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			1 The Hardboiled Crime Club discusses YELLOW MEDICINE Michael Ryan signs The BOOM BOOM Book Practical career advice Michael Ryan signs The BOOM BOOM Book Practical career advice May 1, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order an Autographed Copy The BOOM BOOM Book ($9.99) A perfect graduation gift. Ryan writes, “Mostly geared to soon-to-be college graduates and those new to the work world though business people…	2 Michael Ryan signs The BOOM BOOM Book Practical career advice Daniel Palmer signs STOLEN ( $25 Kensington) Daniel Palmer signs STOLEN ( $25 Kensington) May 2, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order anAutographed Copy New York Times bestselling author Lee Child called Delirious, Daniel Palmer’s debut novel “smart, sophisticated … not just a great thriller debut, but a great thriller,…	3	4 Daniel Palmer signs STOLEN ( $25 Kensington) COZY CON 2 Assorted Authors, Lunch 10 AM-4 PM COZY CON 2 Assorted Authors, Lunch 10 AM-4 PM May 4, 2013 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Join us at the Phoenix Public Library for a second delightful day with a clutch of cozy writers. $40 includes lunch and the afternoon panels. 10:00-11:30AM A round robin where each…
5	6	7 COZY CON 2 Assorted Authors, Lunch 10 AM-4 PM David Morrell signs signs MURDER AS A FINE ART Publication Party David Morrell signs signs MURDER AS A FINE ART Publication Party May 7, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Can’t attend in person?Watch this event online! Click to Order an Autographed Copy Murder as a Fine Art (Mulholland $25.99) is a brilliant Victorian thriller with series potential Based on the Ratcliff Highway…	8 David Morrell signs signs MURDER AS A FINE ART Publication Party Gini Koch signs ALIEN IN THE HOUSE ($7.99 DAW) Gini Koch signs ALIEN IN THE HOUSE ($7.99 DAW) May 8, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order an Autographed Copy Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini have learned the ins and outs of Washington politics, not to mention how to prevail in intergalactic war and foil dangerous…	9 Gini Koch signs ALIEN IN THE HOUSE ($7.99 DAW) Gini Koch signs ALIEN IN THE HOUSE ($7.99 DAW) Gini Koch signs ALIEN IN THE HOUSE ($7.99 DAW) Darrell James signs SONORA CROSSING a Del Shannon Novel ($14.99 Midnight Ink) Darrell James signs SONORA CROSSING a Del Shannon Novel ($14.99 Midnight Ink) May 9, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order an Autographed Copy After the death of her former lover, Ed Jeski, Tucson investigator Del Shannon is hesitant to take on the case of a missing child. But… Matt Coyle signs YESTERDAY’S ECHO ($26.95 Oceanview) Matt Coyle signs YESTERDAY’S ECHO ($26.95 Oceanview) May 9, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order an Autographed Copy Rick Cahill was never convicted of his wife’s murder, but he was never exonerated either. Not by the police. Not by the media. Not even… Maegan Beaumont signs CARVED IN DARKNESS ($14.99 Midnight Ink) Maegan Beaumont signs CARVED IN DARKNESS ($14.99 Midnight Ink) May 9, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order an Autographed Copy Past horrors bleed into a present-day nightmare Fifteen years ago, seventeen-year-old Melissa Walker was kidnapped, raped, tortured, and left for dead in a churchyard. Only two…	10 Maegan Beaumont signs CARVED IN DARKNESS ($14.99 Midnight Ink) John Sandford signs SILKEN PREY Lucas Davenport John Sandford signs SILKEN PREY Lucas Davenport May 10, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Silken Prey (Putnam $27.95) TGIF PARTY bring something Pot Luck Murder, scandal, political espionage, and an extremely dangerous woman. Lucas Davenport’s going to be lucky to get out of this one…	11 John Sandford signs SILKEN PREY Lucas Davenport John Sandford signs SILKEN PREY Lucas Davenport Coffee and Crime reads A Fine and Private Place Coffee and Crime reads A Fine and Private Place May 11, 2013 10:30 am – 11:30 am Loni Meadows is the beautiful, unstable director of an arts foundation headquartered in a crumbling castle outside Florence. When Meadows dies under peculiar circumstances, it becomes clear that almost everyone… Suzanne Rindell signs THE OTHER TYPIST A Debut in Patricia Highsmith style Suzanne Rindell signs THE OTHER TYPIST A Debut in Patricia Highsmith style May 11, 2013 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Click to Order an Autographed Copy The Other Typist (Putnam $26). Sadie Stein of The Paris Review raves” “From the first page I was absorbed: I haven’t been able to put it down. Suzanne Rindell’s…
