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  Murder by the Book

  2342 Bissonnet
  Houston, TX 77005

  Phone: (713) 524-8597   |   Official Website

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  MURDER BY THE BOOK is located within five minutes of the Texas Medical Center & Rice University, and ten minutes from the Galleria.
  
  Off U.S.-59, take the Greenbriar exit; head south on Greenbriar; one light from 59 is Bissonnet St.; turn right on Bissonnet; we're ahead on the right (2342 Bissonnet), between Kirby & Greenbriar.
  
  Free parking in front of the store.

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    05/29/12	John Ellis: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book John Ellis: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book May 29, 2012 Tuesday, May 29 at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents John Ellis. John Ellis will sign and discuss Dormant Curse (Neodigm Press; $19.95). An overlooked security flaw in smart phone and tablet assembly allows a Chinese cult leader, a tormented victim of the Rape of Nanjing, to implant killer Trojan chips. A young engineer with the NTSB uncovers the cyber terrorist's attack method and becomes a target of the cult's assassin. The Chinese,...
    05/30/12	Bruce DeSilva: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Bruce DeSilva: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book May 30, 2012 Wednesday, May 30 at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Bruce DeSilva. Bruce DeSilva will sign and discuss Cliff Walk (Forge; $24.99). Prostitution has been legal in Rhode Island for more than a decade; Liam Mulligan, an old-school investigative reporter at dying Providence newspaper, suspects the governor has been taking payoffs to keep it that way. But this isn't the only story making headlines...a...
    05/31/12	Ricky Bush & Jeffrey Kinghorn: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book Ricky Bush & Jeffrey Kinghorn: book signings and discussions Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book May 31, 2012 Thursday, May 31 at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Ricky Bush. Ricky Bush will sign and discuss his debut novel, River Bottom Blues (Barking Rain Press; $11.95). Mitty Andersen knows that rising blues star Bobby Tarleton didn't die of a heroin overdose. He'd blown enough blues harmonica notes with Bobby to know that he would never let anything get in the way of his music. So when he gets the news in the middle of his blues set at...
    06/01/12	Greg Rucka: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Greg Rucka: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 1, 2012 Friday June 1st, at 6:30 p.m. Murder by the Book presents Greg Rucka. Bestselling author Greg Rucka will sign and discuss his latest book Alpha (Mulholland Books; $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 be able to escape with their lives? Retired Delta Force operator,...
    06/02/12	Ace Atkins: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Ace Atkins: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 2, 2012 Saturday, June 2 at 4:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Ace Atkins. Ace Atknis will be coming to the store to promote 2 books, numbers will be given with the purchase of either Lullaby or The Lost Ones. We will start giving out numbers on Tuesday, May 1st when Lullaby goes on sale. For customers wishing to purchase The Lost...
    06/03/12	Raymond Benson and William Simon: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book Raymond Benson and William Simon: book signings and discussions Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 3, 2012 Thursday, December 23, at 6:00 p.m. Murder by the Book presents book discussions and signings for Raymond Benson (pictured) and William Simon.  Raymond Benson is the highly acclaimed author of numerous works including six original James bond 007 novels. Benson wrote these under a commission from the James Bond literary copyright holders between 1996 and 2002. He also...
    06/05/12	Lisa Brackmann & Julia Heaberlin: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book Lisa Brackmann & Julia Heaberlin: book signings and discussions Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 5, 2012 Tuesday, June 5 at 6:30pm,  Murder by the Book presents Lisa Brackmann & Julia Heaberlin book signings and discussions.  Lisa Brackmann will sign and discuss her book Getaway (Soho; $15 paperback; $25 Hardcover). Lisa Brackmann has worked as an executive at a major motion picture studio, an issues researcher...
    06/06/12	Steven Saylor: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Steven Saylor: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 6, 2012 Wednesday, June 6th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Steven Saylor book signing and discussion of his latest novel The Seven Wonders (Minotaur; $25.99). The year is 92 B.C. Gordianus has just turned eighteen and is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime: a far-flung journey to see the Seven Wonders of the World. Gordianus is not yet called "the Finder"--but at each of the...
