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| Booksignings 2009 Rosemary Harris is scheduled for Tuesday, May 19th at 6:00PM. She will discuss and sign copies of "Pushing Up Daisies" and "the Big Dirtnap". For those who were unable to attend, the 2nd brown bag luncheon with Susan Wittig Albert was a hugh success. And for those who missed Ms. Albert's visit, we have autographed copies of "Wormwood", and "Nightshade" for sale, both of which would make great Mother's Day gifts. BookClub 2009 by Kathy Reichs by Sarah Stewart Taylor City by Erik Larson by Robin Paige by Nelson DeMille by Lisa Lutz by Raymond Chandler by G.M.Malliet edited by Stuart Kaminisky by Michael Connelly by Joanne Fluke by Asa Larsson ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (614) 818-2583 if local (888) 257-2343 toll free or e-mail foulplaybk@AOL.com |
BOOKCLUB SELECTION
2009
Our selection for 2009 is eclectic, with a nod to
Edgar Allan Poe on his 200 birthday!
January 14, 2009 Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs $9.99
. Bestselling author and world-class forensic anthropologist
Reichs pens a tale set in Montreal, North Carolina, and
Israel, where a murder in the present leads to a
controversial discovery in biblical archaelogy that could
have vast implications for the Judeo-Christian world.
February 11, 2009 O'Artful Death by Sarah Stewart Taylor $6.99
In her "strikingly atmospheric debut" ,Taylor introduces
Sweeney St. George, a college professor specializing in
cemetery art, whose efforts to solve a century-old murder
provokes another killer to strike.
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March 11, 2009 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson $14.95
In a thrilling narrative showcasing his gifts as storyteller
and researcher, Larson recounts the spellbinding tale of
the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and its devious
creators. A blend of Ragtime and Silence of the
Lambs, The Devil in the White City is Larson at his best.
. This is our first true crime since Rule's Stranger Beside Me.
April 8, 2009 Death at Bishop's Keep by Robin Paige $7.99
Kate Ardleigh is everything the Victorian English
gentlewoman is not--outspoken, free-thinking, American,
and a writer of the frowned upon "penny-dreadfuls".
Soon after her arrival in Essex, England, a body is
unearthed in a nearby archaeological dig--and Kate has
the chance to not only research her latest story, but to
begin her first case with amateur detective Sir Charles Sheridan
This is a subtle reminder that Susan Albert (aka Robin Paige) will
host a Brown Bag lunch at the store on April 21.
May 13 2009 Plum Island by Nelson DeMille $7.99
Convalescing from a bullet wound on Long Island, NYPD
homicide detective John Corey helps the local sheriff
investigate a shooting. The victims are a married couple,
both biologists on Plum Island, a top secret animal
disease research site. When the media suggests
that they stole a deadly virus, suddenly a local murder
becomes a crime with worldwide implications in this
masterwork of entrancing characters, a killer plot, and brilliant comic
touches.
June 10, 2009 The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz $7.99
In her irresistible, laugh-out-loud debut novel, Lutz
introduces Isabel Izzy Spellman, a 28-year-old private
eye working for her family's investigative business--a
family that puts the fun in dysfunctional.
July 8, 2009 The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler $13.95
Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with
the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry
Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, who
he's divorced and re-married and who ends
up dead. and now Lennox is on the lam and the cops
and a crazy gangster are after Marlowe.
August 12, 2009 Death of a Cozy Writer by G.M. Malliet $13.95
From deep in the heart of his English manor,
millionaire Sir Adrian Beauclerk-Fisk writes mystery
novels and torments his four spoiled children with
threats of disinheritance. Tiring of this device, the
portly patriarch decides to weave a malicious twist
into his well-worn plot. Gathering them all together for
a family dinner, he announces his latest blow -- a
secret elopement with the beautiful Violet... who was
once suspected of murdering her husband. Within hours, eldest son
and appointed heir Ruthven is found cleaved to death by a medieval
mace. When Detective Chief Inspector St. Just is brought in to
investigate, he meets with a deadly calm that goes beyond the usual
English reserve. Can he find the killer before the next-in-line to the
family fortune ends up dead?
September 9, 2009 On a Raven's Wing edited by Stuart Kaminsky
New Tales in Honor of Edgar Allan Poe by
Mary Higgins Clark, Thomas H. Cook, James W. Hall,
Rupert Holmes, S. J. Rozan.
A first for BookClub - short stories!
October 14, 2009 The Poet by Michael Connelly
Death is reporter Jack McEvoy's beat : his calling., his
obsession. But this time, death brings McEvoy the story
he never wanted to write - and the mystery he desperately
needs to solve.A serial killer of unprecedented cunning is
at large. His targets: homicide cops, each haunted by a
murder case he couldn't crack. The killer's calling card: a
quotation from the works of Edgar Allen Poe. His latest
victim is McEvoy's own brother. And his last...may be McEvoy
himself. .
November 11, 2009 Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke $6.99
Martin Dubinski arrives at the buffet with his new
Vegas showgirl wife--all wrapped up in glitter and
fur. His ex-wife, however, seems as cool as chilled
eggnog. And when an antique cake knife is
discovered in the dcolletage of the new--and now
late--Mrs. Dubinski, the festivities are put on ice.
The title of the book just might hint at what happens if Christmas
cookies are not brought to the December bookclub! ed. note
December 9, 2009 The Black Path by Asa Larsson $14.95
The weather is turning nasty and grey, you're
overwhelmed with shopping and other responsibilities
of the festive season, so to cheer you up, here's a
very chilly tale indeed.(Rather in the vein of..."I may
be stressed, but compared to these people, life's a
piece of cake!") From the internationally bestselling
author of The Blood Spilt and Sun Storm, and the
winner of Sweden's Best Crime Novel Award, comes
a searing tale about a man's obsession, a woman's
lonely death, and a killer's cold, cold heart.
The novel may be dark, but plan
on partying like it's 1989 because
December 15
will mark the start of our 21st year
as Booksellers!!!
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