It's time for the latest monthly roundup of author events at mystery book stores around the U.S. and Canada, including bestsellers Elizabeth George, Charlaine Harris, and Peter Lovesey, among many other wonderful authors. 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. Be sure and check the web site links for all the book and event details, noting that schedules are always subject to change.
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Aunt Agatha's
Ann Arbor, MI
Authors: Sharan Newman / Alan Gordon
Title: The Shanghai Tunnel / The Moneylender of Toulouse
Event Time: Sunday, May 11 at 2 p.m.
Author: Jane Cleland
Title: Antiques to Die For
Event Time: Monday, May 19, at 7 p.m.
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Booked for Murder
Madison, WI
Author: Carl Brookins / Jenifer LeClair
Title: TBA
Event Time: Saturday, May 10 at 2:00 PM
Author: Neil Smith
Title: TBA
Event Time: Monday, May 12
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Cheesecake and Crime
Henderson, NV
Author: Peggy Swager
Title: Murder Was A Stranger
Event Time: Saturday, May 3, at 4:00 PM
Author: Jessica Swan
Title: Dear Isabelle
Event Time: Friday, May 9, at 4:00 PM
Authors: Pablo Medina, Christine McKellar & Jarrett Keene
Title: Las Vegas Noir
Event Time: Saturday, May 24, at 3:00 PM
Author: Libby Fischer Hellmann
Title: Easy Innocence
Event Time: Wednesday, May 28, at 6:00 PM
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Foul Play Books
Westerville, OH
Author: Mary Rita Marker
Title: Murder, Murder
Event Time: Wednesday, May 14, at 6:00 PM
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M is for Mystery
San Mateo, CA
Author: Peter Lovesey
Title: The Headhunters: An Inspector Hen Mallin Investigation
Event Time: Friday, May 2 at 7:00 PM
Author: Claire M. Johnson
Title: Roux Morgue
Event Time: Saturday, May 3 at 2:00 PM
Author: Louise Erdrich
Title: The Plague of Doves
Event Time: Tuesday, May 6, drop-by
Author: Jane Cleland
Title: Antiques to Die For
Event Time: Tuesday, May 6th at 7:00 PM
Author: Steven Saylor
Title: The Triumph of Caesar
Event Time: Tuesday, May 13th at 7:00 PM
Author: Elizabeth George
Title: Careless in Red
Event Time: Monday, May 19 at 7:00 PM
Authors: Jess Lovery / Dana Fredsti
Title: August Moon / Murder for Hire: The Peruvian Pigeon
Event Time: Wednesday, May 21 at 7:00 PM
Author: Sheldon Siegel
Title: Judgment Day
Event Time: Thursday, May 22 at 7:00 PM
Author: Michael Sims
Title: Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Thief
Event Time: Sunday, May 25 at 2:00 PM
Author: John Straley
Title: The Big Both Ways
Event Time: Tuesday, May 27th at 7:00 PM
Author: David Benioff
Title: City of Thieves
Event Time: Friday, May 30th, drop-by
Author: Steve Martini
Title: Shadow of Power
Event Time: Friday, May 30th at 7:00 PM
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Murder by the Book
Denver, CO
Author: C.J. Box
Title: Blood Trail
Event Time: Thursday, May 22, at 5:00 P.M.
Author: Craig Johnson
Title: Another Man's Moccasins
Event Time: Saturday, May 31 at 12:30 P.M.
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Murder by the Book
Houston, TX
Author: Peter Lovesey
Title: The Headhunters
Event Time: Thursday, May 1, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Hannah Dennison
Titles: A Vicky Hill Exclusive!
Event Time: Saturday, May 3, 4:30 p.m.
Author: Charlaine Harris
Title: From Dead to Worse
Event Time: Tuesday, May 6, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Raymond Benson
Title: A Hard Day's Death
Event Time: Thursday, May 8, 6:30 p.m.
Authors: Baron Birtcher / Jack Getze
Title: Angels Fall / Big Money
Event Time: Saturday, May 10, 4:30 p.m.
Author: Ben Rehder
Title: Holy Moly
Event Time: Thursday, May 15, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Rick Riordan
Title: Battle of the Labyrinth
Event Time: Saturday, May 17, 3:00 p.m.
Author: C. J. Box
Title: Blood Trail
Event Time: Tuesday, May 20, 6:30 p.m.
Author: Karen Hanson Stuyck
Title: A Novel Way to Die
Event Time: Thursday, May 22, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Author: John Sandford
Title: Phantom Prey
Event Time: Friday, May 23, 6:00 p.m.
