It's time for the latest monthly roundup of author events at mystery book stores around the U.S. and Canada. If you live near one of the stores, be sure and catch these opportunities during the month to meet a new or favorite mystery author and buy a book to be signed. You can check the web site links for all the book and event details (noting that schedules are always subject to change).
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Book Carnival
Orange, CA
Author: Robert S. Levinson
Title: In The Key Of Blood
Event Time: Sunday, April 13, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Author: Ken Kuhlken
Title: The Vagabond Virgins
Event Time: Saturday, April 19, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Author: Baron R. Birtcher
Title: Angels Fall
Event Time: Saturday, April 19, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
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Book 'Em
South Pasadena, CA
Venue: Bookstore
Author: Sharan Newman
Title: The Shanghai Tunnel
Event Time: Tuesday April 15, 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Los Angeles Times Festival Books Month Booth
Event Time: Sat. April 26
10 a.m. Margaret Grace & Rita Lakin
11 a.m. Robert Greer & Eric Stone
12 Noon Hailey Lind
1 p.m. Cynthia Baxter & Deborah Atkinson
2 p.m. Dan Fesperman and Louise Ure
3 p.m. Cara Black & Libby Hillman
4 p.m. John Shannon
Venue: Los Angeles Times Festival Books Month Booth
Event Time: Sun Apr. 27
10 a.m. Peter Robinson & Michael Connelly
11 a.m. Mark Coggins & Baron Bircher
12 Noon Joanne Fluke & Laura Levine
1 p.m. TBA
2 p.m. Naomi Hirahara & Cara Black
3 p.m. TBA
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Booked for Murder
Madison, WI
Authors: Cara Black / Libby Hellman
Title: Murder in Rue de Paradis / Easy Innocence
Event Time: April 5, 2008 @ 12pm
Author: Steve Sidor
Title: The Mirror’s Edge
Event Time: April 27, 2008 @ 2pm
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Centuries and Sleuths
Forest Park, IL
Author: Raymond Benson
Title: A Hard Day's Death (A Spike Berenger Rock'n'Roll Hit)
Event Time: Sunday, April 6, 2:00 p.m.
Author: Michael Stanley
Title: A Carrion Death
Event Time: Friday, April 11, 7:00 p.m.
Author: Michael Black
Title: Random Victim
Event Time: Saturday, April 12, 12:00 p.m.
Author: Alex Matthews
Title: Murder's Madness
Event Time: Sunday, April 13, 2:00 p.m.
Authors: Libby Fischer Hellmann / Michael Allen Dymmoch
Title: Easy Innocence / M.I.A.
Event Time: Sunday, April 20, 2:00 p.m.
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Cheesecake and Crime
Henderson, NV
Author: Lander Marks
Title: Artist's Proof
Event Time: Sun Apr 20, 2:00 PM
Author: Rebecca Randolph Buckley
Title: Midnight at the Eiffel
Event Time: Fri Apr 25, 5:00 PM
Authors: Various authors from the Police Writer's Association, group signing
Title: TBA
Event Time: Sun Apr 27, 3:00 PM
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Foul Play Books
Westerville, OH
Authors: Libby Hellman / Cara Black
Title: Murder in Rue de Paradis / Easy Innocence
Event Time: Wednesday, April 2, 6:00 p.m.
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M is for Mystery
San Mateo, CA
Author: Christopher Rice
Title: Blind Fall
Event Time: Friday, April 4, 7:00 PM
Author: Lisa Lutz
Title: Curse of the Spellmans
Event Time: Tuesday, April 8, 7:00 PM
Author: Jerry Kennealy
Title: Still Shot
Event Time: Saturday, April 12, 2:00 PM
Author: Jhumpa Lahiri
Title: Unaccustomed Earth
Event Time: Tuesday, April 15, drop-by
Author: Domenic Stansberry
Title: Ancient Rain
Event Time: Thursday, April 17th, 7:00 PM
Author: Baron Birtcher
Title: Angels Fall
Event Time: Friday, April 18th, 12 Noon
Author: Anne Perry
Title: Buckingham Palace Gardens
Event Time: Saturday, April 19, drop-by
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Title: Miracle at Speedy Motors
Event Time: Tuesday, April 22, 3:00 PM
Author: Jack O'Connell
Title: The Resurrectionist
Event Time: Sunday, Aril 27, at 2:00 PM
Author: Libby Fischer Hellmann
Title: Easy Innocence
Event Time: Tuesday, April 29, 7:00 PM
Author: Steven Sidor
Title: Mirror's Edge
Event Time: Wednesday, April 30, at 7:00 PM
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Murder by the Book
Denver, CO
Author: Nevada Barr
Title: Winter Study
Event Time: Tuesday, April 08, time TBA
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Murder by the Book
Houston, TX
Author: Nevada Barr
Title: Winter Study
Event Time: Thursday, April 3, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Jim Butcher
Titles: Small Favor
Event Time: Monday, April 7, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Scott Sigler
Title: Infected
Event Time: Friday, April 11, 6:00 p.m.
