It can take a lot to catch your eye. Especially when it comes to reading as many reviews and bios as we do here. One bio in particular, that of William Landay (At the store tomorrow 2/4 at 2pm) really stuck out. It’s not a bio in the sense that I typically expect. His actually tells you a [...]
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Indie Bookstore Spotlight: The Poisoned Pen Bookstore
Our thanks to Keith for posting the following article on The Poisoned Pen last week. Column by Keith RawsonJanuary 26, 2012 ADDRESS: 4014 North Goldwater Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 HOURS: Monday-to-Friday: 10 AM-to-7 PM Saturday 10 AM-to-6 PM Sunday 10 AM-to-5 PM FOOD/DRINK: Event coordinator/webmaster/social media quru/guy who never seems to sleep Will Hanisko likes his [...]
What It Was (Deluxe, Signed, Slipcased Edition)
We’ve received a small shipment of some signed, slipcased, limited-edition copies of George Pelecanos’ novel WHAT IS WAS. Photos won’t do them justice, but we tried. As Pelecanos writes in the book’s introduction, What It Was was written in a frenzy of inspiration this past summer. The reader eavesdrops on a conversation between two old friends, Derek [...]
Nevada Barr’s THE ROPE
Barr, Nevada. The Rope (St Martins $26 Jan. 17 publication party). It’s 1995. Anna Pigeon is 35 years old, bereft, and going for a reboot. She’s taken a job far from New York City as a seasonal employee at Glen Canyon National Recreational Area. Arriving by bus, she works on her broken heart while learning the job and making solitary explorations of [...]
A PERILOUS CONCEPTION BY Larry Karp
A SHADOW REVURB Larry Karp, best known for his “Music Box” series, has now written his second medical thriller. It’s been 17 years since “First, Do No Harm” came out but the wait was well worth it. His latest effort takes place in Seattle(he calls it Emerald City) in 1976 as the medical world races [...]
A primer for Preston and Child and Gideon’s Corpse
Our next event with Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (via Skype) is fast approaching. Read Barbara’s review of Gideon’s Corpse below. Only Preston and Child could dream this amazing plot up and bring it off. To order a double signed copy of Gideon’s Corpse click the image. This should be quite the event! Preston, Douglas/Lincoln Child. Gideon’s Corpse (Grand Central [...]
Legs, An Arizona Theatre Company Production at The Herberger
JANUARY 1 Opening Night for Daddy Long Legs At The Herberger 222 E. Monroe St., downtown Phoenix From the Tony Award-winning director of Les Miserables and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, and the creators of the Tony Award-nominated Jane Eyre, comes a heartwarming new musical based on a book beloved for generations. Daddy Long [...]
For all of the procedural lovers out there
I found this video really interesting in terms of the insight into modern police interview methods. It contains an experienced investigative police officer, George Bruch of the Virginia Beach PD, lecturing about interview techniques to law students.
Patricia Cornwell talks about RED MIST
To order click here, to find out about the event at The Biltmore, click here. If we haven’t given you enough reason to head out to The Biltmore yet The Festival of Trees is yet another which includes Barbara’s favorite, The Teddy Bear Tree.
SNARE BY DEBORAH J LEDFORD A SHADOW REVIEW Deborah Ledford, a well-known local author and leading light of the Sisters-in-Crime writing group, has published her second music themed mystery. In her first novel, “Staccato”, classical music provided the focal point but in “Snare” she takes us into the world of pop-music. Ledford’s heroine, reclusive native-american singer-composer Katina Salvo is [...]