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Murder by the Book
Portland, OR
Author: John Straley
Title: The Big Both Ways
Event Time: Friday, May 16 at 6:30 P.M.
Author: Greg Mandel
Title: High Hat
Event Time: Tuesday, May 20, 6:30 P.M.
Author: Steven Saylor
Title: The Triumph of Caesar
Event Time: Thursday May 22, 7:30 P.M. (off-site)
Authors: Jess Lourey / Dana Fredsti
Title: August Moon / The Peruvian Pigeon
Event Time: Saturday, May 24, 11 A.M.
Author: Jo Dereske
Title: Index to Murder
Event Time: Sunday May 25 at 5 P.M.
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Murder on the Beach
Delray Beach, FL
Author: Elizabeth Zelvin
Title: Death Will Get You Sober
Event Time: Friday, May 9 at 7 pm
Author: Karen Rose
Title: Scream for Me
Event Time: Wednesday, May 14 at 7 pm
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Mysteries to Die For
Thousand Oaks, CA
Author: Steven Sidor
Title: The Mirror’S Edge
Event Time: Friday, May 2, 1:00 p.m.
Author: Robert K. Tanenbaum
Title: Escape
Event Time: Saturday, May 3, 1:00 p.m.
Author: John Shannon
Title: The Devils of Bakersfield
Event Time: Saturday, May 10, 1:00 p.m.
Author: John Sandford
Title: Phantom Prey
Event Time: Tuesday, May 20, 7:00 p.m.
Author: Sheldon Siegel
Title: Judgment Day
Event Time: Friday, May 23, 1:00 p.m.
Author: Thomas Perry
Title: Fidelity
Event Time: Saturday, May 24, 1:00 p.m.
Authors: Elizabeth Sims / Julie Compton
Title: The Actress / Tell No Lies
Event Time: Saturday, May 31, 1:00 p.m
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Mysterious Bookshop
New York, NY
Author: Tom Coffey
Title: Blood Alley
Event Time: Thursday, May 8th, 6:30
Author: Alan Gordon
Title: The Moneylender of Toulouse
Event Time: Thursday, May 15th
Author: Robert Tanenbaum
Title: Escape
Event Time: Monday, May 19th
Author: Duane Swierczynski
Title: Severance Package
Event Time: Thursday, May 29th
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Mysterious Galaxy
San Diego, CA
Author: Hannah Dennison
Title: A Vicky Hill Exclusive!
Event Time: Thursday, May 8, at 3:00 p.m.
Author: Jeff Mariotte
Title: Supernatural: Witch's Canyon
Event Time: Saturday, May 10, at 10:30 a.m.
Author: Charlaine Harris
Title: From Dead to Worse
Event Time: Saturday, May 10, at 1:00 p.m.
Author: Robert Tanenbaum
Title: Escape
Event Time: Saturday, May 10, at 2:00 p.m.
Author: Caitlin Rother
Title: Twisted Triangle
Event Time: Saturday, May 17, at 2:00 p.m.
Author: Sheila Lowe
Title: Poison Pen
Event Time: Monday, May 19, at 6:00 p.m.
Author: John Sandford
Title: Phantom Prey
Event Time: Wednesday, May 21, at 7:00 p.m.
Author: Elizabeth George
Title: Careless in Red
Event Time: Saturday, May 31, at 2:00 p.m.
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Mystery Bookstore
Los Angeles, CA
Author: Robert Tanenbaum
Title: Escape
Event Time: Saturday, May 3 at 5:00 p.m.
Author: John Sandford
Title: Phantom Prey
Event Time: Monday, May 19 at 7pm
Author: John Straley
Title: The Big Both Ways
Event Time: Wednesday, May 28 at 7:00 p.m.
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Mystery Company
Carmel, IN
Author: Alan Gordon
Title: The Moneylender of Tolouse
Event Time: Monday, May 12, 7 pm
Author: Jane K. Cleland
Title: Antiques to Die For
Event Time: Saturday, May 17, 2 pm
Author: Jeff Stone
Title: Eagle
Event Time: Sunday, May 18, 2 pm
Author: Barbara Fister
Title: In the Wind
Event Time: Thursday, May 29, 7 pm
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Mystery Lovers Bookshop
Oakmond, PA
Author: Charlaine Harris
Title: From Dead to Worse
Event Time: Saturday, May 17, 2008, 10:30 for talk and signing.