Author: Bev Vincent
Title: The Blue Religion: New Stories about Cops, Criminals & the Chase
Event Time: Saturday, April 12, 2:00 p.m.
Author: Ace Atkins
Title: Wicked City
Event Time: Saturday, April 12, 5:00 p.m.
Author: Jesse Kellerman
Title: The Genius
Event Time: Sunday, April 13, 3:00 p.m.
Author: Ridley Pearson
Title: Steel Trapp: The Challenge
Event Time: Monday, April 14, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Anne Perry
Title: Buckingham Palace Gardens (lunch at noon, later signing)
Event Time: Wednesday, April 16, 12 noon and 6:30 p.m.
Author: Jane Cleland
Title: Antiques to Die For
Event Time: Friday, April 18, 6:00 p.m.
Author: Jordan Dane
Title: No One Heard Her Scream
Event Time: Saturday, April 19, 4:30 p.m.
Author: Jennifer Chiaverini
Title: The Winding Ways Quilt
Event Time: Tuesday, April 22, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Harlan Coben
Title: Hold Tight
Event Time: Friday, April 25, 6:00 p.m.
Author: Susan Wittig Albert
Title: Nightshade
Event Time: Saturday, April 26, 5:00 p.m.
Author: Dan Fesperman
Title: An Ameteur Spy
Event Time: Wednesday, April 30, 6:30 p.m.
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Murder on the Beach
Delray Beach, FL
Author: Andrew Gross
Title: The Dark Tide
Event Time: Friday, April 4, at 7 pm
Author: Michael Haskins
Title: Chasin' the Wind
Event Time: Thursday, April 10, 7 pm
Author: Adam-Troy Castro
Title: Emissaries from the Dead
Event Time: Saturday, April 12, 5 pm
Author: James Sheehan
Title: The Law of Second Chances
Event Time: Wednesday, April 16, 7 pm
Author: Neil Plakcy
Title: Mahu Fire
Event Time: Friday, April 18, 7pm
Author: Don Bruns
Title: St. Barts Breakdown
Event Time: Friday, April 25, 7pm
Author: Jesse Kellerman
Title: The Genius
Event Time: Monday, April 28, 7pm
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Mysteries to Die For
Thousand Oaks, CA
Author: Hannah Dennison
Title: A Vicky Hill Exclusive
Event Time: Saturday, April 12, 1:00 p.m.
Author: Sharan Newman
Title: The Shanghai Tunnel
Event Time: Wednesday, April 16, 7:00 p.m.
Author: Robert S. Levinson
Title: In The Key of Death
Event Time: Saturday, April 19, 12:00 p.m.
Author: Baron R. Bircher
Title: Angels Fall
Event Time: Saturday, April 19, 2:00 p.m.
Author: Libby Fischer Hellman
Title: Easy Innocence
Event Time: Thursday, April 24, 1:00 p.m.
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Mysterious Bookshop
New York, NY
Author: Seth Harwood
Title: Jack Wakes Up
Event Time: Tuesday, April 1st, 6:30-8 pm
Author: Elizabeth Zelvin
Title: Death Will Get You Sober
Event Time: Tuesday, April 15th, 7:00-8:30 pm
Author: Michael Stanley
Title: A Carrion Death
Event Time: Thursday, April 17th, 7-8:30 pm
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Mysterious Galaxy
San Diego, CA
Author: Jim Butcher
Title: Small Favor
Event Time: Saturday, April 5, 2:00 p.m.