12	13 Suzanne Rindell signs THE OTHER TYPIST A Debut in Patricia Highsmith style Peter Lovesey signs THE TOOTH TATTOO Supt. Peter Diamond Peter Lovesey signs THE TOOTH TATTOO Supt. Peter Diamond May 13, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order an Autographed Copy The Tooth Tattoo (Soho $25.95) The best of British crime! Another tricky, glorious case for Bath’s Superintendent Peter Diamond Peter Diamond, head of the Criminal Investigation Division in scenic…	14 Peter Lovesey signs THE TOOTH TATTOO Supt. Peter Diamond Jon Talton signs THE NIGHT DETECTIVES David Mapstone Jon Talton signs THE NIGHT DETECTIVES David Mapstone May 14, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order an Autographed Copy The Night Detectives (Poisoned Pen $25.95 or $14.95) Phoenix and San Diego frame the latest case for History Shamus David Mapstone, now a private eye working with…	15 Jon Talton signs THE NIGHT DETECTIVES David Mapstone Skype Interview with Dan Brown/Signed Book Raffle for Those Who Purchase INFERNO for our event Skype Interview with Dan Brown/Signed Book Raffle for Those Who Purchase INFERNO for our event May 15, 2013 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm Dan Brown’s new thriller is Inferno (Doubleday $29.95) We have ten signed copies. Attend the Happy Hour with Skype coverage, buy a copy, and you will be eligible to exchange it…	16 Skype Interview with Dan Brown/Signed Book Raffle for Those Who Purchase INFERNO for our event John Lescroart signs THE OPHELIA CUT Dismas Hardy John Lescroart signs THE OPHELIA CUT Dismas Hardy May 16, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order an Autographed Copy The Ophelia Cut (Atria $26.99) Brittany McGuire is the beautiful, twenty-three-year-old daughter of Susan Weiss and Moses McGuire—and the niece of defense attorney Dismas Hardy. Popular…	17 John Lescroart signs THE OPHELIA CUT Dismas Hardy Michael Harvey signs THE INNOCENCE GAME A Legal Thriller Michael Harvey signs THE INNOCENCE GAME A Legal Thriller May 17, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order an Autographed Copy The Innocence Game (Knopf $25). Picture an ordinary classroom at Northwestern’s renowned Medill School of Journalism. It quickly spirals into the grittiest corners of Chicago. Along…	18
19	20 Michael Harvey signs THE INNOCENCE GAME A Legal Thriller Sophie Littlefield signs GARDEN OF STONES Sophie Littlefield signs GARDEN OF STONES May 20, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order an Autographed Copy Garden of Stones (Mira $18 trade paper) After the attack on Pearl Harbor, teenaged Lucy Takeda and her family are sent to the Manzanar relocation camp…	21 Sophie Littlefield signs GARDEN OF STONES Walter Mosley signs LITTLE GREEN Easy Rawlins Walter Mosley signs LITTLE GREEN Easy Rawlins May 21, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order an Autographed Copy Little Green (Doubleday $25.95), a new Easy Rawlins mystery Easy Rawlins is back (almost literally from the dead after the car wreck that ended Blonde Faith, his…	22 Walter Mosley signs LITTLE GREEN Easy Rawlins Alex Grecian signs THE BLACK COUNTRY The Sequel to The Yard Alex Grecian signs THE BLACK COUNTRY The Sequel to The Yard May 22, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to order an Autographed Copy Black Country(Putnam $26.95). Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad returns with an extraordinary new case by the author of the highly acclaimed debut The Yard. The inhabitants of the…	23 Alex Grecian signs THE BLACK COUNTRY The Sequel to The Yard Josh Harris signs CAPTAIN PHIL HARRIS Alaskan crab fisherman and TV star extraordinaire of The Deadliest Catch Josh Harris signs CAPTAIN PHIL HARRIS Alaskan crab fisherman and TV star extraordinaire of The Deadliest Catch May 23, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order an Autographed Copy Harris, Josh. Captain Phil Harris (SimonSchuster $25). Prior to his untimely death in 2010, Captain Phil Harris was a star of Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch, the…	24	25 Josh Harris signs CAPTAIN PHIL HARRIS Alaskan crab fisherman and TV star extraordinaire of The Deadliest Catch Josh Harris signs CAPTAIN PHIL HARRIS Alaskan crab fisherman and TV star extraordinaire of The Deadliest Catch The Nancy Drew Group discusses ND#39 and #40 The Nancy Drew Group discusses ND#39 and #40 May 25, 2013 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm #39 The Clue of the Dancing Puppet #40 The Moonstone Castle Mystery John Scalzi signs THE HUMAN DIVISION John Scalzi signs THE HUMAN DIVISION May 25, 2013 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Order An Autographed Copy The Human Division (Forge $25.99) Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the unity of the human race. The…
26	27	28 John Scalzi signs THE HUMAN DIVISION Clive Cussler and Graham Brown sign ZERO HOUR NUMA Files Clive Cussler and Graham Brown sign ZERO HOUR NUMA Files May 28, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order an Autographed Copy Zero Hour (Putnam $28.95), a new NUMA Files Adventure The dazzling new novel in the #1 New York Times–bestselling series from the grand master of adventure. It is…	29	30 Clive Cussler and Graham Brown sign ZERO HOUR NUMA Files The Hardboiled Crime Club discusses YELLOW MEDICINE The Hardboiled Crime Club discusses YELLOW MEDICINE May 30, 2013 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm discusses Anthony Neil smith’s Yellow Medicine ($15) set in rural Minnesota	31