It's Christmas time in Lake Eden\, and Hannah Swensen\, proprietor of the Cookie Jar and amateur sleuth\, has stopped by the Crazy Elf Christmas Tree Lot in search of a holiday tree. Hannah has always been amused by the owner\, Larry Jaeger\, and his over the top promotions\, but someone thought Larry belonged on the naughty list\, and Hannah has to investigate his murder as well as prepare a holiday banquet\, and help keep her friends' wedding on track.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091007T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091007T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/ra-salvatore-signs-ghost-king URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/ra-salvatore-signs-ghost-king SUMMARY:R.A. Salvatore signs The Ghost King DESCRIPTION:The focus of R.A. Salvatore's event on Tuesday\, October 6\, at 7\:00 PM is The Ghost King\, conclusion to his best-selling Forgotten Realms Transitions trilogy. When the Spellplague ravages the land of Faerun\, dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden and his companions are caught in the chaos. Seeking out the help of Cleric Cadderly\, Drizzt finds himself facing his most powerful and elusive foe\, the twisted Crenshinibon\, the demonic Crystal Shard he believed had been destroyed years ago.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091008T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091008T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jeri-westerson-signs-serpent-thorns URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jeri-westerson-signs-serpent-thorns SUMMARY:Jeri Westerson signs Serpent in the Thorns DESCRIPTION:Mystery readers were introduced to former knight turned medieval sleuth Crispin Guest in Veil of Lies. Stripped of his title\, his possessions and his comrades\, Crispin survives on the streets of London in the 1380's through the strength of his wits and experience. The legendary Crown of Thorns is brought to England as a peace offering ...or is it instead a French assassination plot against England's King Richard II? When the courier bearing the crown is murdered\, Crispin becomes the prime suspect.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091010T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091010T210000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/alexandra-sokoloff-and-unseen-return URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/alexandra-sokoloff-and-unseen-return SUMMARY:Alexandra Sokoloff and The Unseen return DESCRIPTION:It's an October afternoon of chills and thrills and more than a little madness on Saturday\, October 10\, at 2\:00 PM. Mysterious Galaxy offers a trio of terror with authors Sarah Langan\, Rhodi Hawk\, and Alexandra Sokoloff. Psychology professor Laurel MacDonald's personal life has been negatively affected by a precognitive dream\, spurring her scientific investigations into psychic phenomenon.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091010T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091010T210000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/rhodi-hawk-signs-twisted-ladder URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/rhodi-hawk-signs-twisted-ladder SUMMARY:Rhodi Hawk signs A Twisted Ladder DESCRIPTION:It's an October afternoon of chills and thrills and more than a little madness on Saturday\, October 10\, at 2\:00 PM. Mysterious Galaxy offers a trio of terror with authors Sarah Langan\, Rhodi Hawk\, and Alexandra Sokoloff. Rhodi won the International Thriller Writers Scholarship for her first novel\, A Twisted Ladder. In this gothic tale\, clinical psychologist Madeleine LeBlanc returns to her family's sugar plantation along the Mississippi River\, to discover the ghosts of the past may hold the answers to her father's paranoid schizophrenia.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091010T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091010T210000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/sarah-langan-signs-audreys-door URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/sarah-langan-signs-audreys-door SUMMARY:Sarah Langan signs Audrey's Door DESCRIPTION:It's an October afternoon of chills and thrills and more than a little madness on Saturday\, October 10\, at 2\:00 PM. Mysterious Galaxy offers a trio of terror with authors Sarah Langan\, Rhodi Hawk\, and Alexandra Sokoloff.
Architect Audrey Lucas thinks she's getting a bargain apartment in the architecturally distinguished Breviary building\; perhaps that is because the former resident committed matricide and suicide. Will Audrey be able to resist the urgings of the building's occupants to build a portal?
