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HOLIDAY CLOSING

We’ll be closed on Friday, July 4^th to celebrate Independence Day.

BOOK GROUP

The book for July 3^rd is The King of Lies by John Hart.  On August 7^th, the group will be discussing In the Woods by Tana French..

AUTHOR EVENTS

When the body of a young Vietnamese woman is found alongside the interstate, Sheriff Walt Longmire is determined to discover the identity of the victim and is forced to confront the horrible similarities of this murder to that of his first homicide investigation as a marine in Vietnam.  With the help of his longtime friend, Cheyenne Indian Henry Standing Bear, Longmire will trace the victim’s steps and uncover disturbing links to a human trafficking ring.  This is a brilliant series and we’re so pleased to welcome its creator back to MTDF!

Our favorite minor Royal, Lady Georgie, 34^th in line for the throne, is caught up again in another madcap mystery.  The Queen has bestowed upon her the task of entertaining Bavarian Princess Hannelore in the hopes of diverting the Crown Prince’s romantic attentions away from Mrs. Simpson.  The Princess, however, speaks like a gun moll and is light-fingered to boot. Furthermore, Lady Georgie has to go incognito, moonlighting as a maid so she can afford the cost of carrying out her assignment. A series of deaths surround the Princess, and the Queen, fearful that Hannelore is the target, orders Georgie to investigate and pre-empt another war.  Extend your Independence Day holiday and come meet and greet this engaging Agatha and Anthony award winner.

A new novel by Robert Crais is always a cause for anticipation and excitement at MTDF. And a new Elvis Cole novel coupled with a personal appearance just sends the energy level rocketing off the charts. When evacuating homes in the path of a brush fire, police discover the body of Lionel Byrd, a former murder suspect, with a gun in his hand and a photo album showing seven murder victims at his feet. It appears to be an open and shut suicide but Elvis is not convinced, particularly since he was the PI hired by the defense who found the proof that set Byrd free three years ago. Cole, driven by the guilt of possibly having erred and thereby causing the death of two more women, relentlessly pursues the underlying truth wherever it may take him. Escape the summer doldrums and join us for this evening event celebrating the return of Elvis Cole and help us welcome his incomparable creator!

Key West provides the setting for this debut novel of a new series featuring journalist/sailing bum Mad Mick Murphy. Murphy and a group of bar-hopping eccentrics band together to investigate the beating death of one their members. Tom Harper’s dying words spoke of Gusanos, Cubans in exile.  Federal officials are engaged in protecting and covering up the activities of the three men guilty of the murder, forcing Mick and his friends to wreak their own justice.  Conflicting loyalties, betrayals, and possible treasonous acts embroider this fast-paced Florida action-thriller.

Freelance operator and professional “cleaner” Quinn, whom we met last year in Battle’s superlative debut, knows not to get personally involved in any of his jobs, but in this new novel, his job is different. When Quinn is called in to clean at a busy L.A. port where a dead body has been found in a shipping container, he’s shocked to find the corpse of a man who once saved his life, former CIA agent Steven Markoff. Now Quinn has to do more than clean. He has to find out why his friend died, why Markoff’s girlfriend has gone missing, and what the deception is behind her reason for vanishing. Explosive and ingenious, this novel is a triumphant follow up to The Cleaner.

Last year’s debut, VOLK’S GAME, introduced Alexi Volkovoy, a hardened veteran of the conflict in Chechnya, who works as a gun-for-hire in the service of two corrupt masters: Maxim, a psychotic Azeri kingpin and “The General”, a mystery man. In this novel, Volk’s work in Moscow, St. Petersburg and New York leads to a betrayal that causes him to push away his lover and soul mate, Valya.

Now, Volk returns in a sequel that finds him lost without Valya, becoming more and more disconnected from the violence of his actions. When he takes his rage out on the wrong man, he inadvertently gains a powerful enemy in the Kremlin and must return to blood soaked Chechnya to confront and eliminate an old nemesis. Hard boiled and gritty, these books move at break neck speed and we are thrilled to welcome their author to MTDF!

After the death of his fiancée, and being falsely accused of murder, Ty Buchanan has left the big L.A. law firm he once represented, and now offers his legal expertise to help clients that are poor and need legal aid. A mysterious woman and her six-year-old daughter are being illegally evicted from a downtown transient hotel. The hotel is represented by his old firm and former best friend. The woman soon ends up dead and Buchanan finds himself in a search for the killer and protecting a homeless orphan. It is a quest which places them both in extreme jeopardy. This exciting follow up to last year’s Try Dying will please fans of Phillip Margolin, Paul Levine, and other masters of the modern legal thriller.

