable, best friends who

swap bathing suits and field-hockey sticks and between whom, presumably, there are no secrets. Together they live in the shadow of Evie's glamorous older sister Dusty, who provides them a window on the exotic, intoxicating possibilities on their own teenage horizons. To Lizzie, the Verver household, presided over by Evie's big-hearted father, is the world’s most perfect place.

And then, one afternoon, Evie disappears. The only clue: a maroon sedan Lizzie spotted driving past the two girls earlier in the day. As a rabid, giddy panic spreads through the balmy suburban community, everyone turns to Lizzie for answers. Was Evie unhappy, troubled, upset? Had she mentioned being followed? Would she have gotten into the car of a stranger? Would Evie have gotten into a car with a man?

Compelled by curiosity and a desire to rescue the enchanted Verver household from ruin, Lizzie takes up her own furtive pursuit of the truth. Her days spent with a shell-shocked Mr. Verver, she devotes her nights to prowling through backyards, peering through windows, pushing herself to the dark center of Evie’s world. Haunted by dreams of her lost friend and titillated by her own new power as the center of the disappearance, Lizzie uncovers secret after secret and begins to wonders if she knew anything about her best friend at all.

Brandi Lynn Ryder--August 9th at 7PM

2011-07-13T20:12:00.000-07:00

signs In Malice, Quite Close ($26.95 Viking) her debut novel

http://brandilynnryder.com/

A haunting and sophisticated debut in which priceless art and unspeakable desires converge.

French ex-pat Tristan Mourault is the wealthy, urbane heir to a world- renowned collection of art-and an insatiable voyeur enamored with Karen Miller, a fifteen-year-old girl from a working-class family in San Francisco. Deciding he must "rescue" Karen from her unhappy circumstances, Tristan kidnaps her and stages her death to mask his true crime.

Years later, Karen is now "Gisele" and the pair lead an opulent life in idyllic and rarefied Devon, Washington. But when Nicola, Gisele's young daughter, stumbles upon a secret cache of paintings-all nudes of Gisele-Tristan's carefully constructed world begins to crumble. As Nicola grapples with the tragedy that follows, she crosses paths with Amanda Miller, who comes to Devon to investigate the portraits' uncanny resemblance to her long-lost sister.

Set against a byzantine backdrop of greed, artifice, and dangerous manipulations, In Malice, Quite Close is an intoxicating debut that keeps its darkest secrets until the very last page.

July 14th at 7pm Rebecca Cantrell

2011-07-13T19:32:00.000-07:00

signs A Game of Lies ($24.99 Forge) the third Hannah Vogel

http://rebeccacantrell.com/

Journalist Hannah Vogel returns in A Game of Lies by award-winning author Rebecca Cantrell

In preparation for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the Nazis have rid the streets of anti-Semitic material and other propaganda, and present a peace-seeking face to the world. Journalist and part-time spy for the British, Hannah Vogel, shudders to think of what lies under the temporary coat of gloss.
Posing as travel reporter Adelheid Zinsli and lover of SS officer Lars Lang, Hannah has been collecting Nazi secrets from Lang and smuggling them back to Switzerland. Wanted by the SS, her travel in and out of Germany has always been fraught with danger, but this trip is especially treacherous.

Surrounded by former colleagues who could identify her, Hannah tries to keep a low profile while reporting on the Games as Adelheid. Her relationship with Lang gets more complicated as he sinks into alcoholism; the whispers she hears about his work in the SS give her chills. Whose side is he on?

A few years ago Rebecca Cantrell quit her job, sold her house, and moved to Hawaii to write a novel because, at seven, she decided that she would be a writer. Now she writes the Hannah Vogel mystery series set in Berlin in the 1930s, including “A Trace of Smoke and the forthcoming “A Night of Long Knives.” “A Trace of Smoke” was considered by major cable networks as a television series.

A faded pink triangle pasted on the wall of Dachau Concentration Camp and time in Berlin, Germany in the 1980s inspired “A Trace of Smoke.” Fluent in German, she received her high school diploma from the John F. Kennedy Schule in Berlin and studied at the Freie Universität in Berlin and the Georg August Universität in Göttingen before graduating from Carnegie Mellon University.

When she visited Berlin in the summer of 2006, she was astounded to discover that many locations in her novel have been rebuilt and reopened in the last few years, including the gay bar El Dorado and the Mosse House publishing house.

Her short story “Coffee” appear in the “Missing” anthology, and her short story “On the Train” will be in the “First Thrills” anthology in June 2010.

Her screenplay “The Humanitarian” was a finalist at Shriekfest 2008: The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-fi Film Festival. Her screenplay “A Taste For Blood” was a finalist at the Shriekfest 2007: The Los Angeles Horror/Sci-fi Film Festival.

As of this writing, she lives in Hawaii with her Ironman husband and son.

TONIGHT --Guys Night

2011-07-13T15:55:00.000-07:00

Tonight at 7pm

Harry Dolan signs Very Bad Men

Duane Swierczynski sign Fun and Games

Michael Wiley signs A Bad Night's Sleep

Thomas Kaufman signs Steal The Show

They will discuss the hot topic: Is the PI Novel Dead addresses the hot topic, Is the PI Novel Dead? Of course not....

Dont Forget TONIGHT at 7pm Diana Gabaldon

2011-07-11T17:11:00.000-07:00

Signs the 20th Anniversary Edition of Outlander (Bantam $35)

Diana Gabaldon is the New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular Outlander novels-Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, and A Breath of Snow and Ashes, (for which she won a Quill Award and the Corine International Book Prize) An Echo in the Bone -and one work of nonfiction, The Outlandish Companion, as well as the bestselling series featuring Lord John Grey, a character she introduced in Voyager.

This 20th anniversary edition is includes:
An ultra-deluxe faux-leather cover, Extremely Cool ribbon book-mark, Timelines, maps, essay by Diana on How I Write This Stuff (more or less) and a CD sampler of songs from OUTLANDER: The Musical (including a bonus track from the libretto, not on the original CD)

Dan Simmons Booksigning

2011-07-08T15:38:00.000-07:00

signs Flashback ($27.99 Little, Brown)

http://dansimmons.com/

The United States is near total collapse. But 87% of the population doesn't care: they're addicted to flashback, a drug that allows its users to re-experience the best moments of their lives. After ex-detective Nick Bottom's wife died in a car accident, he went under the flash to be with her; he's lost his job, his teenage son, and his livelihood as a result.

Nick may be a lost soul but he's still a good cop, so he is hired to investigate the murder of a top governmental advisor's son. This flashback-addict becomes the one man who may be able to change the course of an entire nation turning away from the future to live in the past.

A provocative novel set in a future that seems scarily possible, FLASHBACK proves why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers.

James Rollins --June 28th at 7PM

2011-06-27T11:52:00.000-07:00

signs his latest Sigma Force novel, The Devil Colony (William Morrow $27.99)

http://www.jamesrollins.com

Deep in the Rocky Mountains, a gruesome discovery—hundreds of mummified bodies—stir international attention and fervent controversy. Despite doubts to the bodies’ origins, the local Native American Heritage Commission lays claim to the prehistoric remains, along with the strange artifacts found in the same cavern: gold plates inscribed with an unfathomable script.