Author: Robert Levinson
Title: In the Key of Death
Event Time: Saturday, April 12, 2:00 p.m.
Author: Sharan Newman
Title: The Shanghai Tunnel
Event Time: Sunday, April 13, 2:00 p.m.
Author: Peter F. Hamilton
Title: The Dreaming Void
Event Time: Monday, April 14, 7:00 p.m.
Author: Thomas Greanias
Title: The Atlantis Prophecy
Event Time: Friday, April 18, 7:00 p.m.
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Title: Carlsbad Reads Together 2008 Program (see store link for more details)
Event Time: Thursday, April 24, 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Los Angeles Times Festival Books Month Booth
Event Time: Saturday April 26, and Sunday, April 27, 10am and following
Authors: Mario Acevedo, Kevin J. Anderson, Sandi Ault, Harlan Coben, Michael Connelly, Kate Elliott, Raymond E. Feist, Joanne Fluke, Eli Gottlieb, Margaret Grace, Lauren Groff, Charlie Huston, Ken Kuhlken, Laura Levine, Hailey Lind, Rebecca Moesta, Walter Mosley, T. Jefferson Parker, Mary Pearson, Michael Reisman, Peter Robinson, John Shannon, Susan Arnout Smith, Michael Spradlin, Domenic Stansberry, Louise Ure, Joseph Wambaugh, Melinda Wells, Wil Wheaton, and Stuart Woods and more.
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Mystery Bookstore
Los Angeles, CA
Author: Jesse Kellerman
Title: The Genius
Event Time: Thursday, April 10, drop-by
Author: Linda O. Johnston
Title: MWA Writer's Workshop
Event Time: Thursday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m.
Author: Cassandra Clare
Title: discusses and signs her young adult novel, City of Ashes
Event Time: Saturday, April 12 at 11:00 a.m.
Author: Robert S. Levinson
Title: In The Key of Dead
Event Time: Sunday, April 13 at 4:00 p.m.
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Mystery Company
Carmel, IN
Author: Steven Sidor
Title: The Mirror's Edge
Event Time: Monday, April 21, 7 pm
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Mystery Lovers Bookshop
Oakmond, PA
Author: Laura Lippman
Title: Talk and Signing for Another Thing to Fall
Event Time: Friday, April 4, 2008, 7 pm
Author: Lisa Tucker
Title: Coffee & Crime breakfast for novel, The Cure for Modern Life
Event Time: Saturday, April 12, 10 am
Author: Anne Perry
Title: Buckingham Palace Gardens
Event Time: Sunday April 13, 1pm
Event Title: Festival of Mystery
Authors: Various, from Donna Andrews to Elizabeth Zelvin -- check site for details
Event Time: Monday, April 28
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Mystery One
Miwaukee, WI
Author: Steven Sidor
Title: The Mirror's Edge
Event Time: Thursday, April 4, 7 pm
Author: Libby Fischer Helllman / Cara Black
Title: Murder in Rue de Paradis / Easy Innocence
Event Time: Saturday, April 5, 10 am
Author: Michael Stanley (the writing team of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip)
Title: A Carrion Death
Event Time: Saturday, April 12, 11 am
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Once Upon a Crime Books
Minneappolis, MN
Author: Michael Stanley (the writing team of Michael Sears & Stanley Trollip)
Title: A Carrion Death
Event Time: Tuesday, April 1, 7:00
Author: Jenifer LeClair
Title: Rigged for Murder
Event Time: Saturday, April 5, 12:00
Author: Chuck Logan
Title: South of Shiloh
Event Time: Monday, April 7, 7:00
Author: Sujata Massey
Title: Shimura Trouble
Event Time: Wednesday, April 16, 7:00
Author: Susan Runholt
Title: The Mystery of the Third Lucretia
Event Time: Friday, April 18, 7:00
Author: Gerald Anderson
Title: Murder Under the Loon
Event Time: Saturday, April 19, 12:00-2:00
Author: Steven Sidor
Title: The Mirror’s Edge
Event Time: Saturday, April 26, 12:00-2:00
Author: Barbara Fister