Bangkok once again provides the exotic background for this sequel to A Nail Through the Heart.  Travel writer Poke Rafferty is working on his latest book, has just proposed marriage to his girlfriend Rose, and is seeking to establish a new life with her and their adopted daughter Miaow when trouble comes a-calling. A Secret Service agent accuses Rose of passing counterfeit money and Poke is abducted by a beautiful and mysterious woman and reunited with a man whose actions lead to complications which place Poke and his family in mortal danger. Publishers Weekly gave this novel a starred review. This is an intelligent and well-written thriller full of fascinating insights into another culture.

Osvanna Moore is more than just a Hollywood bombshell, horror film legend and cut-throat producer; she’s also a vampire. When those around her start dropping dead, she turns to Peter King, a cynical cop who’s seen it all. Except perhaps, that most of the agents, producers, and actors really are literal bloodsuckers. When the hunky cop and the horror queen team up to fight the undead, sparks fly and so do all the deadly creatures of the night. We’re so excited to meet the multi-talented actress and know you will be too!

When world class mountaineer and surgeon for Doctors Without Borders, Dr. Jonathan Ransom, is hiking with his beautiful wife Emma in the Swiss Alps, a blizzard sets in and Emma is killed when she falls into a crevasse. Twenty four hours later Jonathan receives a letter addressed to his wife containing two baggage claim tickets and, in the aftermath of an assault that occurs when he journeys to a remote railway station to retrieve his wife’s possessions, finds himself on the run, the subject of an international manhunt. To survive, Jonathan will have to find the truth behind the lies his wife told him and stop the terrifying conspiracy that threatens the end of the world.  Come meet the brilliant bestselling author whose electrifying and suspenseful novel may very well have redefined the term thriller!

The city is Los Angeles. The year is 1949. Lily Kessler, a former OSS agent, comes to Hollywood looking for Kitty, the sister of her dearly departed beau. Missing from her apartment, Kitty’s corpse is found in a ravine below the Hollywood sign. Lacking faith in the investigative skills of the local cops, Lily pursues her own investigation into Kitty’s background which takes her on a tour of the underbelly of post-war L. A. This latest offering from the creator of the Eve Diamond crime novels adds another strong female heroine to her resume, and will appeal to fans of California noir.

Daniel Silva is considered one of the world’s best writers of international intrigue and espionage and his hero, Gabriel Allon, one of the most intriguing of any thriller series. In this eleventh novel, the death of a journalist leads Allon to Russia where he finds that, in terms of spy craft, even he can learn something new. Moscow has changed from dark and gray to shiny and newly wealthy, but power once more resides behind the walls of the Kremlin and a new generation of Stalinists is plotting to regain glory and dominance over the U.S. Allon is on the trail of an arms dealer, Kharkov, who is about to deliver Russia’s most sophisticated weapons to al Qaeda. Unless Allon can learn the time and place of the delivery, the world will see the biggest terrorist attack since 9/11. And the clock is ticking…

Together again for the first time at MTDF, the brothers Goldberg are a breath of fresh air on a hot August afternoon and you won’t want to miss this funny duo.  In Monk’s newest hardcover adventure, he goes to Germany to find his therapist, but inadvertently sees  a man with six fingers across a crowded town square, the man who may be responsible for the death of  Monk’s wife.  And, in the debut of a new paperback series bases on the hit TV series, Burn Notice, covert spy Michael Westen is in forced seclusion in Miami and he’s a little paranoid about it. Watched by the FBI, cut off from intelligence contacts and with his assets frozen, Westen decides to find out who burned him and why. Biding his time, he helps people who have no one else to turn to, people like beautiful socialite Cricket O’Conner whose husband has disappeared, along with her fortune.

Top ATF agent Jack McClure has found a way to use his dyslexia to see the world in a different way and it’s made him stronger, able to get past the abuse he endured as a youngster. For months he’s been trying to cope with the loss of his daughter and the subsequent breakup of his marriage. Then he receives a phone call from the President-elect, Edward Carson, just weeks away from being sworn in. Carson’s daughter Ali has been kidnapped.  Because Jack’s daughter Emma was once Ali’s best friend, Carson turns to Jack to find Ali and bring her home safely. Faith, redemption, and intrigue play off each other when the investigation leads Jack to a cold and calculating man who is as dangerously brilliant as he is infinitely powerful. Full of action and suspense, this book will grab you from the very first page!

His big city journalism career in ruins, Randall Wilkes has returned after twenty years to the Tennessee town where he grew up to write the biography of his boyhood friend, ex- governor Sonny McMahan. Hours after his arrival, Randall finds Sonny’s mother murdered and within days, another member of the McMahan family is killed. Then the bones of a long dead victim emerge from the earth. Randall has ties to all the victims and he’s forced to acknowledge debts that go back decades. Drawing upon his investigative skills and his roots, he sets out to find the murderer. Meet the Shamus award winner whose character driven novel you are sure to enjoy.