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091011T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091011T210000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/barbara-hamilton-signs-ninth-daughter URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/barbara-hamilton-signs-ninth-daughter SUMMARY:Barbara Hamilton signs The Ninth Daughter DESCRIPTION:Barbara Hamilton\, better known to Mysterious Galaxy's readers as Barbara Hambly\, launches a new historical mystery series with The Ninth Daughter. Publishers Weekly gave the first Abigail Adams mystery a starred review\, noting\, \\"Historical fans will eagerly look forward to the next in this promising series.\\" In 1773\, Abigail and John are still living in Boston\, and John is a member of a clandestine group opposing the reigning King George. When a fellow patriot is murdered\, John is among the suspects\, endangering him and the Sons of Liberty.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091016T030000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091016T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/robert-englund-signs-hollywood-monster URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/robert-englund-signs-hollywood-monster SUMMARY:Robert Englund signs Hollywood Monster DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091017T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091017T210000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/lynn-flewelling-signing-laura-anne-gilman URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/lynn-flewelling-signing-laura-anne-gilman SUMMARY:Lynn Flewelling signing with Laura Anne Gilman DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, October 17\, at 2\:00\, Laura Anne will be joined by Lynn Flewelling\, who will offer a reading from the manuscript for springs Nightrunner novel\, The White Road\, and sign bookplates for preorders\, as well as her other works.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091017T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091017T210000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/laura-anne-gilman-signs-flesh-fire URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/laura-anne-gilman-signs-flesh-fire SUMMARY:Laura Anne Gilman signs Flesh & Fire DESCRIPTION:Laura Anne Gilman may be best known to MG's readers as the author of the The Cosa Nostradamus / Retrievers urban fantasy series featuring thieves Wren and Sergei\, most recently Blood from Stone. However\, on Saturday\, October 17\, at 2\:00\, Laura Anne is introducing her epic fantasy world of the Vinearts\, in which magic and wine-making go hand in hand. In Flesh and Fire\, after nearly 1500 years\, the world of the Vinearts\, who craft the spellwines their world depends on\, is about to be subjected to tremendous change.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091018T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091018T210000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/linda-wisdom-signs-hex-high-heels URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/linda-wisdom-signs-hex-high-heels SUMMARY:Linda Wisdom signs Hex in High Heels DESCRIPTION:Join Linda Wisdom on Sunday\, October 18\, at 2\:00 PM\, for a little Hex in the afternoon. Linda's fourth paranormal romance\, Hex in High Heels\, continues the tales of her \\"Hex group of sassy and
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091020T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091020T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/skoot-larson-signs-dig-you-later-alligator-blues URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/skoot-larson-signs-dig-you-later-alligator-blues SUMMARY:Skoot Larson signs The Dig You Later\, Alligator Blues DESCRIPTION:Tune in to jazz reviewer\, baritone saxophone player\, and mystery author Skoot Larson at MG on Monday\, October 19\, at 7\:00 PM. In Skoot's third Lars Lindstrom Zen Jazz Mystery\, The Dig You Later\, Alligator Blues\, the aging jazzman and amateur sleuth looks into the possible connections between the disappearances of a number of local exotic dancers (friends of his girlfriend)\, and the appearance of a large well-fed alligator in one of San Pedro's lakes. Could a former cop with a fondness for lethal reptiles be the link?
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091021T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091021T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/stephen-jay-schwartz-signs-boulevard URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/stephen-jay-schwartz-signs-boulevard SUMMARY:Stephen Jay Schwartz signs Boulevard DESCRIPTION:Fellow independent bookseller Robert Cornell of Book Soup recently praised Boulevard by debut author Stephen Jay Schwartz in Publishers Weekly. Robert commented\, \\"I wonder how it is Schwartz isn't either dead or in jail for what he must have gone through to deliver this surprisingly euphoric book.\\" Stephen's other fans include Robert Crais\, T. Jefferson Parker\, and Tess Gerritsen.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091023T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091023T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/joseph-kanon-signs-stardust URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/joseph-kanon-signs-stardust SUMMARY:Joseph Kanon signs Stardust DESCRIPTION:Mysterious Galaxy welcomes Edgar Award winner Joseph Kanon on Thursday\, October 22\, at 7\:00 PM\, signing and discussing Stardust. Kanon's new novel integrates the backdrop of postwar Hollywood in 1945 and the anti-communist campaigns with a personal mystery. Translator Ben Collier\, on personal leave from the Army\, looks into his brother Danny's mysterious fall from a hotel window\, and subsequent death. Was Danny's fall a suicide attempt\, or something more sinister?
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091024T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091024T190000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/michael-connelly-signs-nine-dragons URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/michael-connelly-signs-nine-dragons SUMMARY:Michael Connelly signs Nine Dragons DESCRIPTION:Best-selling and multiple award-winning author Michael Connelly returns to Mysterious Galaxy on Saturday\, October 24\, at noon. Visit with Michael about the inspiration to set part of Nine Dragons in Hong Kong\; the significance of the matchbook quotation from Fortune Liquors\, where the mystery begins\; why it's taken so long for Harry Bosch to reconnect with his daughter\, Madeline\, since he met her in Lost Light\; and how it feels to play himself in a poker game with Stephen J. Cannell and \\"Richard Castle\,\\" on the latter's mystery television show.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091025T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091025T210000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/and-another-thing-eoin-colfer URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/and-another-thing-eoin-colfer SUMMARY:And Another Thing... with Eoin Colfer DESCRIPTION:As the official 6 of 3 web site reminds us\, \\"On 12 October 1979 the most remarkable book ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor (and Earth) was made available to humanity
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091029T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091029T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/carola-dunn-signs-sheer-folly URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/carola-dunn-signs-sheer-folly SUMMARY:Carola Dunn signs Sheer Folly DESCRIPTION:While Carola Dunn has written more than 50 novels\, including a number of historical romances\, and her new Cornish mystery series\, to Mysterious Galaxy's readers\, she is best known as the creator of the Daisy Dalrymple mysteries\, set in the 1920's. The latest\, Sheer Folly\, finds Daisy sans husband\, Scotland Yard DCI Alec Fletcher\, and their twin offspring\, on a research trip with her collaborator\, Lucy Binscomb. They are on a hunt for remarkable architectural follies for their next book\, staying with other guests at Appsworth Hall\, one of whom ends up murdered.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120517T032416Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091030T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20091030T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/john-connolly-signs-gates URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/john-connolly-signs-gates SUMMARY:John Connolly signs The Gates END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR