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, July 2, noon, Mike Lawson signs House Secrets
   (Atlantic Monthly hc, $22.00). An old friend of the Speaker
   asks him to look into the death of the man's son. The Speaker
   sends DeMarco. The dead guy was a nobody reporter who
   always claimed to be near to breaking a big story, but never
   did. The last piece he was working on involved a Senator who
   might be the next presidential nominee of the Speaker's party.
                       So Joe goes to work. 4th in this terrific series.

   Sat, July 11, noon, R. T. Jordan. This event has been
   canceled due an emergency in the author's family.

   Thurs, July 16, noon, Joe R. Lansdale signs Vanilla Ride
   (Knopf hc, $23.95). In their seventh appearance (and first
   since 2001), East Texas smart-alec Hap and gay, black vet
   Leonard are still best buddies and unlikely knight-errants.
   When an old friend asks Leonard to help get his daughter
   away from an abusive drug dealer, the pair swings into action.
   Before they know it, they're up to their eye-teeth in the Dixie
                       Mob.

   Sat, July 18, noon: the long wait is over - Clyde Ford signs
   Whiskey Gulf (Vanguard hc, $24.95). Charlie Noble returns!
   He's hired to look into a missing couple whose sailboat
   cruised into a closed military zone in Canadian waters.
   Neither government is willing to help but his investigation will
   lead him to a remote and secret cove where he and Raven
   will be attacked. Is this what happened to the missing couple
                     and their boat? 3rd in this watery and popular private eye
                     series.

   Tues, July 21, noon, Premiere Event: J.A. Jance signs
   Fire and Ice (Morrow hc, $25.95). They've worked together
   once before (Partner in Crime , Avon, $7.99) and it was a
   success. Beaumont and Brady join forces once again. [As is
   tradition, 10% of the sales of all Jance titles during the signing
   will be donated by SMB – and matched by Judy – to the
   Cancer Fighting Flamingos.]

   Wed, July 22, noon, Julie Kramer signs Missing Mark
   (Doubleday hc, $23.95). A bride left at the alter turns into a
   missing persons story for TV reporter Riley Spartz.

   AND

   Steve Martini drops in to sign Guardian of Lies (Morrow hc,
   $26.99). A skein of evil, treachery and death, born in the Cold
   War battles over Cuba, is alive and active and will ensnare
   Paul Madriani.

   Thurs, July 23, noon, David Morrell signs The Shimmer
   (Vanguard hc, $25.95). Following a horrific tanker explosion,
   Santa Fe police officer Dan Page returns home to find his
   wife missing. His search for her will take him to a seemingly
   abandoned military base in Rostov, Texas, where strange
   lights spark a bloodbath. In order to save his wife, Page will
   have to get to the bottom of the lights and what is behind them.

   Fri, July 24, noon, Brett Battles signs Shadow of Betrayal
   (Delacorte hc, $24.00). Freelance 'cleaner' Jonathan Quinn
   has tangled with LP before and this powerful and dangerous
   group is not to be taken lightly – or trusted. But they want his
   help with a series of child abductions in the third world and
   the rumor of a terrorist cell that is behind them somehow. 3rd
   in the series.

   Sat, July 25, noon, Luis Castillo signs Echoes of Time
   (Tigress tpo, $16). A professor re-devotes himself to his
   search for a prized shipwreck after the death of his family. His
   quest: the San José, an 18th C. galleon that went down in the
   Caribbean with a cargo of herbal medicine remedies from
   natives of the Americas. If they could be found now, they could
   be a pharmacological gold mine. Others want it as well and
                     he's drawn into the spooky world of corporate intrigue.

   Wed, July 29, noon, Eric Stone signs Shanghaied (Bleak
   House hc, $24.95). Ray Sharp's deadliest adventure yet.
   Hong Kong's gone back to China. Carnivorous Tibetan
   monks, corrupt Chinese bankers, a sociopathic veteran of the
   U.S. invasion of Grenada, twin comely kung-fu bodyguards, a
   painful dumpling accident, drugs, sex and rock and roll.