We’re having a special Sunday signing with Joe Lansdale.  It’s no lie to say that he is our absolute favorite East Texan and we love his books too! He returns to MTDF with his newest novel, the story of Cason Statler, Gulf War veteran and Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist who returns home to Camp Rapture, Texas after a scandalous affair costs him his job in Houston. Now he’s a wreck, drinking too much, stalking his ex-girlfriend and envying the success of his brother. To get back on his feet, Cason takes a job at the local paper and when he finds his predecessor‘s notes on a cold case murder, he thinks he‘s found the thing to keep him out of trouble. He‘s wrong. The deeper he digs, the more certain he is that the crime has something to do with eerie and unexplained events that have occurred in the town. Joe Lansdale’s unique style blends suspense, humor and mystery into a country noir thriller you’ll have to read to believe! Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the Edgar winning author!

What happens when a fake psychic suddenly gets “the gift” and is accused of a murder that happens just as she predicted it would?  Marina Marks has made a career of bilking money from the innocent and naïve ever since she was a child when her junkie mother pushed her into the business.  She doesn’t believe in psychic powers and instead relies on her ability to read her clients’ moods and expressions to gain their trust.  But when she starts to see visions for the first time that predict the murder of her lover exactly as it happens, Marina becomes the prime suspect.  Come meet this San Diego author of the clever and beguiling Blind Submission.

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY

When John Glass’s billionaire father-in-law hires him to write his biography, he feels he can’t refuse.  When John’s research assistant discovers some sensitive information about his in-laws and is murdered before he can tell anyone what he knows, John is on his own to find out the young man’s secret before the murderer finds him.  This is the first stand-alone thriller from the acclaimed author of Christine Falls. (July)

At the center of this novel lies an adoption under stressed and tragic circumstances.  Willa, brought up in elegant prosperity, is now a student at the prestigious Pioneer School.  But her biological father, a failing writer and former drug addict, can’t live with himself without seeing her again.  Willa’s adoptive parents have fled a mysterious past and the two fathers are on a collision course with a villain whose ends and means slowly unfold with the help, witting and unwitting, of all around him.  (July)

William Friedrich, an ambitious professor of psychology at Yale in 1952, has stumbled upon a drug that promised happiness and that can make him a famous man.  When his experiment goes awry and a research subject commits murder, the consequences will haunt him and his family forever.  This is a tale not only of the consequences of research, but also of the complex personalities, appetites and struggles that created it.  (August)

Southern belle Sarah Booth Delaney packs up her P.I. business and sets off for Hollywood to take her shot at stardom.  No stranger to acting, she aces the screen test for a racy remake of the movie Body Heat with co-star and old beau, Graf Mileau.  Filming on location at a stunning villa in Costa Rica, Sarah Booth finds rivalries flaring, mysterious accidents occurring and herself turning up in the tabloids without starring in a single frame!  This is a delightful series!  (July)

Emerson Chang, a mild mannered bachelor, sets out for Taiwan to scatter his mother’s ashes and convey a surprising inheritance to his younger brother, Little P.  Enmeshed in the Taiwanese criminal underworld, Little P seems to be running some very shady business out of his uncle’s karaoke bar and he conceals a secret – a crime that has not only cut him off from his family, but may have annihilated his conscience.  Hoping to appease both the living and the dead, Emerson isn’t about to give up the inheritance until he uncovers Little P’s past and saves what is left of his family.  (June)

Amy Gallup is a reclusive widow whose only bright spot is the writing class that she teaches at the university extension.  This semester’s class appears full of the usual suspects – the overly enthusiastic student, the slacker, the prankster and the undiscovered talent.  But there’s something different about this class and the clues begin with a scary phone call and obscene threats.  Amy realizes that one of her students is a very sick puppy and when a student is murdered, everyone becomes a suspect.  Enjoy this darkly comic novel about a writing group with a killer in their midst.  (June)

SIGNED BOOKS

P. I. Carlotta Carlyle finds herself trying to figure out what her fiancé, Sam Gianelli, has done to earn himself a secret indictment for murder that’s keeping him out of the country.  And Sam won’t tell her anything and certainly hasn’t asked for her help.  Her old friend, Boston homicide chief Mooney, isn’t telling her anything either.  And her lastest case has turned sour – a nervous bride hired her to confirm that her fiancé was faithful the weekend before the wedding.  When the bride-to-be ends up murdered and it turns out she gave Carlotta a false name and knew of Carlotta’s relationship with Sam, Carlotta knows she must get to the bottom of the woman’s death and Sam’s connection.  (August)

