Here's the latest monthly roundup of author book signing events at mystery book stores around the U.S. and Canada (for dates at chain stores and other venues, check out booktour.com and similar sites).
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Aunt Agatha's
Ann Arbor, MI
Author: Elizabeth Sims
Title: Various
Event Time: Thursday, October 22 at 7:00 p.m
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Book Passage
Corte Madera, CA
Author: Sara Paretsky
Title: Hardball
Event Time: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 4:00 p.m
Author: James Ellroy
Title: Blood’s A Rover
Event Time: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 7:00 p.m
Author: Joseph Kanon
Title: Stardust
Event Time: Monday, October 19, 2009, 7:00 p.m
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Booked for Murder
Madison, WI
Author: Michael Biehl
Title: Seven Mile Bridge
Event Time: Tuesday, October 6, 6:00 p.m.
Authors: Michael Black, Luisa Buehler, David Walker, Jennie Spallone, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Jerol Anderson, Claire Applewhite, Bryan Gruley, John Desjarlais
Title: Legends of the Fall Mystery Conference
Event Time: Saturday, October 10, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Book 'Em
South Pasadena, CA
Authors: Kwei Quartey, Naomi Hirahara and Dianne Emley
Title: Various
Event Time: Saturday, October 3, 5:00 PM to 9:00 p.m
Author: Michael Connelly
Title: Nine Dragons
Event Time: Sunday, October 18, 4:00 p.m
Author: Wendy Hornsby
Title: In the Guise of Mercy
Event Time: Tuesday, October 27, 7:00 p.m
Author: Libby Hellman / Keith Raffel
Title: Doubleback / Smasher
Event Time: Friday, October 30, drop-in signing
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Centuries and Sleuths
Forest Park, IL
Author: Clare O'Donohue
Title: The Lover's Knot and A Drunkard's Path, Someday Quilts Mysteries Series
Event Time: Thursday, October 1, 2009 7:00 p.m.
Author: Michael A. Black
Title: Hostile Takeovers
Event Time: Saturday, October 3, 2009 2:00 p.m.
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Clues Unlimited
Tucson AZ
Author: Alan Jacobson
Title: Crush
Event Time: Monday, October 5th at 5:30 p.m
Author: Marlene Bachmann
Title: Obedient Until Death
Event Time: Saturday, October 17th at 2:30 p.m
Author: Libby Fischer Hellman
Title: Doubleback
Event Time: Thursday, October 29th at 11:30 a.m.
Author: Steven Havill
Title: Red, Green, or Murder and Race for the Dying
Event Time: Saturday October 31, 1:30 p.m
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M is for Mystery
San Mateo, CA
Authors: Timothy Hallinan / Wendy Hornsby
Title: Breathing Water / In the Guise of Mercy
Event Time: Friday, October 2nd at 7:00 p.m
Author: Sara Paretsky
Title: Hardball
Event Time: Sunday, October 4th, drop-by signing only
Author: Reed Farrel Coleman
Title: Tower (written with Ken Bruen)
Event Time: Thursday, October 8th, at 7:00 p.m
Author: Deborah Grabien / Danny Carnahan
Title: While My Guitar Gently Weeps / A Jig Before Dying
Event Time: Sunday, October 11th at 2:00 p.m
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Murder by the Book
Houston, TX
Author: Rhodi Hawk
Title: A Twisted Ladder
Event Time: Friday, October 2, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Jan Grape / Jay Brandon / Bill Crider
Title: Various
Event Time: Saturday, October 3, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Joseph Kanon
Title: Stardust
Event Time: Tuesday, October 6, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Libby Fischer Hellmann
Title: Doubleback
Event Time: Thursday, October 8, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Rachel Brady
Title: Final Approach
Event Time: Saturday, October 10, 4:30 p.m.
Author: Deborah Crombie
Title: Necessary as Blood
Event Time: Tuesday, October 13, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Louise Penny
Title: The Brutal Telling
Event Time: Wednesday, October 14, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Clare O'Donohue
Title: The Drunkard's Path
Event Time: Thursday, October 15, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Sophie Hannah
Title: The Wrong Mother
Event Time: Monday, October 19, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Peter Lovesey / James R. Benn / Stuart Neville
Title: Skeleton Hill / Evil for Evil / The Ghosts of Belfast
Event Time: Tuesday, October 20, 6:30 p.m.
Authors: Michael Connelly / Reed Farrel Coleman
Title: 9 Dragons / Tower
Event Time: Wednesday, October 21, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Dee Wilbur
Title: Justice Perverted
Event Time: Thursday, October 22, 6:30 p.m.
Author: John Connolly
Title: The Gates
Event Time: Tuesday, October 27, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Andie Ryan
Title: Shakedown
Event Time: Wednesday, October 28, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Dan Chaon
Title: Await Your Reply
Event Time: Thursday, October 29, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Wendy Hornsby
Title: In the Guise of Mercy
Event Time: Saturday, October 31, 4:30 p.m.