During a riot at the dig site, an anthropologist dies horribly: burned to ash in a fiery explosion in plain view of television cameras. All evidence points to a radical group of Native Americans, including one agitator, a teenage firebrand who escapes with a vital clue to the murder and calls on the one person who might help: her uncle, Painter Crowe, dire ctor of Sigma Force.

To protect his niece and uncover the truth, Painter will ignite a war across the nation’s most powerful intelligence agencies. Yet, an even greater threat looms as events in the Rocky Mountains have set in motion a frightening chain reaction, a geological meltdown that threatens the entire western half of the U.S.

From the volcanic peaks of Iceland to the blistering deserts of the American Southwest, from the gold vaults of Fort Knox to the bubbling geysers of Yellowstone, Painter Crowe joins forces with Commander Gray Pierce to penetrate the shadowy heart of a dark cabal, one that has been manipulating American history since the founding of the thirteen colonies.

But can he discover the truth—one that could topple governments—before it destroys all he holds dear?

James Rollins was born in Chicago, Illinois, is 1961. With his three brothers and three sisters, he was raised in the Midwest and rural Canada. He graduated with a doctorate in veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri and went on to establish his own veterinary practice in Sacramento, California. An amateur spelunker and a PADI-certified scuba enthusiast, he'll often be found either underground or underwater.

Poisoned Pen Conference

2011-06-23T11:51:00.000-07:00

The Poisoned Pen Conference is being held at the Arizona Biltmore. To find out more information about this three day event please check out our specially designed website.

http://poisonedfiction.blogspot.com/p/pen-con-2011.html

Jeffery Deaver--June 21st at 7PM

2011-06-20T11:43:00.000-07:00

signs Carte Blanche (Simon and Schuster $26.99) a new James Bond novel! OFFSITE - Scottsdale Community College

http://www.jefferydeaver.com

Bestselling thriller superstar Jeffery Deaver delivers a summer blockbuster: JAMES BOND is back and better than ever, updated for the new millenium. Jeffery will be signing at Scottsdale Community College. Doors will open at 6:00pm and the event will start at 7:00pm.

Jeffery Deaver is the international number-one bestselling author of Roadside Crosses, The Bodies Left Behind, The Broken Window, The Sleeping Doll, The Bone Collector and twenty-one other suspense novels. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages. He has been nominated for six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America and is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader’s Award for Best Short Story of the Year. His novel The Bone Collector was made into a feature release from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington. Deaver was born in Chicago, attended the University of Missouri and received his law degree from Fordham University in New York. In 1990, he quit practicing law to write full-time.

Barrett Tillman--June 18th at 2PM

2011-06-17T11:41:00.000-07:00

well-known aviation expert signs Whirlwind (Simon and Schuster $16)

http://www.btillman.com/

Read a wonderful review of WHIRLWIND on The Wall Street Journal, here.

Barrett Tillman grew up on an Oregon wheat and cattle ranch, where he was exposed to agricultural aircraft at an early age. He learned to fly at age 16 in 1965 and became involved in restoration and flying antique aircraft. With his father he owned and operated two WW II navy planes: an N3N-3 biplane trainer and a Douglas SBD-5 dive bomber. The latter led to his first book, an operational history of the Dauntless. Graduating from the University of Oregon with a journalism degree in 1971, Tillman worked full-time as a freelance writer. In addition to 32 books, he has also written some 500 magazine articles. He founded Champlin Museum Press in Mesa, Arizona, in 1982, and served as managing editor of The Hook magazine in San Diego 1986-89. Since 1990 Tillman has been a full-time writer and novelist. His work has been honored with five awards for history, biography, and literature.

CK McCusker--June 18th at 2PM

2011-06-17T11:40:00.000-07:00

signs Yankee Air Pirates (Deeds $29.95)

http://www.yankeeairpirates.com/

"Yankee Air Pirates is the Catch-22 and M*A*S*H of the Vietnam War.
It brings back lots of memories of the way I remember young aviators in Vietnam. It's very funny,
and aside from some wild antics, and the necessary profanity, it seems reasonably accurate,
including the POW experiences. I recommend it to both military and civilian readers.”

General Richard B. Myers, USAF (ret.), Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

In the winter of 1972, after many years of armed conflict in Vietnam, President Nixon ordered Operation Linebacker II, the most massive aerial bombing campaign since the end of World War II. In this successful effort to end the Vietnam War, B-52s were sent from Thailand and Guam to attack key targets in North Vietnam that would force the North Vietnamese to capitulate. The primary targets were located in Hanoi and Haiphong, North Vietnam, which were the most heavily defended cities in the history of aerial warfare. Yankee Air Pirates tells the story of this campaign through the eyes of Spike, Bulldog, D-Kid, and the many other crewdogs (as B-52 crew members referred to themselves) who flew the massive Stratofortress on these dangerous missions. In the eleven nights of bombing, fifteen of the huge planes were shot down. Five of the aircraft made it to safety in Thailand before ejecting, and ten went down over Hanoi. Of the 61 crewdogs that went down over Hanoi, thirty-two were captured and later repatriated. The other 29 gave their lives. Who were these crewdogs? In the air, they were serious professionals. They were wise beyond their years, educated by experiences that most will never know. On the ground, they were rowdy, undisciplined, hard-drinking misfits. They were heroes in a time that many at home refused to recognize their heroism, and they were patriots when patriotism was a bad word in America. Most importantly, they were eager to do everything they could, including risking their lives, to end the war and free the prisoners so everyone could go home to their families and friends. Yankee Air Pirates is at times hilarious, moving, thought provoking, and insightful, but it is always entertaining. Whatever you think of any of the wars this nation has fought, Yankee Air Pirates will make you proud to know the men and women who have fought those wars for the rest of us.

Craig Johnson--June 17th at 7pm

2011-06-16T11:38:00.000-07:00

Signs Hell Is Empty (Viking $26)

http://www.craigallenjohnson.com

"The story starts with a pitch-perfect piece of Johnson's trademark scene- setting and then roars off into the wilderness, hardly leaving readers time to catch their breaths...In some ways, this reads like a book-length version of the haunting, harrowing final sequence of Johnson's outstanding debut, The Cold Dish (2005). And when it comes to bad weather, western lore, and a chilling hint of the supernatural, few writers write it better."
-Keir Graff, Booklist

"Series fans and readers who enjoy C.J. Box and other authors of Western mysteries will be enthralled by this electrifying and intense work; a triumph."
-Library Journal (starred review)

A mystery writer from Wyoming, Craig Johnson is the award-winning author of The Cold Dish, Death Without Company, and Kindness Goes Unpunished.

Johnson's first novel, The Cold Dish, was a DILYS Award Finalist, and a Booksense pick by the Independent Bookseller's Association and Killer Pick by the Independent Mystery Bookseller's of America.