It’s a simple job – fly to Des Moines, identify the target and eliminate the target.  But something just doesn’t feel right to John Keller, hit man extraordinaire.  When the governor of Ohio, on a visit to Iowa, is shot, it seems Keller in the main suspect.  With every cop on the lookout, Keller needs help getting out of town.  The only person he can count on, his handler Dot, has ominously become incommunicado.  Has our favorite seemingly indestructible pro reached the end of the road?  (July)

This 17^th novel in the Dave Robicheaux series is highlighted by a change in locale. In the wake of the Katrina disaster, Robicheaux and his former partner Clete Purcel are seeking some much need R&R.  First Clete has a run in with two of millionire Paul Wellstone’s security men while fishing on Wellstone’s property. Clete recognizes one of them as an employee of a deceased mobster. Shortly thereafter, the bodies of a University of Montana coed and her boyfriend are discovered near the cabins where Robicheaux and Clete are staying at the invitation of novelist Albert Hollister. Despite their best intentions they get drawn into trouble once more. Poetic prose, riveting psychological insight, and fluid storytelling are the hallmarks of Burke’s prodigious literary talents. Reserve your copy now, because this one will be in high demand. (July)

Things have been looking up for Lizzie Nichols and she’s on cloud nine until her fiance’s best man declares that the wedding of Lizzie and Jean-Luc is a bad idea, her maid of honor concurs, her oh-so-proper French in-laws are trying to lure their son back to France and investment banking, and Lizzie herself is starting to wonder if her Prince Charming is as fabulous as she once thought.  Don’t miss the latest installment in this charming series! (July)

Erika Rosenthal has always been secretive about her past with her neighbor, DI Gemma James, but now she needs her help.  A unique piece of jewelry stolen from her years ago has turned up at a prestigious London auction house.  Erika believes the theft may be tied to her husband’s death which had been assumed to be suicide.  When a second, present-day murder kicks the investigation into high gear, Gemma and her partner, Duncan Kincaid, become determined to extract justice for Erika in a case that will have lasting repercussions.  (July)

Colma, California is the only incorporated city in America where the dead outnumber the living.  The longtime cemetery for San Francisco, it is also the home of Michael Mercer, a rookie cop trying to go by the book as he struggles to navigate a new realm of grown-up relationships.  But instead of settling comfortably into adult life, Mercer becomes obsessed with the mysterious fate of his predecessor, Sgt. Featherstone, who seems to have become confused about whether he was policing the living or the dead.  And as Mercer delves deeper into Featherstone’s story, it appears that Mercer’s own sanity is beginning to slip – either that, or Colma’s more famous residents are not resting in peace as they should be.  This is an irresistible and compelling debut!  (July)

A young woman who’s being harassed by a former boyfriend shoots to kill – only the guy who’s broken into her apartment and is lying dead on her floor is the wrong man.  Then an old Buick with two passengers plows through a retaining wall at the Montezuma Pass Overlook and plunges off the side of the mountain.  Was it an accident or something more sinister?  Juggling two crimes, a baby and her own fatigue, Sheriff Joanna Brady will go all out to find the truth no matter where it leads.  (August)

Billionaire heiress Genoa Greeves has used her wealth and influence to pressure the LAPD into investigating the 15-year-old murder of her favorite teacher.  Within 12 hours of Lt. Peter Decker contacting one of the original detectives on the case, he learns of the retired detective’s suicide.  As his doubts increase about the original handling of the case and the bodies pile up, Decker must unravel a story of death and deception in which cops and robbers are one and the same and everyone appears to have a secret life.  (August)

When a skier goes missing at Sun Valley’s Galena Summit, Sheriff Walt Fleming quickly assembles his search-and-rescue team.  Despite the treacherous conditions, Walt and his group which includes best friend Mark Aker, set off on skis into the snowy night.  Within minutes something goes horribly wrong – a shot rings out and one of their team is dead.  By morning, Mark Aker has disappeared.  Torn between professional responsibility and the desperate urge to find his friend, Walt is further challenged by an unexplained illness at a local water-bottling plant that sends workers to the hospital and sets off biohazard warnings.  (July)

Cilla McGowan, a former child star, has come to Shenandoah Valley, to restore her grandmother’s old house.  Her grandmother was a legendary actress with a tumultuous life who died of an overdose more than 30 years earlier in the house.  In the attic, Cilla finds a cache of unsigned letters suggesting that her grandmother was pregnant when she died and that the father was a local married man.  Wondering what really happened 30 years ago, the mystery deepens for Cilla when a series of intimidating acts and a frightening and violent assault target her.  (July)