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		1	2	3 Bruce DeSilva signs CLIFF WALK Paul French signs MIDNIGHT IN PEKING Paul French signs MIDNIGHT IN PEKING May 3, 2012 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm An engrossing story, intriguing history — it’s all here in this work by Paul French, Midnight in Peking (Penguin $26), a true story benefiting from French’s research and informed imagination, set in…	4 Paul French signs MIDNIGHT IN PEKING Sneak Preview of SHERLOCK (Offsite) Sneak Preview of SHERLOCK (Offsite) May 4, 2012 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm The wait is over! Join Eight and The Poisoned Pen for an appointment with the world’s foremost consulting detective: at a special sneak preview event Friday, May 4, 7:30 PM City of Phoenix Civic…	5 Sneak Preview of SHERLOCK (Offsite) CozyCon – A Joint Program of The Pen and The Phoenix Public Library CozyCon – A Joint Program of The Pen and The Phoenix Public Library May 5, 2012 Mother’s Day is coming, spring has bloomed. It’s a perfect time to spend a day with a variety of authors. Bring your Mom, your sister, your daughter(s), or a friend. All Author…
6	7	8 CozyCon – A Joint Program of The Pen and The Phoenix Public Library Ace Atkins signs ROBERT B PARKER’S LULLABY A new Spenser We will have signed copies of his May 31 THE LOST ONES, Quinn Colson #2 in early June Ace Atkins signs ROBERT B PARKER’S LULLABY A new Spenser We will have signed copies of his May 31 THE LOST ONES, Quinn Colson #2 in early June May 8, 2012 7:00 pm – 7:00 pm A former journalist who cut his teeth as a crime reporter in the newsroom of The Tampa Tribune, Ace Atkins (aceatkins.com) published his first novel, Crossroad Blues, at 27…	9 Ace Atkins signs ROBERT B PARKER’S LULLABY A new Spenser We will have signed copies of his May 31 THE LOST ONES, Quinn Colson #2 in early June Jefferson Bass signs THE INQUISITOR’S KEY A Body Farm Thriller Dr Bill Bass joins us by Skype, Jon Jeffferson is live Jefferson Bass signs THE INQUISITOR’S KEY A Body Farm Thriller Dr Bill Bass joins us by Skype, Jon Jeffferson is live May 9, 2012 7:00 pm – 7:00 pm The Inquisitor’s Key (Morrow $25) Jon Jefferson and Bill Bass take the Body Farm’s Dr. Bill Brockton on a DaVinci Code-style case to Avignon, France, and embroils him in a deadly…	10	11	12 Jefferson Bass signs THE INQUISITOR’S KEY A Body Farm Thriller Dr Bill Bass joins us by Skype, Jon Jeffferson is live Jefferson Bass signs THE INQUISITOR’S KEY A Body Farm Thriller Dr Bill Bass joins us by Skype, Jon Jeffferson is live Jefferson Bass signs THE INQUISITOR’S KEY A Body Farm Thriller Dr Bill Bass joins us by Skype, Jon Jeffferson is live Coffee and Crime Discussion Group looks at the work of CHRIS EWAN Coffee and Crime Discussion Group looks at the work of CHRIS EWAN May 12, 2012 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Reads Chris Ewan’s GOOD THIEF’S GUIDE TO VENICE, PARIS, or VEGAS (Reader’s Choice) Joseph Nassise signs BY THE BLOOD OF HEROES Joseph Nassise signs BY THE BLOOD OF HEROES May 12, 2012 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Click to Order Train them . . . Arm them . . . Then turn them loose on the zombies! At the tail end of 1917, the Germans introduced a new type… Aprilynne Pike signs DESTINED Aprilynne Pike signs DESTINED May 12, 2012 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Click to Order Tamani looked at her gravely, and reached up to tuck her hair behind her ear. He hesitated for an instant, then his hands found the sides of her face,…
13	14 Aprilynne Pike signs DESTINED Marcia Clark signs GUILT BY DEGREES Marcia Clark signs GUILT BY DEGREES May 14, 2012 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Guilt by Degrees (Mulholland $26), the second legal thriller by former prosecutor Clark Click to Order! Someone has been watching D.A. Rachel Knight–someone who’s Rachel’s equal in brains, but with more malicious…	15 Marcia Clark signs GUILT BY DEGREES Michael McGarrity signs HARD COUNTRY in Conversation with Jon Talton Michael McGarrity signs HARD COUNTRY in Conversation with Jon Talton May 15, 2012 7:00 pm – 7:00 pm Click to Order! Join us for a special party introducing Hard Country (Dutton $28.95) which started out to be a standalone historical about Kevin Kerney’s family and has morphed into the…	16	17 Michael McGarrity signs HARD COUNTRY in Conversation with Jon Talton Jon Talton signs POWERS OF ARREST A Cincinnati Casebook Jon Talton signs POWERS OF ARREST A Cincinnati Casebook May 17, 2012 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm The Rogue Columnist follows up The Pain Nurse ($14.95) with a second case for Cincinnati cop Will Brothers and nurse Cheryl Beth in Powers of Arrest (Poisoned Pen $25 or…	18 Jon Talton signs POWERS OF ARREST A Cincinnati Casebook Jon Talton signs POWERS OF ARREST A Cincinnati Casebook Mark Coggins signs PROM NIGHT and OTHER MAN MADE DISASTERS Mark Coggins signs PROM NIGHT and OTHER MAN MADE DISASTERS May 18, 2012 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm If Mark Coggins’s life were a supermarket, the stories from Prom Night and other Man-made Disasters would be the aisle markers. Meander through the nostalgic, riotous, and sometimes cringe-inducing wares… Craig Johnson signs AS THE CROW FLIES Craig Johnson signs AS THE CROW FLIES May 18, 2012 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Cowboy up with the irrepressible Johnson who has signed his every book at The Poisoned Pen as he returns with As the Crow Flies (Viking $25.95). Click to Order Wyoming Sheriff Walt…	19 Craig Johnson signs AS THE CROW FLIES John Sandford signs STOLEN PREY John Sandford signs STOLEN PREY May 19, 2012 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Click to Order When John Sandford’s Buried Prey debuted at #2 on the New York Times Book Review list last year, the series proved as fresh as ever. The twenty-first tale in…
20	21	22 John Sandford signs STOLEN PREY Benjamin Busch signs DUST TO DUST A MEMOIR Benjamin Busch signs DUST TO DUST A MEMOIR May 22, 2012 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order Dust to Dust, A Memoir (Ecco 26.99) The April Indie Next Pick for our May 22 event: “In this powerful memoir, Busch muses on life both concrete and abstract. He…	23 Benjamin Busch signs DUST TO DUST A MEMOIR Benjamin Busch signs DUST TO DUST A MEMOIR Brian Freeman signs SPILLED BLOOD Brian Freeman signs SPILLED BLOOD May 23, 2012 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Often likened to Harlan Coben and David Baldacci, award-winning author Brian Freeman (bfreemanbooks.com) is an internationally bestselling author of psychological suspense novels. His books have been sold in 46 countries… Leonard Goldberg signs PATIENT ONE Leonard Goldberg signs PATIENT ONE May 23, 2012 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order For the first time in nearly a decade, bestselling author Leonard Goldberg returns to the page with a heart-pounding, medical-terrorist thriller: Patient One, for release May 8. The health and survival of the commander…	24 Leonard Goldberg signs PATIENT ONE Hardboiled Group reads Scott Sparling’s WIRE TO WIRE Hardboiled Group reads Scott Sparling’s WIRE TO WIRE May 24, 2012 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Hardboiled Group reads Scott Sparling’s WIRE TO WIRE. Click here to order. Upcoming Meetings: June 28. Dashiell Hammett. RED HARVEST. Click here to order. July 26. James M. Cain. MILDRED…	25 Hardboiled Group reads Scott Sparling’s WIRE TO WIRE Richard Paul Evans signs THE ROAD TO GRACE (The Walk) Richard Paul Evans signs THE ROAD TO GRACE (The Walk) May 25, 2012 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm signs The Road to Grace (Simon & Schuster $19.99) Click to Order an Autographed Copy Reeling from the sudden loss of his wife, his home, and his business, Alan Christoffersen, a once…	26 Richard Paul Evans signs THE ROAD TO GRACE (The Walk) Nancy Drew Sleuths discuss THE CLUE OF THE VELVET MASK Nancy Drew Sleuths discuss THE CLUE OF THE VELVET MASK May 26, 2012 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm When a gang that uses parties as a cover for robberies victimizes a masquerade party Nancy is attending, the teen-age detective switches identity with her girl friend to solve the…
27	28	29 Nancy Drew Sleuths discuss THE CLUE OF THE VELVET MASK Clive Cussler and Graham Brown sign THE STORM, A KURT AUSTIN ADVENTURE Clive Cussler and Graham Brown sign THE STORM, A KURT AUSTIN ADVENTURE May 29, 2012 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order The Storm (Putnam $27.95) continues the NUMA Files adventures. In the middle of the Indian Ocean, a NUMA research vessel is taking water samples at sunset, when a…	30 Clive Cussler and Graham Brown sign THE STORM, A KURT AUSTIN ADVENTURE Greg Rucka signs ALPHA Greg Rucka signs ALPHA May 30, 2012 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Click to Order Alpha (Mulholland/Little Brown $24.99) For the visitors to Wilsonville, the largest theme park in the world, the day began with a smile. By the end, they wonder-will they…	31 Greg Rucka signs ALPHA Bruce DeSilva signs CLIFF WALK Bruce DeSilva signs CLIFF WALK May 31, 2012 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Cliff Walk (St Martins $24.99) follows upon DeSilva’s Edgar for Best First Novel for Rogue Island, a 2010 First Mystery Club Pick Click to Order Prostitution has been legal in Rhode Island for…