Erica Bauermeister--June 15th at 7PM

2011-06-14T11:31:00.000-07:00

signs Joy for Beginners (Putnam $24.95)

http://www.ericabauermeister.com/

At an intimate, festive dinner party in Seattle, six women gather to celebrate their friend Kate's recovery from cancer. Wineglass in hand, Kate strikes a bargain with them. To celebrate her new lease on life, she'll do the one thing that's always terrified her: white-water rafting. But if she goes, all of them will also do something they always swore they'd never do-and Kate is going to choose their adventures.

Shimmering with warmth, wit, and insight, Joy for Beginners is a celebration of life: unexpected, lyrical, and deeply satisfying.

Erica Bauermeister is the author of the bestselling novel The School of Essential Ingredients (Putnam, 2009) which follows the lives of eight students and their teacher in a cooking class held in a restaurant kitchen. Her new novel, Joy for Beginners (Putnam, June 2011) explores what happens to seven women who challenge one another to do one thing in the next year that is new or difficult or scary. The twist? - they don't get to choose their own challenges. Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain, has called Joy for Beginners "moving, touching, wonderfully written; inspiring to read." Erica Bauermeister is also the co-author of two nonfiction books: 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide and Let's Hear It For the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. She lives in Seattle and loves to talk with book groups.

Steve Martini--June 14th at 7pm

2011-06-13T11:29:00.000-07:00

signs Trader of Secrets ($26.99 Harper Collins)

http://www.stevemartini.com/

Steve Martini was born in San Francisco and grew up in the Bay Area and Southern California. An honors graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz, Martini's first career was in journalism. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Los Angeles and as a correspondent at the California State Capitol in Sacramento, specializing in legal issues, before gaining his law degree from the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law.

In 1974 he entered private law practice in California where he appeared in both state and federal courts. During his law career he worked as a legislative representative for the State Bar of California , served as special counsel to the California Victims of Violent Crimes Program, and was an administrative law judge and supervising hearing officer.

In 1984, Martini turned his talents to fiction. COMPELLING EVIDENCE, the novel that introduced attorney Paul Madriani, was published by Putnam in 1992. A national bestseller, that novel earned Martini a critical and popular following.

Matt Richtel ---June 14th at 7Pm

2011-06-13T11:27:00.000-07:00

signs The Devil's Plaything (Poisoned Pen $24.95 and Harper $9.99), a fascinating and unusual thriller by the Pulitzer Prize winning author (for the NY Times) of Hooked (alas, out of print)

http://www.mattrichtel.com/

“Numerous plot twists and cliffhangers keep the reader turning the pages in this plausible if disquieting scenario of Big Brother not only watching but also messing with minds.” - Publisher’s Weekly review

“A brilliant thriller. A blend of Michael Crichton and Alfred Hitchcock. From page one, you’ll not be able to put this book down.”
– James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Altar of Eden

“[Devil’s Plaything] pushes the envelope to the edge and beyond in exciting and unique ways….smart, captivating, sophisticated, i can’t say enough about this deftly told story.”
- Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor’s Tomb

“Matt Richtel [is] the absolute master of crafting amazing fiction around cutting edge science….This is an utterly absorbing read—gripping, exciting, touching and terrifying. ”
– David Liss, Edgar-award winning and bestselling author of The Whiskey Rebels

Matt Richtel is a novelist, cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times based in the San Francisco. He writes about technology, its impact on society, and how it changes the way we how we work, play, and relate to each other. His 2010 series, ‘Our Brain On Computers‘ focuses on how constant use of our devices impacts not only our behavior but our thought processes and even our neurology. His 2009 series about the dangers of multitasking while driving won the Pulitzer for national reporting.

Matt’s first novel, Hooked, was a national bestseller. The sequel, Devil’s Plaything, is scheduled for publication in May, 2011 from Harper Collins, with a third slated for publication in 2012.

Steve Hamilton--June 11th at 5PM

2011-06-10T11:26:00.000-07:00

signs Misery Bay (St Martins $24.99)

http://www.authorstevehamilton.com

Born and raised in Detroit, Steve Hamilton graduated from the University of Michigan where he won the prestigious Hopwood Award for fiction. His first novel, A Cold Day in Paradise won the Private Eye Writers of America/St. Martin's Press Award for Best First Mystery by an Unpublished Writer. Once published, it won the 1999 Edgar and Shamus Awards for Best First Novel, and was short-listed for the Anthony and Barry Awards. Hamilton currently works for IBM in upstate New York where he lives with his wife Julia and their two children.

Steve Hamilton is the only author to ever win the Shamus and Edgar Awards for his first novel (Patricia Cornwell, Michael Connelly, Stuart Woods and James Patterson all started their careers with the coveted "Best First" Edgar prize), his second Alex McKnight novel, Winter of the Wolf Moon was named one of the year's Notable Books by the New York Times Book Review and received a starred review from Publishers Weekly as did his third and fourth novels, The Hunting Wind and North of Nowhere.

Michael Koryta --June 11th at 5PM

2011-06-10T11:22:00.000-07:00

Signs the third in his thriller series: The Ridge (Little Brown $24.99). Michael joins author Steve Hamilton, bringing together two winners of the PWA/St Martins Press Best First Private Eye contest who have gone on to stellar careers!

http://www.michaelkoryta.com/

In an isolated stretch of eastern Kentucky, on a hilltop known as Blade Ridge, stands a lighthouse that illuminates nothing but the surrounding woods. For years the lighthouse has been considered no more than an eccentric local landmark-until its builder is found dead at the top of the light, and his belongings reveal a troubling local history.

For deputy sheriff Kevin Kimble, the lighthouse-keeper's death is disturbing and personal. Years ago, Kimble was shot while on duty. Somehow the death suggests a connection between the lighthouse and the most terrifying moment of his life.

Audrey Clark is in the midst of moving her large-cat sanctuary onto land adjacent to the lighthouse. Sixty-seven tigers, lions, leopards, and one legendary black panther are about to have a new home there. Her husband, the sanctuary's founder, died scouting the new property, and Audrey is determined to see his vision through.

As strange occurrences multiply at the Ridge, the animals grow ever more restless, and Kimble and Audrey try to understand what evil forces are moving through this ancient landscape, just past the divide between dark and light.

The Ridge is the new thriller from international bestseller Michael Koryta, further evidence of why Dean Koontz has said "Michael Koryta's work resonates into deeper strata than does most of what I read" and why Michael Connelly has named him "one of the best of the best.

Susan Cummings-Miller --June 11 at 4PM

2011-06-10T11:17:00.000-07:00

signs Fracture (Texas Tech $24.95) book 5 in her Frankie McFarlane series

Author's website...

Geologist Frankie MacFarlane and P.I. Philo Dain, just back from Afghanistan, are packing for an R&R trip to a cooler clime when Philo's Aunt Heather is murdered in her empty Tucson mansion. Her husband, wealthy developer Derek Dain, is the prime suspect. The day before, Heather had left town with the Dain coin collection, worth millions. Now it's missing.

Though Philo and his uncle haven't spoken in years, Philo and Frankie agree to backtrack Heather on a quest that takes them from the sun-baked Tucson Basin to the foggy San Francisco Peninsula. Among California's fault-scarred hills they uncover painful secrets from Philo's past--and clues to a mysterious chess set worthy of kings, long protected by one family and long coveted by another. A treasure worth killing for--but who will survive to claim it?

