Meet the Author

These authors will be in our shop to sign their books. You're welcome to come in to meet them, or reserve a copy to be shipped or picked up later.

   Thurs, May 8, noon, Dominic Stansberry signs The
   Ancient Rain (St. Martin's hc, $24.95). 3rd from the Edgar
   Winning author with North Beach PI Dante Mancuso. A 30
   year-old murder ensnares a fellow investigator. Mancuso
   goes back into the case to clear him.

   Sat, May 10, noon, Allen Wyler signs Deadly Errors (Tor
   pbo, $7.99). A brain surgeon raises concerns with the
   hospital's new computerized records system after
   experienced medical personnel have made a series of fatal
   mistakes with patients. With millions of dollars at stake, his
   concerns are not well received and threats are soon coming
   at him.

   John Straley returns! Sat, May 17th, noon, John will be in to
   sign The Big Both Ways (Graphic Arts Center hc, $25.95, tp
   $16.95). After a 7 year wait, a new mystery from Alaska's
   Writer Laureate. Set in 1935, times are tough and jobs are
   scarce. A man leaves a logging camp, helps a woman get her
   car out of ditch only to find out there's a dead body in the trunk
                       and finds his life taking a course he never would have planned
                       Eventually the various characters will take a journey through
                       the Inside Passage to Alaska as everyone searches for a new
                       and better life. And with a terrific Ray Troll cover that mimics
                       the previous books.

   Tues, May 27, noon, Steve Martini signs Shadow of Power
   (Morrow hc, $26.95). Paul Madriani takes the case of a young
   man charged with murdering a legal scholar who stayed in the
   spotlight with a constant flow of controversy. The scholar's
   latest book had claimed the Constitution and writings by
   Jefferson support legal discrimination. Madriani's case will
   take him into the quiet halls of the Supreme Court.

   Wed, June 4, noon, Philip Margolin signs Executive
   Privilege (Harper hc, $25.95). In DC, a private eye is hired to
   follow a young woman to see where she goes and whom she
   sees. The morning after she sees the President, she's found
   murdered. In Portland, a lawyer's client tells him he was
   framed for murder by a former governor – who is now the
   President.

   Fri, June 6, noon, Lee Child signs Nothing to Lose
   (Bantam hc, $27.00). Jack Reacher arrives in Despair, CO
   and, within an hour, is unceremoniously expelled by the police.
   He quickly finds out others have been escorted out and his
   curiosity is piqued: why would a small town on the edge of the
   Great Plains want to keep people out instead of welcoming
   them? Reacher, as we all know and appreciate, decides to
                       investigate.

   Sat, June 7, noon Mike Lawson signs House Rules
   (Atlantic Monthly, $22.00). DeMarco is tasked with
   investigating a string of terrorist attacks on DC. None have
   succeeded but the powers in Washington are rattled, and
   pending legislation is punishingly restrictive. The Speaker is
   suspicious and DeMarco – with Emma's help – begins to see
   problems with the official stories about he attacks. A timely
                       story about the uses and abuses of power and the miss
                       -directions of threats – Lawson's best book yet, which is
                       saying something!

   Mon, June 9, noon, John Connolly signs The Reapers
   (Atria hc, $26.00). Investigator Charlie Parker counts as one
   of his confidantes a man named Louis, one of an elite group
   of killers. Now, for some reason, someone has set another of
   the killers against Louis. Parker, no stranger to death and
   violence, is going to help his friend. John's a favorite of the
   staff – and we love his books too.

   Sat, June 14, noon, Elizabeth Zelvin signs Death Will Get
   You Sober (St. Martin's, $24.95). Bruce Kohler is trying to
   get his life back together after waking up in a Bowery detox
   center on December 25th. To stay sober, he knows he must
   stay busy and one of the ways he chooses to do that is to
   investigate the death of a fellow drunk. Debut mystery by a
   psychotherapist.