    06/07/12	Alex Grecian: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Alex Grecian: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 7, 2012 Thursday, June 7th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Alex Grecian book signing and discussion of his debut novel, The Yard  (Putnam; $26.95). Victorian London is a cesspool of crime, and Scotland Yard has only twelve detectives--known as "The Murder Squad"--to investigate countless murders every month. Created after the Metropolitan Police's spectacular failure to...
    06/08/12	Peter Farris: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Peter Farris: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 8, 2012 Friday, June 8th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Peter Farris book signing and discussion of his debut novel Last Call For the Living (Forge; $24.99). For bank teller Charlie Colquitt, it was just another Saturday. For Hobe Hicklin, an ex-con with nothing to lose, it was just another score. For Hobe's drug-addled, sex-crazed girlfriend, it was just more lust, violence, and drugs. But in...
    06/09/12	Stephanie Jaye Evans: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Stephanie Jaye Evans: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 9, 2012 Saturday, June 9th at 4:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Stephanie Jaye Evans book signing and discussion of her debut novel Faithful Unto Death (Berkley; $15). Everything looks perfect in Sugar Land, Texas. But it's not.  No one knows that better than Walker "Bear" Wells, a former college football player now serving as a minister in this upscale Texas town, where famous...
    06/11/12	Daniel H. Wilson: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Daniel H. Wilson: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 11, 2012 Monday, June 11th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Daniel H. Wilson for a book signing and discussion of Amped (DoubleDay; $25). Technology makes them superhuman. But mere mortals want them kept in their place. The" New York Times" bestselling author of Robopocalypse creates a stunning, near-future world where technology and humanity clash in surprising ways. The result? The...
    06/12/12	Eleanor Brown: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Eleanor Brown: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 12, 2012 Tuesday, June 12th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Eleanor Brown for a book signing and discussion of her paperback of The Weird Sisters (Berkley; $15). Three sisters have returned to their childhood home, reuniting the eccentric Andreas family. Here, books are a passion ("there is no problem a library card can't solve") and TV is something other people watch....
    06/13/12	Kimberly Frost: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Kimberly Frost: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 13, 2012 Wednesday, June 13th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Kimberly Frost  for a book signing and discussion of All That Falls (Berkley; $7.99).  As his muse, Cerise propelled her musician boyfriend to fame, but after he mysteriously dies, her powers vanish. Now Cerise is plagued by half-formed memories of his final night--until she meets fallen angel Lysander, who holds the key to...
    06/14/12	Gillian Flynn: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Gillian Flynn: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 14, 2012 Thursday, June 14th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Gillian Flynn for a book signing and discussion of Gone Girl (Crown; $25). Marriage can be a real killer. One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, "New York Times" bestseller Gillian Flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly,...
    06/15/12	Bryan Gruley: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Bryan Gruley: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 15, 2012 Friday, June 15th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Bryan Gruley for a book signing and discussion of The Skeleton Box (Touchstone; $25). Does Gus Carpenter really want to know what's inside the skeleton box? In Anthony- and Barry Award-winning author Bryan Gruley's gripping new novel, Gus must decide if the truth is better off dead and buried. Mysterious break-ins are plaguing the small town of Starvation Lake....
    06/16/12	Vicki Pettersson: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Vicki Pettersson: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 16, 2012 Saturday, June 16th at 4:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Vicki Pettersson for a book signing and discussion of The Taken (Harper Voyager; $13.99), the first book in her new series. Griffin Shaw used to be a PI, but that was back when gumshoes hoofed the streets . . . and he was still alive. Fifty years later, he's an angel, but that doesn't make him a saint. One small mistake has altered fate, and now...
    06/18/12	David Ellis: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book David Ellis: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 18, 2012 Monday, June 18th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a signing and discussion of David Ellis' The Wrong Man (Putnam; $26.95). When Jason Kolarich accepts the case of a homeless Iraq War veteran accused of murdering a young paralegal, his course seems clear: to mount an insanity defense for a man suffering so badly from post-traumatic stress disorder that he has no real memory of the crime. But as...