Susan Cummins Miller worked as a field geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and taught geology and oceanography before turning to writing. She is a research affiliate and SIROW Scholar with the University of Arizona's Southwest Institute for Research on Women, and the editor of A Sweet, Separate Intimacy: Women Writers of the American Frontier, 1800-1922 (TTUP). She lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Robert Tanenbaum-June 9th at 7PM

2011-06-08T11:15:00.000-07:00

signs Outrage ($26 Simon & Schuster)

http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Robert-K-Tanenbaum/16158707

The NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of fourteen Butch Karp novels, Robert K. Tanenbaum lives in Beverly Hills, California. The former Homicide Bureau Chief in the New York District Attorney's Office, Tanenbaum is also one of America's most successful and famous trial lawyers - who has never lost a felony case yet - and former two-term mayor of Beverly Hills.

Clive Cussler- June 8th at 7pm

2011-06-07T11:13:00.001-07:00

Signs The Kingdom (Putnam $28), a Fargo novel

http://www.clive-cussler-books.com/

In Spartan Gold and Lost Empire, Clive Cussler brought readers into the world of husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo, whose passion and instinct for treasure-hunting has led to extraordinary discoveries-and perilous journeys.

Their next adventure, however, might be their most astonishing yet.

The Fargos are used to hunting for treasure, not people. But then a Texas oil baron contacts them with a personal plea: an investigator friend of the Fargos' was on a mission to find the oil baron's missing father-and now the investigator is missing, too. Would Sam and Remi be willing to look for them both? Though something about the situation doesn't quite add up, the Fargos agree to go on the search.

What they find will be beyond anything they could have imagined. On a journey that will take them to Tibet, Nepal, Bulgaria, India, and China, the Fargos will find themselves embroiled with black-market fossils, a centuries-old puzzle chest, the ancient Tibetan kingdom of Mustang, a balloon aircraft from a century before its time . . . and a skeleton that could turn the history of human evolution on its head.

Packed with the endless imagination and breathtaking suspense that are his hallmarks, The Kingdom once again proves that Clive Cussler is "just about the best storyteller in the business" (New York Post).

Sara Gran --June 7th at 7PM

2011-06-06T11:11:00.000-07:00

signs Claire Dewitt and The City of the Dead ($24 Houghton Mifflin)

www.saragran.com

Sara Gran is the author of the novels Dope, Come Closer, Saturn's Return to New York, and the forthcoming Claire DeWitt series (HMH 2011). Her work has been published in over a dozen countries in nearly fifteen languages. Born in Brooklyn in 1971, Ms. Gran lived in Brooklyn until 2004. Since then she has traveled widely and lived throughout the US including Miami and New Orleans. She now resides in the state of California. Before making a living as a writer, Ms. Gran had many jobs, primarily with books, working at Manhattan bookstores like Shakespeare & Co, The Strand, and Housing Works, and selling used & rare books on her own.

Ken Mercer --June 5th at 3PM

2011-06-04T11:09:00.000-07:00

signs East on Sunset (St Martins $25.99) the second Will Magowen novel

http://kenmercer.com/

Starred Review from Publishers Weekly:

Former narcotics detective Will Magowan, who was fired from the LAPD for substance abuse, has a lot to be happy about in Mercer's stellar follow-up to Slow Fire (2010). Besides getting back together with his wife, Laurie, and having a baby on the way, baseball fan Will has a new job as a security guard for the L.A. Dodgers. Meanwhile, Erik Crandall, who was put behind bars five years earlier after a drug bust, is now free and seeking payback--from Will. Sure that Will pilfered the drug stash from the bust, Crandall begins harassing Will for his cut, all $500,000 of it. Will knows nothing of the stolen drugs, but to get the steroid-fueled thug off his back, he needs to revisit his difficult past. Mercer masterfully ratchets up the suspense as the flawed, fully human Will strives to clear his name and protect his family at any cost.

Karin Slaughter--June 29th 7PM

2011-06-02T11:52:00.000-07:00

signs Fallen (Bantam $26) the third novel in her Will Trent series

http://www.karinslaughter.com/

“Karin Slaughter is one of the best crime novelists in America.”—The Washington Post

“Crime fiction at its finest.”—Michael Connelly

There’s no police training stronger than a cop’s instinct. Faith Mitchell’s mother isn’t answering her phone. Her front door is open. There’s a bloodstain above the knob. Her infant daughter is hidden in a shed behind the house. All that the Georgia Bureau of Investigations taught Faith Mitchell goes out the window when she charges into her mother’s house, gun drawn. She sees a man dead in the laundry room. She sees a hostage situation in the bedroom. What she doesn’t see is her mother. . . .

“You know what we’re here for. Hand it over, and we’ll let her go.”

When the hostage situation turns deadly, Faith is left with too many questions, not enough answers. To find her mother, she’ll need the help of her partner, Will Trent, and they’ll both need the help of trauma doctor Sara Linton. But Faith isn’t just a cop anymore—she’s a witness. She’s also a suspect.

The thin blue line hides police corruption, bribery, even murder. Faith will have to go up against the people she respects the most in order to find her mother and bring the truth to light—or bury it forever.

Karin Slaughter’s most exhilarating novel yet is a thrilling journey through the heart and soul, where the personal and the criminal collide, and conflicted loyalties threaten to destroy reputations and ruin lives. It is the work of a master of the thriller at the top of her game, and a whirlwind of unrelenting suspense.

Craig Johnson--June 17th at 7PM

2011-06-02T11:36:00.000-07:00

Signs Hell Is Empty (Viking $26)

http://www.craigallenjohnson.com

"Series fans and readers who enjoy C.J. Box and other authors of Western mysteries will be enthralled by this electrifying and intense work; a triumph."
-Library Journal (starred review)

A mystery writer from Wyoming, Craig Johnson is the award-winning author of The Cold Dish, Death Without Company, and Kindness Goes Unpunished.

Johnson's first novel, The Cold Dish, was a DILYS Award Finalist, and a Booksense pick by the Independent Bookseller's Association and Killer Pick by the Independent Mystery Bookseller's of America.

John Shannon-June 4th at 2PM

2011-06-02T11:03:00.000-07:00

signs A Little Too Much (Severn House $28.95)

http://www.jackliffey.com/

From the LA Times:

In John Shannon's literary world, the neo-noir thriller is more than a lazy weekend read. He charges into Los Angeles neighborhoods where few mystery writers venture, shining a light on the city's sprawling, multicultural enclaves. And unlike many of his brethren, he has a political chip on his shoulder, telling taut, fast-paced stories about underdogs and big shots through the eyes of an aging, disillusioned '60s lefty.

The result is a body of work that has earned Shannon rich critical praise. But he may be one of the best L.A. mystery writers you've never heard of. After 35 years in the literary trenches, he's still struggling for a visibility that other writers take for granted.

"I've tried to capture Los Angeles as it is now instead of the white-on-white world from noir novels of the '40s and '50s," Shannon said, gazing through a hotel window at the downtown skyline. "When you write about the totality of this city, when you get down to the grit, you're blown away by the possibilities.
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TODAY!!!