   Mon, June 16, noon, Sheldon Siegel signs Judgment Day
   (MacAdam Cage hc, $26.00). In the 6th with San Francisco
   law partners Daley and Fernandez, they are called in at the
   last moment to help with a death penalty appeal. They have
   10 days to prove their client innocent.

   Tues, June 17, noon, Jeffrey Deaver signs The Broken
   Window (Simon & Schuster hc, $26.95). Rhyme and Sachs
   are up against a fiendish killer. "Unsub 522' uses high
   technology to perfectly frame innocent people for his murders
   and his latest patsy is Lincoln's cousin, Arthur.

   Sat, June 21, noon, Elizabeth Sims signs The Actress (St.
   Martin's hc, $24.95). Struggling actress Rita Farmer is
   desperate for any work. She fears that her ex-husband will try
   to take their 5 year old away from her if she can't support him.
   She accepts a job from a lawyer to help coach a client, a
   tabloid fixture, who has been accused of killing her own child.
   Can Rita help to make the woman seem more human?

   Fri, June 27, noon, Barbara Pope signs Cezanne's Quarry
   (Pegasus hc, $25.00). Debut mystery by a University of
   Oregon professor of history and women's/gender studies. The
   body of a woman is found in a quarry during the summer while
   the local police are short-staffed. She's the lover of Darwinian
   scholar Charles Westbury and the object of Paul Cezanne's
   unrequited love. The story involves elements of the role of
                       women in 19th C. France, the flaws of the justice system at
                       that time, the conflicts arising from Darwin's theories and the
                       art and life of the influential post-impressionist, all entwined
                       within the search for the killer.

   Sat, June 28, noon, James Rollins signs The Last Oracle
   (Morrow hc, $26.95). During the Cold War, a group of
   scientists began to study autistic children and discovered a
   way to enhance and manipulate savants. An extreme faction
   has broken off and devoted themselves to developing these
   children in to what they think the children can be – a prophet
   for the new millennia. Sigma Force begins their investigation.

Thurs, July 10, noon, Aaron Elkins signs Uneasy Relations (Berkley hc, $23.95). Professor Oliver joins a conference on Gibraltar when the remains of a Neanderthal woman are found with a baby that seems to be half-Neanderthal and half-human. Someone is obviously upset by the find and fresher bodies are soon turning up.

Fri, July 11, noon, Edgar-winner Thomas Cook signs Master of the Delta (Harcourt hc, $24.00). Jack Branch returns to his small Mississippi town in 1954 to teach at his former high school. He finds that the son of a notorious killer is one of his students and tried to take the kid under his wing and help him out. He will discover that he's waded into a family far more troubled than expected.

Sat, July 12, noon, Yasmine Galenorn signs Dragon Wytch (Berkley pbo, $7.99), her 4th with the D'Artigo sisters and their Otherworld Intelligence Agency.

Tues, July 15, noon, Craig Johnson signs Another Man's Moccasins (Viking hc, $24.95). Sheriff Walt Longmire's latest murder investigation strikes cords with his first, as a Marine in Viet Nam. The victim found along the Wyoming interstate is herself Vietnamese and a photo found in her purse looks eerily familiar to Walt. [Please note: Craig had already arranged, with the publisher, to sign copies in NYC for us when the book comes out in early June. Those who have reserved a copy will be getting a book after the publisher sends them to us. But don't let that stop you from coming in to see him. He's a wonderful fellow.]

Tues, July 22, noon, J.A. Jance signs Damage Control (Morrow hc, $25 .95). Joanna Brady is stretched thin and is exhausted – bring the sheriff and the mother of a newborn will do that to a person. Her plate is filled further with two events: a woman who had been harassed by her ex, shoots an intruder, but it isn't her ex; and a car goes through guardrail of a mountain highway. [Note: as is our tradition, since this is Judy's first signing for the book, a portion of the sales will benefit the Cancer Fighting Flamingos. Reserve a book or come to the signing and join in!]