    06/19/12	Alafair Burke: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Alafair Burke: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 19, 2012 Tuesday, June 19th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a signing and discussion of Alafair Burke's latest novel Never Tell (Harper; $24.99). Sixteen-year-old Julia Whitmire appeared to have everything: a famous father, a luxurious Manhattan town house, a coveted spot at the elite Casden prep school. When she is found dead in her bathtub, a handwritten suicide note left on her bed, her parents insist that their daughter would never take her own life....
    06/21/12	Jeffery Deaver: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Jeffery Deaver: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 21, 2012 Thursday, June 21st at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a signing and discussion of Jeffery Deaver's novel XO (Simon & Schuster; $26.99). COUNTRY-POP INGENUE Kayleigh Towne's career is just reaching new heights with her huge hit single "Your Shadow"--but increased fame is also bringing unwanted attention. An innocent exchange with one of her fans, signed with an "XO," leads Kayleigh into...
    06/22/12	Mary Kay Andrews: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Mary Kay Andrews: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 22, 2012 Friday, June 22nd at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a signing and discussion of Mary Kay Andrews' Spring Fever (St. Martin's Press; $25.99). Annajane Hudgens truly believes she is over her ex-husband, Mason Bayless. They've been divorced for four years, she's engaged to a new, terrific guy, and she's ready to leave the small town where she and Mason had so much history. She is so over Mason that she has...
    06/24/12	Ridley Pearson: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Ridley Pearson: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 24, 2012 Sunday, June 24th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a signing and discussion of  Ridley Pearson's novel The Risk Agent (Putnam; $25.95). A Chinese National working for an American-owned construction company is grabbed off the streets of Shanghai in broad daylight. His one-man security detail goes missing as well. Rutherford Risk is a firm specializing in extraction:...
    06/25/12	Stina Leicht: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Stina Leicht: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 25, 2012 Monday, June 25th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a signing and discussion of Stina Leicht's book And Blue Skies From Pain (Night Shade Books; $14.99). Northern Ireland, 1977. Liam Kelly is many things: a former wheelman for the IRA, a one-time political prisoner, the half-breed son of a mystic Fey warrior and a mortal woman, and a troubled young man literally haunted by the ghosts of his past....
    06/27/12	James Rollins: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book James Rollins: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 27, 2012 Wednesday, June 27th, Murder by the Book presents James Rollins' book signing and discussion of his novel Blood Line (William Morrow; $27.99). A yacht bearing a young American couple is attacked by Somali pirates, leading to bloodshed and the violent kidnapping of the pregnant woman on board. To aid in her rescue from the lawless and war-torn jungles of coastal Africa, Sigma Force...
    06/28/12	Lisa Unger: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Lisa Unger: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 28, 2012 Thursday, June 28th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a book signing and discussion of Lisa Unger's latest novel Heartbroken (Crown; $24). Long after anyone expected Kate to do anything with her life, she did. Using the journals left behind by her aunt and grandmother, she wrote a novel based on a very real generation-old love story that ended in tragedy. On the other side of...
    06/29/12	Carolyn Haines: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Carolyn Haines: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 29, 2012 Friday, June 29th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a book signing and discussion of Carolyn Haines' Bonefire of the Vanities (Minotaur; $24.99). Despite the wishes of her overprotective fiance, Sarah Booth Delaney can't give up her detective work, no matter how dangerous it becomes. It's too much a part of her. On this case, avoiding danger might be impossible--she's...
    06/30/12	Rachel Vincent & Jaye Wells: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book Rachel Vincent & Jaye Wells: book signings and discussions Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 30, 2012 Saturday, June 30th at 4:30pm, Murder by the Book is presenting book signings and discussions of Rachel Vincent's Shadow Bound (Mira; $7.99) and Before I Wake (Harlequin Teen; $9.99).  Shadow Bound: Kori Daniels is a shadow-walker, able to travel instantly from one shadow to another. After weeks of confinement for betraying her boss, she's...

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  05/29/12	John Ellis: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book John Ellis: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book May 29, 2012 Tuesday, May 29 at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents John Ellis. John Ellis will sign and discuss Dormant Curse (Neodigm Press; $19.95). An overlooked security flaw in smart phone and tablet assembly allows a Chinese cult leader, a tormented victim of the Rape of Nanjing, to implant killer Trojan chips. A young engineer with the NTSB uncovers the cyber terrorist's attack method and becomes a target of the cult's assassin. The Chinese,...