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Murder on the Beach
Delray Beach, FL
Author: James Swain
Title: The Night Monster
Event Time: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 7:00 p.m
Author: Jonathon King
Title: Styx
Event Time: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 7:00 p.m
Author: Norb Vonnegut
Title: Top Producer
Event Time: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 7:30 p.m
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Mysteries and More
Nashville, TN
Author: E. Michael Terrell
Title: Racing the Devil
Event Time: Saturday, October 24, 2009
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Mysteries to Die For
Thousand Oaks, CA
Author: Wendy Hornsby
Title: In the Guise of Mercy
Event Time: Thursday, October 1, 7:00 p.m.
Author: Stephen Jay Schwartz
Title: Boulevard
Event Time: Saturday, October 3, 1:00 p.m.
Author: Jeri Westerson
Title: The Serpent in the Thorns
Event Time: Saturday, October 8, 1:00 p.m.
Author: Clare O'Donohue
Title: A Drunkard's Path
Event Time: Friday, October 9, 1:00 p.m.
Author: Reed Farrel Coleman
Title: Tower
Event Time: Saturday, October 10, 1:00 p.m.
Author: Michael Connelly
Title: Nine Dragons
Event Time: Sunday, October 18, 1:00 p.m.
Author: Joseph Kanon
Title: Stardust
Event Time: Friday, October 23, 12:00 p.m.
Author: Sue Ann Jaffarian
Title: Ghost a la Mode
Event Time: Saturday, October 24, 1:00 p.m.
Author: Libby Fischer Hellman / Keith Raffel
Title: Doubleback / Smasher
Event Time: Saturday, October 31, 11:00 a.m
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Mysterious Galaxy
San Diego, CA
Author: Joanne Fluke
Title: Plum Pudding Murder
Event Time: Saturday, October 3, 2009 2:00 p.m.
Author: Jeri Westerson
Title: Serpent in the Thorns
Event Time: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 7:00 p.m.
Author: Alexandra Sokoloff
Title: The Unseen
Event Time: Saturday, October 10, 2009 2:00 p.m.
Author: Barbara Hamilton
Title: The Ninth Daughter
Event Time: Sunday, October 11, 2009 2:00 p.m.
Author: Skoot Larson
Title: The Dig You Later, Alligator Blues
Event Time: Monday, October 19, 2009 7:00 p.m.
Author: Stephen Jay Schwartz
Title: Boulevard
Event Time: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:00 p.m.
Author: Michael Connelly
Title: Nine Dragons
Event Time: Saturday, October 24, 2009 12:00 p.m.
Author: Carola Dunn
Title: Sheer Folly
Event Time: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:00 p.m.
Author: John Connolly
Title: The Gates
Event Time: Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:00 p.m.
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Mystery Bookstore
Los Angeles, CA
Author: Clare O'Donohue
Title: A Drunkard's Path
Event Time: Saturday, October 10 at 1:00 p.m.
Author: Reed Farrrel Coleman
Title: Tower
Event Time: Saturday, October 10 at 5:00 p.m.
Author: Sue Ann Jaffarian
Title: Various
Event Time: Tuesday, October 20 at 6:30 p.m. (off-site)
Author: Susan Kandel, Charlie Huston, James Ellroy, Michael Connelly
Title: Various
Event Time: Saturday, October 24, noon to 7pm
Author: Libby Fischer Hellman and Keith Raffel
Title: Doubleback / Smasher
Event Time: Friday, October 30 at 5:00 p.m. (off-site)
Author: Libby Fischer Hellman / Keith Raffel
Title: Doubleback / Smasher
Event Time: Saturday, October 31 at 1:30 p.m.
Author: John Connolly
Title: The Gates
Event Time: Saturday, October 31 at 3:00 p.m.
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Mystery Company
Carmel, IN
Author: Larry D. Sweazy
Title: The Rattlesnake Season
Event Time: Tuesday, October 6, 7:00 pm
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Mystery Lovers Bookshop
Oakmond, PA
Author: Charles J. LeBeau
Title: Collision of Evil
Event Time: Saturday, October 10, Coffee & Crime breakfast, starting at 10:00 a.m.
Author: Charles & Caroline Todd, Robin Hathaway and Elaine Santangelo
Title: Various
Event Time: Monday October 12, Dinner, Talk and Signing, starting at 6:00 p.m
Author: Elizabeth Zelvin
Title: Death Will Help You Leave Him
Event Time: Saturday, October 24, Coffee & Crime breakfast, starting at 10:00 a.m.
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Mystery on Main Street
Brattleboro, VT
Author: Don Bredes
Title: The Errand Boy
Event Time: Saturday, October 3rd, 12:15 p.m.
