The Mystery Bookstore

Happy New Year! January starts with a bang, and great new titles from some of our favorite authors. We've also made a resolution – and we hope you'll join us – to find authors who are new to us, and read books beyond our usual boundaries. Read along with us!

Want to join a book club? We've been testing the waters about book club discussion groups, and several of our customers have expressed interest. We'd love to host your club, or start some new ones of our own if enough people are interested. Please call us (310-209-0415) or send us an email ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) if you'd like to lead a group, be part of a group, or already belong to a group that needs a place to meet.  We'd love to recommend books, order multiple copies for sale, and talk about the ones we're reading ourselves.

Saturday, January 8 at 1:30 p.m.
MICHAEL WILEY discusses and signs THE BAD KITTY LOUNGE
Minotaur, $24.99
Graham listed this among his top reads for 2010, so we're delighted to be able to bring you signed copies. Chicago PI Joe Kozmarski takes what should be a routine adultery case – until his client Greg Samuelson, a mild–mannered accountant, torches his wife's lover's car, kills his boss, and shoots himself. At least, that's what it looks like, except the wife's lover doesn't believe the obvious answers. He hires Joe himself to clear Samuelson's name, and in the process Joe digs up secrets that go back 40 years.
This title is not yet available at The Mystery Bookstore, but will be in stock in time for the event. Please contact us directly to reserve a copy. You may email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or telephone us on our toll&–free number, (800) 821–9017.


Saturday, January 8 at 3:00 p.m.
STEPHEN HUNTER discusses and signs DEAD ZERO
Simon & Schuster, $26.00
Bob Lee Swagger might be aging, but he's as dangerous as he ever was, even if he's not pulling the triggers. The FBI calls Swagger out of semi–retirement to hunt down Sergeant Roy Cruz, who's gone rogue after a failed assassination attempt against an Afghan warlord. The warlord's switched sides, and is theoretically working with the Americans now, but Cruz is determined to finish his original mission. It's Bob Lee's job to stop him, but the more he learns, the more he wonders whether Cruz isn't on the right side after all.



Saturday, January 8 at 4:30 p.m.
HANNAH DENNISON discusses and signs THIEVES! A Vicky Hill Exclusive
Berkley, $7.99 (mass market paperback original)
In her fourth adventure, intrepid journalist–in–training Vicky Hill investigates the connection between the death of a woman found in a shallow stream and a string of silver thefts in the small town of Gipping–on–Plym. No one takes Vicky seriously, but if the police won't investigate, who else will?

COMING IN FEBRUARY

Saturday, February 5 at 4:00 p.m.
P.G. Sturges discusses and signs SHORTCUT MAN

Wednesday, February 9 at 7:00 p.m.
JEFFREY SIGER discusses and signs PREY ON PATMOS

Thursday, February 10 at 7:00 p.m.
MICHAEL KORYTA discusses and signs THE CYPRESS HOUSE

Saturday, February 12 at 1:00 p.m.
A LAUNCH PARTY for HOLLYWOOD FOREVER by SUSAN GOLDSTEIN

Saturday, February 12 at 3:30 p.m.
MAGGIE SEFTON discusses and signs SKEIN OF THE CRIME

Saturday, February 12 at 5:00 p.m.
A LAUNCH PARTY for GHOST IN THE POLKA DOT BIKINI by SUE ANN JAFFARIAN

Sunday, February 13 at 2:00 p.m.
JEFF SHERATT reads from his work and MAGGIE SEFTON and HARLEY JANE KOZAK discuss their work at the February meeting of SISTERS IN CRIME/LA, Pasadena Central Library

Saturday, February 19 at 1:30 p.m.
DAVE ZELTSERMAN discusses and signs OUTSOURCED

Saturday, February 19 (Time to be determined)
DAVID ROSENFELT drops in to sign ON BORROWED TIME

AND LOOKING AHEAD TO MARCH:

Saturday, March 5 at 1:00 p.m.
A LAUNCH PARTY for BEAGLEMANIA by LINDA O. JOHNSTON

Saturday, March 5 at 4:30 p.m.
KELLI STANLEY discusses and signs THE CURSE-MAKER

Sunday, March 6 at 3:00 p.m.
SPECIAL SUNDAY EVENT!
RANDY WAYNE WHITE discusses and signs NIGHT VISION

Saturday, March 19 at 2:00 p.m.
A DOUBLE-HEADER DELIGHT!
CARA BLACK discusses and signs MURDER IN PASSY
and LIBBY HELLMANN discusses and signs SET THE NIGHT ON FIRE

Thursday, March 24 at 7:00 p.m.
C.J. BOX discusses and signs COLD WIND

Friday, March 25 at 12:00 noon
A LUNCH DATE WITH CRIME!
LINDA FAIRSTEIN discusses and signs SILENT MERCY

Saturday, March 26 at 11:30 a.m.
JACQUELINE WINSPEAR discusses and signs A LESSON IN SECRETS

Saturday, March 26 at 4:30 p.m.
A LAUNCH PARTY for THE SILENCED by BRETT BATTLES