February

 

 

 

Saturday, February 4, 7:00 p.m.                             Special Evening Event!!!!!

 

Robert Crais, Taken

 

 

We all love Joe Pike who has taken the center stage spotlight in the last two books in this classic PI series, but I have to admit I’m more than a little pleased that Elvis Cole and Pike share the dramatic focus equally in this thrilling and informative adventure.  Nita Morales hires Elvis Cole to find her missing adult daughter Krista who along with her boyfriend Jack have been abducted and held for ransom by bajadores who are ruthless border criminals that in addition to committing kidnapping and extorting ransom are willing to kill their innocent victims and can even turn on other bajadores.  Cole and Pike will find themselves tested as never before Cole goes undercover and…well things get dangerously complicated from there.  We strongly recommend that you reserve your copy today as this will be a ticketed event and your purchase of a book from us determines your place in the signing line.

 

 

Sunday, February 12, 4:00 p.m.                                Special Day and Time!!

 

Juliet Blackwell, Dead Bolt

 

 

General contractor Melanie Turner and her crew are working on their latest restoration project, a Queen Anne Victorian home in San Francisco.  When strange things start happening around the job site the clients consider stopping the project since the ghosts that reside there are acting out. Mel’s difficulties are further compounded by the murder of a neighbor who used to reside in the house.  In order to complete the job Mel must use her abilities to see and hear ghosts to good use. We will also have copies of the first book in this series If Walls Could Talk on hand for this event.

 

 

Wednesday, February 15, 1:00 p.m.

 

Betty Webb, Desert Wind

 

 

Arizona PI Lena Jones travels to Walapai Flats in Northern Arizona to aid her Pima Indian partner Jimmy Sisiwan. Jimmy’s sister-in-law has been murdered. She had been an active member a group opposed to the start-up of a uranium mine. The subsequent shooting death of a PR man for the mining company throws suspicion on Jimmy and his family firing up Lena’s investigation into the history of pollution and contamination and the possible deliberate suppression of that information. This is yet another timely and thought-provoking entry in this outstanding Southwest mystery series.

 

 

Saturday, February 18, 1:00 p.m.

 

Bill Fitzhugh, The Exterminators

 

 

Bug-killer Bob Dillon and his best friend assassin Klaus Muller are back in this sequel to the acclaimed comic crime romp, Pest Control. Six years have past and Bob is hard at work developing an all-natural means of pest control in the form of a genetically altered insect from the assassin bug family.  The biggest problem in achieving that goal is the amount of capital necessary for performing the required level of DNA prodding that would guarantee success. It’s like an answer to their prayers when a venture capital firm puts up the money, but the big twist here is that they are front for the Department of Defense who wants to enlist the bugs to fight for the U. S. in the war on terror.  And, even worse, there is the matter of a Bolivian drug lord who still holds a grudge and has placed a 20 million dollar bounty on their heads.

 

 

Saturday, February 25, 12:00 p.m.

 

Sue Ann Jaffarien, Gem of a Ghost, (Granny Apples Mystery No. 3)

 

 

Joanna Reid is a rich and overbearing woman who is being haunted by the ghost of her husband action film star Max Naiman. Five years have past since he was killed in a car accident and Joanna believes he committed suicide.  Joanna wants L. A. medium Emma Whitecastle to rid her of this problem.  Emma, put off by Joanna’s personality is inclined to refuse, but her curiosity wins out and she consents to take the case.  This leads Emma and her familiar spirit Granny Apples to follow a trail of mystery that leads them to Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania in their quest to find some answers.  Emma is a very likeable character and once more history and mystery come together in a manner that keeps you reading far into the night.

 

 

Saturday, February 25, 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.                           Launch Party!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Joanne Fluke, Cinnamon Roll Murder, (Hannah Swensen Mystery No. 15)

 

 

It’s April in Lake Eden Minnesota and the town is thrilled that the Cinnamon Roll Six jazz band will be performing at the Weekend Jazz Festival. In honor of the occasion, Hannah Swensen and the crew at the Cookie Jar Bakery have whipped up a generous supply of cinnamon rolls. En route to the Lake Eden Inn to deliver the rolls, Hannah and her sister Michelle are dismayed to come upon the band’s tour bus overturned in a ditch. Among the injured is a keyboard player, Buddy Neiman, who becomes the victim of a homicide while being treated at the hospital. This dynamic combination of a terrific mystery with delicious recipes is certainly a cause for celebration. Join us for this special afternoon event!

 

 

 

March

 

 

 

Friday,  March 2, 7:00 p.m.

 

Tim Dorsey, Pineapple Grenade

 

 

 

Saturday,  March 3, 1:00 p.m.

 

Carola Dunn, Gone West (Daisy Dalrymple Mystery)

 

 

Friday,  March 23, 2:30 p.m.

 

Cara Black, Murder at the Lanterne Rouge (Aimee Leduc Mystery)

 

 

Friday,  March 23, 2:30 p.m.

 

Rhys Bowen, Hush Now, Don't You Cry (Molly Murphy Mystery No. 11)