Title: In the Wind
Event Time: Tuesday, April 29, 7:00
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Poisoned Pen
Scottsdale, AZ
Authors: Brian Freeman / John McEvoy
Title: Signing Stalked / Close Call
Event Time: Wednesday, April 2, 7:00 pm
Author: Susan Cummins Miller
Title: Hoodoo
Event Time: Friday, April 4, 6:30 pm
Author: Nevada Barr
Title: Winter Study
Event Time: Friday, April 4, 7:00 pm
Author: Christopher Rice
Title: Blind Fall
Event Time: Saturday, April 5 2:00 pm at
Authors: CJ Lyons /Jason Pinter
Title: Lifelines / Guilty
Event Time: Sunday, April 6, from 1:00 pm
Author: Stella Pope Duarte
Title: If I Die in Juarez
Event Time: Tuesday, April 8, from 07:00 pm
Author: Kate Mosse
Title: Sepulchre
Event Time: Wednesday, April 9, from 07:00 pm
Author: Ace Atkins
Title: Wicked City
Event Time: Friday, April 11, from 07:00 pm
Author: Jesse Kellerman
Title: The Genius
Event Time: Thursday, April 17, from 07:00 pm
Author: Anne Perry (Peoria Public Library)
Title: Buckingham Palace Gardens
Event Time: Monday, April 21, from 02:30 pm to 03:30 pm
Author: Mario Acevedo
Title: The Undead Kama Sutra
Event Time: Tuesday, April 22, from 07:00 pm
Author: Stuart Woods
Title: Santa Fe Dead
Event Time: Thursday, April 24, from 06:00 pm
Author: Peter Robinson
Title: Friend of the Devil
Event Time: Thursday, April 24, from 07:00 pm
Author: Hakan Nesser
Title: Borkmann's Point and the sequel, The Return
Event Time: Friday, April 25, from 02:00 pm
Author: Lisa Jackson
Title: Lost Souls
Event Time: Friday, April 25, from 07:00 pm
Author: Charlie Stella
Title: Mafiya
Event Time: Saturday, April 26, from 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm
Author: Ridley Pearson
Title: Steel Trapp: The Challenge, the start of an adventure for kids
Event Time: Saturday, April 26, from 2:00 pm
Author: Dan Fesperman
Title: Amateur Spy
Event Time: Tuesday, April 29, from 7:00 pm
Author: Peter Lovesey
Title: The Headhunters
Event Time: Wednesday, Apr 30, from 7:00 pm
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Prime Crime Books
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Author: William Deverell
Title: Kill All the Judges
Event Time: Thursday, April 3, 7:30 p.m.
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Seattle Mystery Bookshop
Seattle, WA
Author: Lisa Lutz
Title: Curse of the Spellmans
Event Time: Tuesday, April 1, noon
Author: Caitlin Kittredge
Title: Night Life
Event Time: Friday, April 4th, noon
Author: Michael Gruber
Title: The Forgery of Venus
Event Time: Saturday, April 5, noon
Author: Baron Birtcher
Title: Angels Fall
Event Time: Wednesday, April 9
Author: Ridley Pearson
Title: Steel Trapp: The Challenge
Event Time: Friday, April 11, mid-afternoon
Author: Pari Noskin Taichert
Title: The Socorro Blast
Event Time: Saturday, April 12, noon
Author: William Dietrich
Title: The Rosetta Key
Event Time: Wednesday, April 23, noon
Author: Gregg Olsen
Title: A Cold Dark Place
Event Time: Saturday, April 26, noon
Author: Jayne Ann Krentz writing as Amanda Quick
Title: The Third Circle
Event Time: Tuesday, April 29, noon
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Sleuth of Baker Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Author: Lindsey Davis
Title: The historical series, Saturnalia: Marcus Didius Falco
Event Time: Tuesday April 29, 6:30 - 7:30 pm
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Well Red Coyote
Sedona, AZ
Author: Twist Phelan
Title: False Fortune
Event Time: Friday, April 4, 6 pm
Author: Mystery Author Kris Neri
Title: Discussion, "How Stories Choose their Authors: Why Writers Write What They Do"
Event Time: Friday, April 18, 6 pm