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Mystery Loves Company
Baltimore and Oxford, MD
Author: David Ignatius
Title: Body Of Lies
Event Time: May 13, 2008, 6:30pm - 9:00pm (Lecture, signing, and dinner)
Authors: Elizabeth Zelvin / Bill Rapp Elizabeth
Title: Death Will Get You Sober / A Pale Rain
Event Time: May 17, 1:00 -3:00 pm
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Once Upon a Crime Books
Minneappolis, MN
Author: John Sandford
Title: Phantom Prey
Event Time: Thursday, May 8 - 7:00
Author: Anthony Neil Smith
Title: Yellow Medicine
Event Time: Saturday, May 10 - 12:00-2:00
Author: Robert Alexander
Title: The Romanov Bride
Event Time: Monday, May 12 - 7:00
Author: David Housewright
Title: Madman on A Drum
Event Time: Thursday, May 15 - 7:00
Author: Kathleen Hills
Title: The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies
Event Time: Saturday, May 17 - 12:00-2:00
Authors: Terri Persons
Title: Blind Rage
Event Time: Tuesday, May 20 - 7:00
Author: C. J. Box
Title: Blood Trail
Event Time: Tuesday, May 27 - 7:00
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Poisoned Pen
Scottsdale, AZ
Authors: Hannah Dennison / Carolyn G. Hart
Title: A Vicki Hill Exclusive! / Death Walked In
Event Time: May 1, at 7:00 pm
Author: Earlene Fowler
Title: Tumbling Blocks
Event Time: May 3, at 2:30 pm
Author: Baron Birtcher
Title: Angels Fall
Event Time: May 3, 3:00 pm
Author: Elizabeth Zelvin
Title: Death Will Get You Sober
Event Time: May 5, 7:00 pm
Author: Michael Norman
Title: Silent Witness
Event Time: May 7, at 7:00 pm
Author: Martha Egan
Title: Coyota
Event Time: May 7, at 7:00 pm
Author: Jane Cleland
Title: Antiques to Die For
Event Time: May 8, at 2:00 pm
Author: Charlaine Harris
Title: From Dead to Worse
Event Time: May 9, at 7:00 pm
Author: Robert K. Tanenbaum
Title: Escape
Event Time: May 13, at 7:00 pm
Author: Steven Saylor
Title: The Triumph of Caesar
Event Time: May 14, at 7:00 pm
Authors: John Shannon / Dominic Stansberry
Title: The Devils of Bakersfield / Ancient Rain
Event Time: May 15, at 7:00 pm
Author: Claire Johnson
Title: Roux Morgue
Event Time: May 18, at 2:00 pm
Authors: Sheldon Siegel / Thomas Perry
Title: Judgment Day / Fidelity
Event Time: May 20, at 7:00 pm
Author: C J Box
Title: Blood Trail
Event Time: May 21, at 7:00 pm
Author: John Sandford
Title: Phantom Prey
Event Time: May 22, at 7:00 pm
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Prime Crime Books
Ottawa
Author: Vicki Delany
Title: In the Shadow of the Glacier
Event Time: Saturday, May 10, at 1:00 p.m.
Authors: R.J. Harlick / Mary Jane Maffini
Title: The River Runs Orange /The Cluttered Corpse
Event Time: Monday, MAY 12, at 7p.m.
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Seattle Mystery Bookshop
Seattle, WA
Author: Jo Dereske
Title: Index to Murder
Event Time: Saturday, May 3, noon
Author: Sue Henry
Title: Degrees of Separation
Event Time: Monday, May 5, noon
Author: Marc Acito
Title: Attack of the Theatre People
Event Time: Tuesday, May 6, drop-by
Author: Elizabeth George
Title: Careless in Red
Event Time: Tue, May 6, 7 p.m.
Author: Dominic Stansberry
Title: The Ancient Rain
Event Time: Thursday, May 8, noon
Authors: Allen Wyler
Title: Deadly Errors
Event Time: Sat, May 10, noon
Author: John Straley
Title: The Big Both Ways
Event Time: Saturday, May 17th, noon
Author: Steve Martini
Title: Shadow of Power
Event Time: Tuesday, May 27, noon
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Uncle Edgar's Mystery Bookstore
Minneapolis, MN
Author: Lois McMaster Bujold
Title: TBA
Event Time: May 3, at 1:00
Author: Tate Hallaway
Title: TBA
Event Time: May 10, at 1:00
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