   Thurs, July 30, noon: double trouble – Lisa Gardner signs
   The Neighbor (Bantam hc, $25.00). The disappearance of a
   wife isn't that odd. The husband, as expected, is the prime
   suspect. But nothing will be normal in this case. Nothing.

   AND
 

   Karin Slaughter signs Undone (Delacorte hc, $25.00).
   Having fled Grant County for a new life in Atlanta, Sarah Linton
   is working in a hospital ER when a woman comes in who has
   obviously been tortured. The case will involve her with Will
   Trent and Faith Mitchell of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
   Her two series merge.

   Thurs, Aug 6, noon, Elizabeth Sims stops by to sign
   The Extra (St. Martin's hc, $24.95), the sequel to The
   Actress. Studying law, Rita Farmer still takes acting gigs to
   pay the bills. On the set of a movie as an extra and dressed
   as a cop, she's mistakenly pulled into an assault and decides
   to help those involved.

   Sat, Aug 8, noon, Kat Richardson signs Vanished (Roc hc,
   $23.95). Forced by dark others to accept an investigation in
   London, Harper Blaine will find the case has ties to her own
   past, her father, and to reasons why she can interact with the
   dead while others who have had near-death experiences
   don't. 4th in this Urban Fantasy series highly recommended
   by Fran.

   Tues, Aug 25, noon, Jayne Castle (aka Jayne Ann Krentz)
   signs Obsidian Prey (Jove pbo, $7.99). 6th in her Harmony
   series of psychic romantic suspense.  Each copy reserved
   before Aug 18 will have a special, limited edition packet with
   it, including 1 Jayne Castle autographed OBSIDIAN PREY
   collector's card, 1 Arcane Society bookplate autographed by
   Jayne (a nice goodie if you have other Jayne Castle titles in
                     their collections), 1 mini-card (unsigned) for FIRED UP, her
                     Jayne Ann Krentz December hardcover release. There is no
                     limit on the number of books you can order and each will have
                     a packet.

Wed, Sept 9, noon, David Ellis signs The Hidden Man (Putnam hc, $25.95). Events of 30 years ago raise their ugly heads. Back then, an infant girl vanished never to be found, a neighbor was suspected but not convicted and he's now been murdered. An intermediary comes to attorney Jason Kolarich's office, wishing to engage him now to defend someone of the long ago crime. Kolarich thinks he knows the mysterious client – his boyhood best friend, a man he hasn't seen in 20 years, the brother of the missing girl. Latest legal thriller by an Edgar-winning author.

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.

Ken Bruen, London Boulevard (Dec., St. Martin's hc, $24.99). Stand alone.

Stephen L. Carter, Jericho's Fall (July, Knopf hc, $25.95).

Dan Fesperman, The Arms Maker of Berlin (Aug., Knopf hc, signed copies $25.95).

Terry Goodkind, The Law of Nines (Sept., Putnam hc, $27.95).

Joseph Kanon, Stardust (Sept., Atria hc, $27.95). WWII Hollywood.

David Levien, Where the Dead Lay (July, Doubleday hc, $26.00). Behr.

Jeff Lindsay, Dexter by Design (Sept., Random House, $26.00).

David Liss, The Devil's Company (July, Random House hc, $26). Benjamin Weaver.

Archer Mayor, The Price of Malice (Oct., St. Martin's hc, $24.99). Joe Gunther.

Sara Paretsky, Hardball (Sept., Putnam hc, $26.95). V.I. Warshawski.

Louise Penny, The Brutal Telling (Oct., St. Martin's hc, $24.99).

James Rollins, The Doomsday Key (July, Morrow hc, 27.95). Sigma Force.

Daniel Silva, The Defector (July, Putnam hc, $26.95). Gabriel Allon.

Martin Cruz Smith, Golden Mile (Dec., Simon & Schuster hc, $25.95). Renko.

Julia Spencer-Fleming, One Was a Soldier (Nov., St. Martin's hc, $24.99).

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