  05/30/12	Bruce DeSilva: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Bruce DeSilva: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book May 30, 2012 Wednesday, May 30 at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Bruce DeSilva. Bruce DeSilva will sign and discuss Cliff Walk (Forge; $24.99). Prostitution has been legal in Rhode Island for more than a decade; Liam Mulligan, an old-school investigative reporter at dying Providence newspaper, suspects the governor has been taking payoffs to keep it that way. But this isn't the only story making headlines...a...
  05/31/12	Ricky Bush & Jeffrey Kinghorn: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book Ricky Bush & Jeffrey Kinghorn: book signings and discussions Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book May 31, 2012 Thursday, May 31 at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Ricky Bush. Ricky Bush will sign and discuss his debut novel, River Bottom Blues (Barking Rain Press; $11.95). Mitty Andersen knows that rising blues star Bobby Tarleton didn't die of a heroin overdose. He'd blown enough blues harmonica notes with Bobby to know that he would never let anything get in the way of his music. So when he gets the news in the middle of his blues set at...
  06/01/12	Greg Rucka: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Greg Rucka: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 1, 2012 Friday June 1st, at 6:30 p.m. Murder by the Book presents Greg Rucka. Bestselling author Greg Rucka will sign and discuss his latest book Alpha (Mulholland Books; $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 be able to escape with their lives? Retired Delta Force operator,...
  06/02/12	Ace Atkins: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Ace Atkins: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 2, 2012 Saturday, June 2 at 4:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Ace Atkins. Ace Atknis will be coming to the store to promote 2 books, numbers will be given with the purchase of either Lullaby or The Lost Ones. We will start giving out numbers on Tuesday, May 1st when Lullaby goes on sale. For customers wishing to purchase The Lost...
  06/03/12	Raymond Benson and William Simon: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book Raymond Benson and William Simon: book signings and discussions Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 3, 2012 Thursday, December 23, at 6:00 p.m. Murder by the Book presents book discussions and signings for Raymond Benson (pictured) and William Simon.  Raymond Benson is the highly acclaimed author of numerous works including six original James bond 007 novels. Benson wrote these under a commission from the James Bond literary copyright holders between 1996 and 2002. He also...
  06/05/12	Lisa Brackmann & Julia Heaberlin: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book Lisa Brackmann & Julia Heaberlin: book signings and discussions Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 5, 2012 Tuesday, June 5 at 6:30pm,  Murder by the Book presents Lisa Brackmann & Julia Heaberlin book signings and discussions.  Lisa Brackmann will sign and discuss her book Getaway (Soho; $15 paperback; $25 Hardcover). Lisa Brackmann has worked as an executive at a major motion picture studio, an issues researcher...
  06/06/12	Steven Saylor: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Steven Saylor: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 6, 2012 Wednesday, June 6th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Steven Saylor book signing and discussion of his latest novel The Seven Wonders (Minotaur; $25.99). The year is 92 B.C. Gordianus has just turned eighteen and is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime: a far-flung journey to see the Seven Wonders of the World. Gordianus is not yet called "the Finder"--but at each of the...
  06/07/12	Alex Grecian: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Alex Grecian: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 7, 2012 Thursday, June 7th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Alex Grecian book signing and discussion of his debut novel, The Yard  (Putnam; $26.95). Victorian London is a cesspool of crime, and Scotland Yard has only twelve detectives--known as "The Murder Squad"--to investigate countless murders every month. Created after the Metropolitan Police's spectacular failure to...
  06/08/12	Peter Farris: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Peter Farris: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 8, 2012 Friday, June 8th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Peter Farris book signing and discussion of his debut novel Last Call For the Living (Forge; $24.99). For bank teller Charlie Colquitt, it was just another Saturday. For Hobe Hicklin, an ex-con with nothing to lose, it was just another score. For Hobe's drug-addled, sex-crazed girlfriend, it was just more lust, violence, and drugs. But in...