2011-05-28T16:38:00.000-07:00

John Scalzi signs Fuzzy Nation (Tor $24.99) with author Sam Sykes

http://www.scalzi.com/

FUZZY NATION:

Jack Holloway works alone, for reasons he doesn't care to talk about. Hundreds of miles from ZaraCorp's headquarters on planet, 178 light-years from the corporation's headquarters on Earth, Jack is content as an independent contractor, prospecting and surveying at his own pace. As for his past, that's not up for discussion.

Then, in the wake of an accidental cliff collapse, Jack discovers a seam of unimaginably valuable jewels, to which he manages to lay legal claim just as ZaraCorp is cancelling their contract with him for his part in causing the collapse. Briefly in the catbird seat, legally speaking, Jack pressures ZaraCorp into recognizing his claim, and cuts them in as partners to help extract the wealth.

But there's another wrinkle to ZaraCorp's relationship with the planet Zarathustra. Their entire legal right to exploit the verdant Earth-like planet, the basis of the wealth they derive from extracting its resources, is based on being able to certify to the authorities on Earth that Zarathustra is home to no sentient species.

Then a small furry biped - trusting, appealing, and ridiculously cute - shows up at Jack's outback home. Followed by its family. As it dawns on Jack that despite their stature, these are people, he begins to suspect that ZaraCorp's claim to a planet's worth of wealth is very flimsy indeed.and that ZaraCorp may stop at nothing to eliminate the 'fuzzys' before their existence becomes more widely known.

John Michael Scalzi II is an author and online writer, best known for his Hugo Award-nominated science fiction novel Old Man's War, released by Tor Books in January 2005, and for his blog Whatever, at which he has written daily on a number of topics since 1998. He has also written a number of non-fiction books.

Old Man's War
1. Old Man's War (2005)
2. The Ghost Brigades (2006)
3. The Last Colony (2007)
4. Zoe's Tale (2008)

Novels
Agent to the Stars (2005)
The Android's Dream (2006)
The God Engines (2009)
Fuzzy Nation Signed (2011
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Sam Sykes signs the second in his Aeons' Gate series, Black Halo (Pyr $16) with author John Scalzi

http://samsykes.com/

"I do not wish Sam Sykes dead." --John Scalzi

THE TOME OF THE UNDERGATES HAS BEEN RECOVERED...
...and the gates of hell remain closed. Lenk and his five companions set sail to bring the accursed relic away from the demonic reach of Ulbecetonth, the Kraken Queen. But after weeks at sea, tensions amidst the adventurers are rising. Their troubles are only beginning when their ship crashes upon an island made of the bones left behind from a war long dead.

And it appears that bloodthirsty alien warrior women, fanatical beasts from the deep, and heretic-hunting wizards are the least of their concerns. Haunted by their pasts, plagued by their gods, tormented by their own people, and gripped by madness personal and peculiar, their greatest foes may yet be themselves.

The reach of Ulbecetonth is longer than hell can hold.

Aeons' Gate
1. Tome of the Undergates (2010) UK First, Signed
2. Black Halo (2012) UK

TONIGHT--Steve Berry

2011-05-25T16:49:00.000-07:00

Signs THE JEFFERSON KEY ($26.00)

Cotton Malone has been called on to defend his country's safety in many exotic locations around the world, often using his knowledge of history to get to the heart of mysteries and conspiracies stretching back for centuries. But never has the danger been quite so close to home.A stunning opening sets the tone of explosive action and mind-bending intrigue as Cotton battles an extraordinary group of families whose unseen influence dates back to the pages of the U.S. Constitution - and whose thirst for power is about to be satisfied by the craking of a code devised by Thomas Jefferson himself.

Steve Berry lives on the Georgia coast in Camden County. He's a lawyer who, for twenty-five years, has helped people both in and out of the courtroom. He's also active in local politics, having served on the Camden County Board of Education and, currently, he is one of five members of the Camden County Board of Commissioners.

Cotton Malone
1. The Templar Legacy (2006)
2. The Alexandria Link (2007)
3. The Venetian Betrayal (2007)
4. The Charlemagne Pursuit (2008)
5. The Paris Vendetta (2009)
6. The Emperor's Tomb (2010)
7. The Jefferson Key Signed (2011)

TODAY at 2pm- Lynda Hammond

2011-05-21T12:18:00.000-07:00

signs The Garage Sale Gal's Guide to Making Money off Your Stuff

http://www.garagesalegal.com

The Garage Sale Gal’s Guide to Making Money off Your Stuff highlights tips and tricks for selling your stuff so you get more money in your pocket. A garage sale is the easiest way and this book helps you organize, plan, and carry out a successful garage sale. This book also teaches how to successfully buy from other garage sales, the value of appraisals, tricks negotiating with pawn shops, navigating estate sales, antique and consignment stores, flea markets, and even online sources such as eBay, Etsy, and Craigslist. If you have something to sell—this is the book to help you do it.

After moving to Arizona Lynda began a web site for garage sale enthusiasts. GarageSaleGal.com is a place where you can look for and list garage sales on line. But there are other projects, too, thanks to the incredible popularity of garage sales in Arizona.

Lynda writes a weekly column for The Arizona Republic on garage sales which runs every Friday statewide. Read Lynda's columns from The Republic.

She develops and teaches garage sale courses at Mesa Community College. And then there's television. Lynda has combined her TV experience and her love of garage sales. She can be seen on the number one station in Phoenix, 3-TV, talking tips on garage sales and making crafts out of some of her finds on Good Morning Arizona.

Christopher Farnsworth and Jonathan Hayes

2011-05-17T16:59:00.000-07:00

Christopher Farnsworth Signs The President's Vampire (Putnam $26) in a program with NYC Medical Examiner Dr. Jonathan Hayes in a discussion of actual and fictional physioogy and forensics. What fun! Farnswoth's debut Blood Oath was a 2010 Thriller Club Pick; Hayes' A Hard Death in our May 2011 Thriller Club Pick!

http://chrisfarnsworth.com/

For 140 years, Nathaniel Cade has been the President's Vampire, sworn to protect and serve his country. Cade's existence is the most closely guarded of White House secrets: a superhuman covert agent who is the last line of defense against nightmare scenarios that ordinary citizens only dream of.

When a new outbreak of an ancient evil-one that he has seen before- comes to light, Cade and his human handler, Zach Barrows, must track down its source. To "protect and serve" often means settling old scores and confronting new betrayals . . . as only a centuries-old predator can.

Christopher Farnsworth is a screenwriter and the author of Blood Oath, which has been optioned for film and published in nine countries. He lives in Los Angeles.

Nathaniel Cade
1. Blood Oath (2010)
2. The President's Vampire Signed (2011)

signs Hard Death (HarperCollins $24.99)

http://www.jonathanhayes.com/

Brilliant forensic pathologist Edward Jenner returns in this explosive sequel to Precious Blood—an edgy, electrifying thriller set in a small-town coastal community where nothing is as it seems.

Edward Jenner, introduced in Precious Blood, has survived the horrific ordeal of the Inquisitor serial killings in New York, but not the political fallout. His state medical license suspended, Jenner finds himself banished to Douglas County in coastal Florida, working as a medical examiner in the balmy seaside resort of Port Fontaine.