Author: Peter Abrahams
Title: Dog On It
Event Time: Saturday, October 3, 5:45-6:45 p.m.
Author: Joseph A. Citro and Stephen R. Bissette
Title: The Vermont Monster Guide
Event Time: Sunday, October 4, 1:00 p.m.
Author: Archer Mayor
Title: The Price of Malice
Event Time: Friday, October 9, 7:00 p.m.
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Once Upon a Crime Books
Minneapolis, MN
Author: Reed Farrel Coleman
Title: Tower
Event Time: Tuesday October 6 - 7:00 p.m
Author: Laura Childs
Title: Tragic Magic
Event Time: Saturday, October 10 - 12:00-2:00 p.m
Author: Vince Flynn
Title: Pursuit of Honor
Event Time: Thursday, October 15 - 7:00 p.m
Author: Monica Ferris
Title: Blackwork
Event Time: Wednesday, October 21 - 7:00 p.m
Author: Michael Connelly
Title: Nine Dragons
Event Time: Sunday, October 25 - 2:00 p.m
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Partners & Crime
Greenwich, NY
Author: Sharon Potts
Title: In Their Blood
Event Time: Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 7:00 p.m
Author: Charles Todd
Title: A Duty to the Dead
Event Time: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 7:00 p.m
Author: Stuart Neville
Title: The Ghosts of Belfast
Event Time: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 7:00 p.m
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Poisoned Pen
Scottsdale, AZ
Author: Diana Gabaldon, James Sallis, Jon Talton, Stella Pope-Duarte & others
Title: Phoenix Noir Book Launch
Event Time: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 6:00 p.m
Author: Alan Jacobson
Title: Crush
Event Time: Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 7:00 p.m
Author: F. Paul Wilson / Stephen Jay Schwartz
Title: Ground Zero / Boulevard
Event Time: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 7:00 p.m
Author: Deborah Crombie / Stephanie Barron
Title: Necessary as Blood / The White Garden
Event Time: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 7:00 p.m
Author: Sarah Langan, Alex Sokoloff, Sarah Pinborough, & Rhodi Hawk
Title: Various
Event Time: Friday, October 9, 2009, 7:00 p.m
Author: Joanne Fluke
Title: Plum Pudding Murder
Event Time: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 2:00 p.m
Author: Michael Connelly / Reed Farrel Coleman
Title: 9 Dragons / The Tower
Event Time: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 12:00 p.m
Author: Joseph Kanon
Title: Stardust
Event Time: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 7:00 p.m
Author: Brent Ghelfi
Title: The Venona Cable
Event Time: Sunday, October 18, 2009, 2:00 p.m
Author: James Allis
Title: Various
Event Time: Sunday, October 18, 2009, 2:00 p.m
Author: James R. Benn / Stuart Neville / Peter Lovesey
Title: Evil for Evil / Ghosts of Belfast / Skeleton Hill
Event Time: Monday, October 19, 2009, 7:00 p.m
Author: Hannah Sophie
Title: Little Face, Hurting Distance and The Point of Rescue
Event Time: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 7:00 p.m
Author: Kris Neri
Title: High Crimes on the Magical Plane
Event Time: Friday, October 23, 2009, 7:00 p.m
Author: Libby Fischer Hellman
Title: Doubleback
Event Time: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 7:00 p.m
Author: John Connolly
Title: The Gates
Event Time: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 7:00 p.m
Author: Rachel Brady
Title: Final Approach
Event Time: Friday, October 30, 2009, 7:00 p.m
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Seattle Mystery Bookshop
Seattle, WA
Author: Sara Paretsky
Title: Hardball
Event Time: Friday, October 2, noon
Author: James Ellroy
Title: Blood's a Rover
Event Time: Friday, October 9, noon
Author: Alan Jacobson
Title: Crush
Event Time: Saturday, October 10, noon
Author: T.A. Perry
Title: Trilogy in Blue: From the Ashes
Event Time: Saturday, October 17, noon
Author: Jess Walter
Title: The Financial Lives of the Poets
Event Time: Thursday, October, 29, noon
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Uncle Edgar's Mystery Bookstore
Minneapolis, MN
Author: Monica Ferris
Title: Blackwork
Event Time: Saturday, October 31, 1-2:00 p.m
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Vrooman's
Pasadena, CA
Author: Jeri Westerson
Title: Serpent in the Thorns
Event Time: Saturday, October 3, 2009 - 5:00 p.m
Author: Steve Hodel & Ralph Pezzullo
Title: Most Evil
Event Time: Friday, October 09, 2009 - 7:00 p.m
Author: Michael Connelly
Title: Nine Dragons
Event Time: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 7:00 p.m
Author: James Ellroy
Title: Blood's a Rover
Event Time: Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 7:00 p.m
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