  06/09/12	Stephanie Jaye Evans: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Stephanie Jaye Evans: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 9, 2012 Saturday, June 9th at 4:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Stephanie Jaye Evans book signing and discussion of her debut novel Faithful Unto Death (Berkley; $15). Everything looks perfect in Sugar Land, Texas. But it's not.  No one knows that better than Walker "Bear" Wells, a former college football player now serving as a minister in this upscale Texas town, where famous...
  06/11/12	Daniel H. Wilson: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Daniel H. Wilson: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 11, 2012 Monday, June 11th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Daniel H. Wilson for a book signing and discussion of Amped (DoubleDay; $25). Technology makes them superhuman. But mere mortals want them kept in their place. The" New York Times" bestselling author of Robopocalypse creates a stunning, near-future world where technology and humanity clash in surprising ways. The result? The...
  06/12/12	Eleanor Brown: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Eleanor Brown: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 12, 2012 Tuesday, June 12th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Eleanor Brown for a book signing and discussion of her paperback of The Weird Sisters (Berkley; $15). Three sisters have returned to their childhood home, reuniting the eccentric Andreas family. Here, books are a passion ("there is no problem a library card can't solve") and TV is something other people watch....
  06/13/12	Kimberly Frost: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Kimberly Frost: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 13, 2012 Wednesday, June 13th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Kimberly Frost  for a book signing and discussion of All That Falls (Berkley; $7.99).  As his muse, Cerise propelled her musician boyfriend to fame, but after he mysteriously dies, her powers vanish. Now Cerise is plagued by half-formed memories of his final night--until she meets fallen angel Lysander, who holds the key to...
  06/14/12	Gillian Flynn: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Gillian Flynn: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 14, 2012 Thursday, June 14th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Gillian Flynn for a book signing and discussion of Gone Girl (Crown; $25). Marriage can be a real killer. One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, "New York Times" bestseller Gillian Flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly,...
  06/15/12	Bryan Gruley: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Bryan Gruley: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 15, 2012 Friday, June 15th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Bryan Gruley for a book signing and discussion of The Skeleton Box (Touchstone; $25). Does Gus Carpenter really want to know what's inside the skeleton box? In Anthony- and Barry Award-winning author Bryan Gruley's gripping new novel, Gus must decide if the truth is better off dead and buried. Mysterious break-ins are plaguing the small town of Starvation Lake....
  06/16/12	Vicki Pettersson: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Vicki Pettersson: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 16, 2012 Saturday, June 16th at 4:30pm, Murder by the Book presents Vicki Pettersson for a book signing and discussion of The Taken (Harper Voyager; $13.99), the first book in her new series. Griffin Shaw used to be a PI, but that was back when gumshoes hoofed the streets . . . and he was still alive. Fifty years later, he's an angel, but that doesn't make him a saint. One small mistake has altered fate, and now...
  06/18/12	David Ellis: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book David Ellis: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 18, 2012 Monday, June 18th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a signing and discussion of David Ellis' The Wrong Man (Putnam; $26.95). When Jason Kolarich accepts the case of a homeless Iraq War veteran accused of murdering a young paralegal, his course seems clear: to mount an insanity defense for a man suffering so badly from post-traumatic stress disorder that he has no real memory of the crime. But as...
  06/19/12	Alafair Burke: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Alafair Burke: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 19, 2012 Tuesday, June 19th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a signing and discussion of Alafair Burke's latest novel Never Tell (Harper; $24.99). Sixteen-year-old Julia Whitmire appeared to have everything: a famous father, a luxurious Manhattan town house, a coveted spot at the elite Casden prep school. When she is found dead in her bathtub, a handwritten suicide note left on her bed, her parents insist that their daughter would never take her own life....
  06/21/12	Jeffery Deaver: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Jeffery Deaver: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 21, 2012 Thursday, June 21st at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a signing and discussion of Jeffery Deaver's novel XO (Simon & Schuster; $26.99). COUNTRY-POP INGENUE Kayleigh Towne's career is just reaching new heights with her huge hit single "Your Shadow"--but increased fame is also bringing unwanted attention. An innocent exchange with one of her fans, signed with an "XO," leads Kayleigh into...