But there's a seamy underside to picturesque Douglas County. First Jenner finds the bodies of a murdered man and woman decaying in a sunken car. Then an anonymous call in the middle of the night leads him to a gruesome discovery in the heart of the Everglades. He finds traces of a shadowy criminal conspiracy, and soon learns that he can trust no one.

With his life on the line, Jenner refuses to walk away and let the murderers go unpunished. The result is dark Florida noir, a fierce, edge-of-the-seat thriller from an emerging master of the genre.

Dr Jonathan Hayes is a British forensic pathologist and author living and working in New York City. His writing career started in journalism, focusing on food and travel, with occasional forays into design and video games. His work has appeared in the New York Times, New York Magazine, GQ, Premiere, Gourmet and Food & Wine, among others; he recently resigned my contributing editor position at Martha Stewart Living to focus on crime fiction.
Dr Hayes is a Senior Medical Examiner in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Manhattan, and a clinical assistant professor at New York University School of Medicine. He has lectured on forensics around the world, including for the New York Police Department, the National Institute of Justice and the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA.

Aaron Elkins-- TONIGHT May 10th at &PM

2011-05-10T16:45:00.000-07:00

Signs The Worst Thing (Berkley $25.95), a new case for the beloved Gideon Oliver, Skeleton Detective

http://aaronelkins.com/

For Bryan Bennett, designing hostage negotiation programs is the perfect job-as long as he keeps a safe, theoretical distance. What he can't do is deal directly with kidnappers or their victims, as a result of his own abduction and imprisonment as a small boy. Thirty-some years later, intense nightmares still plague his sleep, and a fear of enclosed spaces prevents him from attempting to travel.

So when Bryan's boss asks him to fly to Reykjavik, Iceland, to teach his corporate-level kidnapping and extortion seminar, he automatically says no. But the CEO of GlobalSeas Fisheries, Inc. has specifically requested Bryan-or no one else. Bryan finally relents...

For decades he's treaded gingerly around the edges of his deepest terrors. Now, on this trip, Bryan's taken hostage again and must face his fears full-on. Will he realize that in this battle of will and nerve, he is his own greatest enemy? Or has this fight already been lost, years and years ago?

TONIGHT--May 6th at 7pm

2011-05-06T15:28:00.000-07:00

Jane Cleland and Rosemary Harris

Jane Cleland signs Deadly Threads (St Martins $25), a new antiques mystery. For Mother's Day Weekend, a night of Antiques and Gardening as Cleland is joined by Rosemary Harris

Jane K. Cleland is the author of the Josie Prescott Antiques Mysteries, which have been referred to as an Antiques Roadshow for mystery fans. Her first novel, Consigned to Death, was a finalist for the Agatha, David, and Macavity Awards for Best First Novel. The second in the series, Deadly Appraisal, was published in April 2007. The third in the series is called Antiques to Die For, and will be released in April 2008 [all by St. Martin's Minotaur]. Jane used to own a rare book and antiques store in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and now lives in New York City with her husband

Josie Prescott Antiques Mysteries
1. Consigned to Death (2006)
2. Deadly Appraisal (2007)
3. Antiques to Die For (2008)
4. Killer Keepsakes (2009)
5. Silent Auction (2010)
6. Deadly Threads Signed(2011)

Rosemary Harris Signs Slugfest (St Martins $25), a new gardening mystery. A Mother's Day Weekend treat with Antiques and Gardening as Harris is joined by Jane Cleland

http://rosemaryharris.com

About Slugfest...

When Paula Holliday agrees to act as exhibit manager for a reclusive artist she’s expecting a laidback weekend picking up gardening tips. She doesn’t expect to be knee-deep in horticultural sabotage, beheaded gnomes, homicide, and something called The Javits Curse. Then an overeager attendee is found floating in the river and Paula realizes she accidentally holds a clue to his murder—that’s when the garden gloves come off and this flower show turns into a real Slugfest!

After several careers in book retailing , direct marketing, and video/television/public television she traded in her pumps for a yellow legal pad and a stack of pencils and started writing. A small item in the New York Times about a mummified body piqued her interest and subsequent research led to her first book, the Agatha and Anthony-nominated, Pushing Up Daisies, the first title in the Dirty Business mystery series from Minotaur Books. Daisies was followed by last year’s The Big Dirt Nap and in 2010, Dead Head.

Dirty Business Mystery
1. Pushing Up Daisies (2008)
2. The Big Dirt Nap (2009)
3. Dead Head (2010)
4. Slugfest signed (2011)

Tonight--May 5th Larry Correia and CM Wendelboe

2011-05-05T16:00:00.000-07:00

signs Hard Magic(Baen $15) book one in his new Grimnoir Chronicles

Jake Sullivan is a war hero, a private eye—and an ex-con. He’s free because he has a magical talent, being able to alter the force of gravity in himself and objects in his vicinity, and the Bureau of Investigation calls on him when they need his help in apprehending criminals with their own magical talents. But the last operation he was sent along to help with went completely wrong, and Delilah Jones, the woman the G-men were after, who just happened to be an old friend of Jake’s in happier times, had a lot of magical muscle with her, too much muscle for the cops to handle, even with Jake’s help.
It got worse. Jake found out that the Feds had lied to him about Delilah being a murderer as well as a bank robber, and they had lied about this being his last job for them—he was too valuable for them to let him go. And things were even worse than Jake imagined. There was a secret war being waged by opposing forces of magic-users, and Jake had no idea that he had just attracted the attention of one side, whose ruthless leaders were of the opinion that Jake was far too dangerous to be permitted to live . . .

CM Wendelboe signs Death Along the Spirit Road ($14 Berkley) a trade paperback debut

First in a new series featuring FBI agent Manny Tanno- a Native American returning to the reservation home he thought he left behind.

The body of local Native American land developer Jason Red Cloud is found on the site for his new resort on the Pine Ridge Reservation. A war club is lodged in his skull-appearing as if someone may have performed a ritual at the crime scene.

FBI Special Agent Manny Tanno arrives in Pine Ridge to find that not everything has changed since he left. His former rival, now in charge of the Tribal Police, is just as bitter as ever, and has no intention of making Manny's life easy. And the spirit of Red Cloud haunting Manny's dreams is not much help either, leaving him on his own in hunting down a cold-blooded killer-and one misstep could send him down the spirit road as well..

Cupcake Cozy TOMORROW MAY 4 at 7pm

2011-05-03T20:03:00.000-07:00

Avery Aames, Beth Kendrick and Kate Carlisle join host Jenn McKinlay for an evening of Cupcakes and Tea.

In order of appearance: Avery Aames, Beth Kendrick, Kate Carlisle and Jenn McKinlay will join us with their latest books.

Avery Aames signs Lost and Fondue: The fair town of Providence has settled down to normal after last year's murder. Jonquils are in bloom. The Cheese Shop is thriving. and Charlotte's romance with Jordan is flourishing. But when her friend, Meredith, decides to throw a fund-raiser to create a liberal arts college out of a long-abandoned winery--a winery that is rumored to hold not only buried bodies but buried treasure--Charlotte's joie de vivre deflates like a bad souffle.
Charlotte's fears are realized when an art student is found dead in the wine cellar, and Meredith's niece is the main suspect.