Fri, July 25, noon, Robert Crais signs Chasing Darkness (Simon & Schuster hc, $26.00). Three years ago, Elvis became a hero when he unearthed evidence that helped clear a man accused of murder. Now, that man has been found dead and the circumstances point to his guilt in the earlier crime. And Elvis is on the hot seat. [Please note: NEW DATE - this signing has been moved forward one week.]

Sat, July 26, noon, Brent Ghelfi signs Volk's Shadow (Holt hc, $25.00). Afloat in trouble, Volk is stretched between what might have been a terrorist attack on the headquarters of a US oil company, the theft of a priceless Fabergé egg and the scheming of Abreg, his former commander who has turned to terror in the southern mountains and wants Volk back at his side.

Sat, Aug 2, noon David Waltner-Toews signs Fear of Landing (Poisoned Pen hc, $24.95). Canadian vet Abner Dueck is working in Indonesia examining some dead cows. In the early 1980s, life in Indonesia is anything but calm under Suharto and Dr. Dueck's is about to become very complicated – politics, infections and murders. Debut by an epidemiologist who specializes in food and waterbourne diseases, zoonoses and ecosystem health at the University of Guelph.

Sat, Aug 9, noon Gabriella Herkert signs Doggone (Obsidian, $6.99). 2nd in the Animal Instinct series with Sara Townley, Seattle-based legal investigator.

Tues, Aug 12, noon, Kat Richardson signs Underground (Roc hc, $21.95). In her 3rd book – and first hardcover – Seattle PI Harper Blaine investigates a series of deaths among the homeless. The case will take her into the Underground. She hears tales of zombies…

Sat, Aug 16, noon, Trevor Scott signs his most recent releases: Burst of Sound (Broadhead Books in trade paper, $15.95), the second book in the Tony Caruso Mystery Series, and The Cold Edge (Salvo hc, $25.95) the sixth book in the Jake Adams International Thriller Series.

Fri, Aug 22, noon, Kelli Stanley signs her debut novel, Nox Dormienda: A Long Night for Sleeping (Five Star, $25.95) billed as "Roman Noir".  Set in 83 Londinium, Arcturus – the half-native, half-Roman doctor to the Governor, Agricola, and sometimes problem solver – finds himself in the middle of political intrigue.  Under an impossible deadline, Arcturus must separate falsehood from fact in order to save not only his patron but himself as well.

Sat, Aug. 23, noon, Chris Grabenstein signs Hell Hole (St. Martin's hc, $24.95). 4th with Sea Haven, NJ cop John Ceepak. A death on the Jersey shore has ties to the events in Iraq. As a former military investigator, the case hits Ceepak harder than do most.

Signed Copies to Reserve

These authors will not be in our shop to sign, but we'll be getting a limited quantity of signed copies, so reserve one early for later pick-up or to be mailed. The date following the title is the month of release.

Linda Barnes, Lie Down with the Devil (July, St. Martin's hc, $24.95). Carlotta Carlyle.

Lawrence Block, Hit and Run (July, Morrow hc, $24.95). Keller

C.J. Box, Blood Trail (May, Putnam hc, $24.95). Joe Pickett.

James Lee Burke, Swan Peak (July, Simon & Schuster hc, $26). Robicheaux

Meg Gardiner, The Dirty Secrets Club (July, Dutton hc, $24.95).

Ridley Pearson, Killer View (Aug., Putnam hc, $24.95), Sheriff Walt Fleming.(It's possible that Ridley will be in town for a signing, but for now we know we can get signed copies through the publisher.)

Nora Roberts, Tribute (July, Putnam hc, 26.95).

John Sandford, Phantom Prey (May, Putnam hc, $26.95).

Julia Spencer-Fleming, I Shall Not Want (June, St. Martin's hc, $24.95). Claire Fergusson.

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