  06/22/12	Mary Kay Andrews: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Mary Kay Andrews: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 22, 2012 Friday, June 22nd at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a signing and discussion of Mary Kay Andrews' Spring Fever (St. Martin's Press; $25.99). Annajane Hudgens truly believes she is over her ex-husband, Mason Bayless. They've been divorced for four years, she's engaged to a new, terrific guy, and she's ready to leave the small town where she and Mason had so much history. She is so over Mason that she has...
  06/24/12	Ridley Pearson: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Ridley Pearson: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 24, 2012 Sunday, June 24th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a signing and discussion of  Ridley Pearson's novel The Risk Agent (Putnam; $25.95). A Chinese National working for an American-owned construction company is grabbed off the streets of Shanghai in broad daylight. His one-man security detail goes missing as well. Rutherford Risk is a firm specializing in extraction:...
  06/25/12	Stina Leicht: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Stina Leicht: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 25, 2012 Monday, June 25th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a signing and discussion of Stina Leicht's book And Blue Skies From Pain (Night Shade Books; $14.99). Northern Ireland, 1977. Liam Kelly is many things: a former wheelman for the IRA, a one-time political prisoner, the half-breed son of a mystic Fey warrior and a mortal woman, and a troubled young man literally haunted by the ghosts of his past....
  06/27/12	James Rollins: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book James Rollins: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 27, 2012 Wednesday, June 27th, Murder by the Book presents James Rollins' book signing and discussion of his novel Blood Line (William Morrow; $27.99). A yacht bearing a young American couple is attacked by Somali pirates, leading to bloodshed and the violent kidnapping of the pregnant woman on board. To aid in her rescue from the lawless and war-torn jungles of coastal Africa, Sigma Force...
  06/28/12	Lisa Unger: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Lisa Unger: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 28, 2012 Thursday, June 28th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a book signing and discussion of Lisa Unger's latest novel Heartbroken (Crown; $24). Long after anyone expected Kate to do anything with her life, she did. Using the journals left behind by her aunt and grandmother, she wrote a novel based on a very real generation-old love story that ended in tragedy. On the other side of...
  06/29/12	Carolyn Haines: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book Carolyn Haines: book signing and discussion Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 29, 2012 Friday, June 29th at 6:30pm, Murder by the Book presents a book signing and discussion of Carolyn Haines' Bonefire of the Vanities (Minotaur; $24.99). Despite the wishes of her overprotective fiance, Sarah Booth Delaney can't give up her detective work, no matter how dangerous it becomes. It's too much a part of her. On this case, avoiding danger might be impossible--she's...
  06/30/12	Rachel Vincent & Jaye Wells: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book Rachel Vincent & Jaye Wells: book signings and discussions Presented by Murder by the Book at Murder by the Book June 30, 2012 Saturday, June 30th at 4:30pm, Murder by the Book is presenting book signings and discussions of Rachel Vincent's Shadow Bound (Mira; $7.99) and Before I Wake (Harlequin Teen; $9.99).  Shadow Bound: Kori Daniels is a shadow-walker, able to travel instantly from one shadow to another. After weeks of confinement for betraying her boss, she's...

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• Past Events

  05/24/12	James Swain: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  05/23/12	Steve Berry: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  05/21/12	John Sandford: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  05/17/12	Craig Johnson: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  05/15/12	Tony DiTerlizzi: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  05/12/12	Mary Robinette Kowal: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  05/11/12	Charlaine Harris: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  05/09/12	Elaine Viets: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  05/08/12	Children's Book Week Celebration: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  05/05/12	Amanda Stevens: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  05/03/12	Brian Freeman: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  05/02/12	Paul French: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  05/01/12	Lyndsay Faye: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/28/12	Rhiannon Frater: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/27/12	Christopher Farnsworth: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/25/12	Helen Knode: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/24/12	Anne Perry: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/23/12	Stuart Woods: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/20/12	Philip Kerr: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/19/12	Marcia Clark: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/18/12	Lisa Scottoline: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/18/12	Brad Meltzer: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/17/12	Chris Grabenstein and Harlan Coben: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book
  04/14/12	Dom Testa: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/14/12	Elizabeth Loupas: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/14/12	Carolyn Hart: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/13/12	Suzanne Johnson: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/12/12	Rita Mae Brown: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/10/12	Scott Sigler: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/07/12	Leann Sweeney: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  04/02/12	Owen Laukkanen: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  03/31/12	CANCELLED C.S. Harris: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  03/29/12	Chris Pavone: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  03/27/12	Jacqueline Winspear: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  03/25/12	Joanne Fluke: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  03/24/12	Ben Rehder & Joe Lansdale: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book
  03/22/12	CJ Box: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  03/21/12	Anne Rice: book signing Murder by the Book
  03/17/12	Kira Peikoff: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  03/17/12	Robert Jackson Bennett: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  03/15/12	Randy Wayne White: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  03/14/12	Rebecca Hale & Page Shelton: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book
  03/13/12	M. William Phelps: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  03/10/12	Susan Wittig Albert: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  03/07/12	Tim Dorsey: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  03/03/12	Amber Benson: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  03/02/12	Gail Carriger: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  03/01/12	Michael Thomas Ford: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  02/28/12	Deborah Coonts: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  02/18/12	Joan Hess: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  02/17/12	Hilary Davidson: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  02/16/12	Robin Hobb: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  02/15/12	Deborah Crombie: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  02/14/12	Dana Stabenow: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  02/11/12	Avery Aames, Melissa Bourbon, Kate Carlisle, & Dean James: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book
  02/08/12	Lisa Gardner: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  02/07/12	Charlie Newton: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  02/03/12	Tami Hoag: book signing and discussion NEW DATE Murder by the Book
  02/02/12	William Landay: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  01/29/12	Robert Crais: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  01/28/12	Jordan Dane, Tracy Deebs (aka Ivy Adams), C.C. Hunter & Ellie James: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book
  01/27/12	Walter Mosley Skype Event Murder by the Book
  01/26/12	R.J. Ellory: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  01/24/12	Nevada Barr: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  01/23/12	Val McDermid: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  01/21/12	Brad Taylor: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  01/20/12	James Carlos Blake: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  01/19/12	Ed Kovacs: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  01/18/12	Carol O'Connell: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  01/17/12	Martin Limon: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  01/16/12	Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (via Skype): book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  01/13/12	John Lescroart & T. Jefferson Parker: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book
  01/12/12	Taylor Stevens: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  01/11/12	Elizabeth George: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  01/07/12	Kimberly Frost, Jaye Wells, & Martha Wells: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book
  01/05/12	Sara Paretsky: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  12/27/11	Victoria Laurie: book signing and discussion (Special Time!!! Launch Party!!) Murder by the Book
  12/24/11	Murder by the Book Holiday Concerts with McKenna Jordan and Steffanie Dean Murder by the Book
  12/16/11	Sophie Jordan & Mary Lindsey: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book
  12/10/11	Rhiannon Frater: book signing and discussion (plus MBTB Recommends: Kids Edition) Murder by the Book
  12/07/11	Stephen Hunter: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  11/29/11	Ilona Andrews: book signing and discussion (Launch Party!) Murder by the Book
  11/21/11	Marianne Malone: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  11/19/11	Raymond Benson: book signing and discussion (plus MBTB Recommends: Holiday Edition) Murder by the Book
  11/19/11	JoAnna Carl, Joelle Charbonneau, & Peggy Webb: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book
  11/18/11	Jack Kerley: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  11/16/11	Lauren Henderson: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  11/15/11	Brandon Sanderson: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  11/14/11	Tasha Alexander & Lauren Willig: book signings and discussions Murder by the Book
  11/13/11	Anthony Horowitz: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  11/12/11	Twisted Tales of Texas Landmarks: The Final Twist Author Event Murder by the Book
  11/12/11	Alan Bradley Skype Event Murder by the Book
  11/10/11	Gayle Wigglesworth: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  11/09/11	Michael Swanson: book signing and discussion NEW DATE Murder by the Book
  11/08/11	Mark Schweizer: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  11/05/11	John Connolly: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  10/29/11	Jeri Westerson: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  10/28/11	David Bell: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  10/27/11	Jason Pinter: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book
  10/25/11	Joe Schreiber: book signing and discussion Murder by the Book