Beth Kendrick signs Bake-Off: Suburban soccer mom Amy has always wanted to stand out from the crowd. Former child prodigy Linnie just wants to fit in. The two sisters have been estranged for years, but thanks to a series of personal crises and their wily grandmother, they've teamed up to enter a national bake-off in the hopes of winning some serious cash. Armed with the top-secret recipe for Grammy's apple pie, they should be unstoppable. Sure, neither one of them has ever baked anything more complicated than brownie mix, but it's just pie-how hard could it be?

Kate Carlisle signs Murder Under Cover: When she receives an exquisite copy of the Kama Sutra from her best friend, Robin, to appraise and restore, Brooklyn Wainwright anticipates re-creating a beautiful book and spicing up her love life. But before Brooklyn can get started, Robin winds up in big trouble: Her apartment is ransacked, and the great guy she recently met lies murdered in her bed. Now Robin is the number one suspect.

Jenn McKinlay will emcee the event and also sign (written under the pseudonym Lucy Lawrence) Sealed With a Kill: Autumn in New England brings out the changing leaves, and the leaves bring out the tourists. When Brenna Miller gets stuck as the tour guide for a group of leaf peepers, she tries to make the best of it. But it's hard to stay enthusiastic after the trial leads them straight to a dead body.

To order any of these books just give us a call

Julia Spencer-Fleming signing TONIGHT (May 3) at 7PM

2011-05-03T15:56:00.000-07:00

Signs One Was a Soldier (St Martins $24.99)

http://www.juliaspencerfleming.com/

On a warm September evening in the Millers Kill community center, five veterans sit down in rickety chairs to try to make sense of their experiences in Iraq. What they will find is murder, conspiracy, and the unbreakable ties that bind them to one other and their small Adirondack town...

Bestselling author JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING is the winner of the Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, Dilys, Barry, Nero Wolfe, and Gumshoe Awards, and an Edgar and Romantic Times RC Award finalist. She was born at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, spending most of her childhood on the move as an army brat. She studied acting and history at Ithaca College, and received her J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law. She lives outside of Portland, Maine.

Reverend Clare Fergusson
1. In the Bleak Midwinter (2002)
2. A Fountain Filled with Blood (2003)
3. Out of the Deep I Cry (2004)
4. To Darkness and to Death (2005)
5. All Mortal Flesh (2006)
6. I Shall Not Want (2008)
7. One Was a Soldier signed (2009)

Aprilynne Pike signs Illusions

2011-05-01T18:23:00.000-07:00

signs Illusions (HarperTeen $16.99)

http://www.aprilynnepike.com/

Illusions, the third book in Aprilynne Pike's New York Times best-selling series, continues the story of a not-so-ordinary girl named Laurel.

But just as life is returning to normal, Laurel discovers that a hidden enemy lies in wait. Once again, Laurel must turn to Tamani to protect and guide her, for the danger that now threatens Avalon is one that no faerie thought would ever be possible. And for the first time, Laurel cannot be sure that her side will prevail.Laurel hasn't seen Tamani since she begged him to let her go last year. Though her heart still aches, Laurel is confident that David was the right choice.

Aprilynne Pike has been spinning faerie stories since she was a child with a hyper-active imagination. At the age of twenty she received her BA in Creative Writing from Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. When not writing, Aprilynne can usually be found at the gym; she also enjoys singing, acting, reading, and working with pregnant moms as a childbirth educator and doula. Aprilynne currently lives with her husband and three kids in Utah, and dreams of warmer climates.

Tomorrow--April 27th at 7PM

2011-04-26T15:04:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow signing at The Poisoned Pen -DIANE MOTT DAVIDSON

aterer and sleuth extraordinaire Goldy Schulz returns in another tasty and suspenseful adventure from New York Timesbestselling author Diane Mott Davidson

Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz cooks up big trouble as she tries to help her longtime friend and fellow chef Yolanda Garcia. When the rental house shared by Yolanda and her irrepressible aunt Ferdinanda is destroyed by arson, the pair move in with cop-turned-PI Ernest McLeod. But then Ernest is shot dead and his house is set on fire, nearly killing Goldy, Yolanda, Ferdinanda, and nine beagle puppies that Ernest had recently rescued from a puppy mill.

Concerned for her friends, Goldy invites them to stay with her while the sheriff’s department investigates. Yet even Goldy’s house isn’t safe, and after a failed break-in by an unknown intruder a cop is sent to keep an eye on things. Then a second body is found.

Swapping her chef’s hat for a sleuthing cap, the intrepid Goldy steps up the investigation. But she’s got to move fast. It’s crunch time to close in on a killer, before he can close in on her.

Filled with danger as well as laughs, wonderful food, and scrumptious recipes, Crunch Time is a delicious indulgence sure to satisfy all of Goldy’s fans.

TOMORROW!! Hardboiled Crime Discussion Club

2011-04-20T19:31:00.000-07:00

Read Pete Dexter's TRAIN ($14.00)

Los Angeles, 1953. Lionel Walk is a young black caddy at Brookline, the oldest, most exclusive country club in the city, where he is known by the nickname ?Train.? A troubled, keenly intelligent kid with no particular interest in his own prodigious talent for the game, he keeps his head down and his mouth shut as he navigates his way between the careless hostility of his ?totes? and the explosive brutality of the other caddies.

Miller Packard, a sergeant with the San Diego police department, first appears on the boy?s horizon as a distracted gambler, bored with ordinary risks. Train names him the ?Mile-Away Man? as they walk off the first tee, and even months later, when they have become partners of a sort and are winning high-stakes matches against golf hustlers all over the country, the Mile-Away Man is a puzzle to Train, remote and intimate, impulsive and thoughtful, often all at the same time.

Packard is also a puzzle to Norah Still, the beautiful lone survivor of a terrifying yacht hijacking, who is both aroused and repulsed by his violent and detached manner at the crime scene. Packard himself feels no such ambiguity. He is unequivocally drawn to Norah ? and perhaps to what has happened to her ? and an odd, volatile triangle takes shape, Packard pulling the other two relentlessly into deeper water, away from what is safe.

With his trademark economy of style, Dexter brings these characters to life in their most reckless, vulnerable moments, stripping away words and manners until all that is left is the basic human pulse.

Daniel Abraham--TONIGHT! at 7pm

2011-04-20T17:34:00.000-07:00

Signs The Dragon's Path (Orbit $14.99)

http://www.danielabraham.com

On THE DRAGON'S PATH:

Summer is the season of war in the Free Cities.

Marcus wants to get out before the fighting starts. His hero days are behind him and simple caravan duty is better than getting pressed into service by the local gentry. Even a small war can get you killed. But a captain needs men to lead — and his have been summarily arrested and recruited for their swords.

Cithrin has a job to do — move the wealth of a nation across a war zone. An orphan raised by the bank, she is their last hope of keeping the bank’s wealth out of the hands of the invaders. But she’s just a girl and knows little of caravans, war, and danger. She knows money and she knows secrets, but will that be enough to save her in the coming months?

Geder, the only son of a noble house is more interested in philosophy than swordplay. He is a poor excuse for a soldier and little more than a pawn in these games of war. But not even he knows what he will become of the fires of battle. Hero or villain? Small men have achieved greater things and Geder is no small man.

Falling pebbles can start a landslide. What should have been a small summer spat between gentlemen is spiraling out of control. Dark forces are at work, fanning the flames that will sweep the entire region onto The Dragon’s Path — the path of war.

Joe R Lansdale --TONIGHT at 7PM

2011-04-19T17:32:00.000-07:00

signs Devil Red($24 Knopf) the 8th Hap and Leonard

http://www.joerlansdale.com/

Hap Collins and Leonard Pine return in a red-hot, mayhem-fueled thriller to face a vampire cult, the Dixie Mafia, and the deadliest assassin they’ve ever encountered—Devil Red.

When their friend Marvin asks Hap and Leonard to look into a cold-case double homicide, they’re more than happy to play private investigators: they like trouble, and they especially like getting paid to find it. It turns out that both of the victims were set to inherit serious money, and one of them ran with a vampire cult. The more closely Hap and Leonard look over the crime-scene photos, the more they see, including the image of a red devil’s head painted on a tree. A little research turns up a slew of murders with that same fiendish signature. And if that’s not enough, Leonard has taken to wearing a deerstalker cap . . . Will this be the case that finally sends Hap over the edge?

Full up with Lansdale’s trademark—whip-smart dialogue, relentless pacing, and unorthodox-to-say-the-least characters—Devil Red is one rambunctious thrill ride by one hell of a writer.

Joe R. Lansdale is the author of more than a dozen novels, including Vanilla Ride, Leather Maiden, Sunset and Sawdust, and Lost Echoes. He has received the British Fantasy Award, the American Mystery Award, the Edgar Award, the Grinzane Cavour Prize for Literature, and seven Bram Stoker Awards. He lives with his family in Nacogdoc

Hap Collins and Leonard Pine
1. Savage Season (1990)
2. Mucho Mojo (1994)
3. The Two-Bear Mambo (1995)
4. Bad Chili (1997)
5. Rumble Tumble (1998)
6. Captains Outrageous SIGNED(2001)
7. Vanilla Ride SIGNED(2009)
8. Devil Red Signed(2011)
9. Hyenas (2011)

TONIGHT Don Winslow at 7PM (Feb 13)

2011-04-13T17:00:00.000-07:00

Don Winslow signs Satori (Grand Central $25.99)

*Starred Review*

In his 1979 international best-seller, Shibumi, acclaimed author Trevanian introduced readers to handsome mystic and ingenious assassin Nicholai Hel. In this compelling prequel, Winslow, whose popular novels include The Dawn Patrol (2008) and Savages (2010), details Hel’s life leading up to Trevanian’s opus. Satori opens in the fall of 1951, in the throes of the Korean War. Twenty-six-year-old Hel has spent the last three years in solitary confinement at the hands of the Americans. Now his captors are offering to release him—at a price. He must go to Beijing and kill the Soviet Union’s commissioner to China. Though Hel is blond with striking green eyes, his worldview is more Eastern than Western. (He was raised by an aristocratic Russian mother in Shanghai and later lived in Japan, where he studied the ancient and notoriously challenging board game, Go.) Hel is a master of hoda korosu, “the naked kill,” and blessed with an uncanny sense of proximity, which makes him hyperaware of potential danger. He’ll need every tool in his deadly dossier to earn freedom. Winslow renders breathless suspense and a cast of dark, devious characters from all corners of the globe. Recommend this one to fans of Baldacci and le Carré as well as, of course, Trevanian. --Allison Block

Neal Carey

1. A Cool Breeze on the Underground (1991)
2. The Trail to Buddha's Mirror (1992)
3. Way Down on the High Lonely (1993)
4. A Long Walk up the Water Slide (1994)
5. While Drowning in the Desert (1996)

Novels

Isle of Joy (1996)
The Death and Life of Bobby Z (1997)
California Fire and Life (1999)
The Power of the Dog (2005)
The Winter of Frankie Machine (2006)
The Dawn Patrol (2008)
The Gentlemen's Hour (2009)
Savages (2010)
Satori (2011)
About Tommy Flynn (2011)

TONIGHT Lisa Lutz and Brett Battles

2011-04-12T16:22:00.000-07:00

Lisa Lutz signs Heads You Lose ($24.95 Putnam) with co-author David Hayward

New York Times-bestselling author Lisa Lutz conspires with-or should we say against?-coauthor David Hayward to write an original and hilarious tag-team crime novel.

Meet Paul and Lacey Hansen: orphaned, pot-growing twentysomething siblings eking out a living in rural Northern California. When a headless corpse appears on their property, they can't exactly dial 911, so they move the body and wait for the police to find it. Instead, the corpse reappears, a few days riper . . . and an amateur sleuth is born. Make that two.

When collaborators Lutz and Hayward (former romantic partners) start to disagree about how the story should unfold, the body count rises, victims and suspects alike develop surprising characteristics (meet Brandy Chester, the stripper with the Mensa IQ), and sibling rivalry reaches homicidal intensity. Think Adaptation crossed with Weeds. Will the authors solve the mystery without killing each other first?

LISA LUTZ is the New York Times–bestselling author of the Spellman comedic crime novels. She has received Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity nominations and BookSense Picks since the Spellman series was first published in 2007. She lives in San Francisco.

DAVID HAYWARD runs an editorial business in Healdsburg, California, and has an MFA in poetry from the University of California at Irvine. His poetry, for which he received a Pushcart Prize, has appeared in Harper’s, The Threepenny Review, and ZYZZYVA. This is his first novel.

Click HERE to order a signed, first edition copy of Heads You Lose

Izzy Spellman Mysteries
1. The Spellman Files (2007)
2. Curse of the Spellmans (2008)
3. Revenge of the Spellmans (2009)
4. The Spellmans Strike Again (2010) SIGNED

Brett Battles signs Silenced ($7.99 Dell) his fourth Jonathan Quinn

Quinn has a new client and an odd job: find and remove the remains of a body hidden twenty-five years ago inside a London building now scheduled for demolition.

But Quinn, his deadly and beautiful girlfriend Orlando, and their uniquely talented colleague Nate are being watched. Suddenly caught in the crossfire between two dangerous rivals who demand the remains, Quinn and his team must learn who the dead man was and why he's still so important. Because a plot stretching from London to Hong Kong to the former Soviet Union is rapidly unraveling. And Quinn hasn't just been hired to tie up loose ends—he is one.

Brett was born and raised in southern California. His parents, avid readers, instilled the love of books in him early on.

Though he still makes California his home, he has traveled extensively to such destinations as Ho Chi Minh City, Berlin, Singapore, London, Paris, and Bangkok, all of which play parts in his current and upcoming Jonathan Quinn thrillers.

Jonathan Quinn Thriller
1. The Cleaner (2005)
aka Hung Out to Die
2. The Deceived (2008)
3. Shadow of Betrayal (2009)
aka The Unwanted
4. The Silenced (2011)