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The Biggest Liar in Los Angeles is the newest entry in Ken Kuhlken’s Tom Hickey California Century series. It is set in 1926, nearly two decides before The Loud Adios, which won the Private Eye Writers of America/St. Martin’s Press Best First PI Novel Award. Tom is working as a musician and a meat deliveryman when he receives word of a lynching in Los Angeles, near the Angelus Temple of infamous evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson – a lynching which has not been reported by the police, or the town’s established media. | 3
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Start: 11:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Janni Lee Simner, author of last year’s post-apocalyptic fairy tale, Bones of Faerie, joins Beth in the spotlight at 11:00 AM. Janni’s new novel, Thief Eyes, is a contemporary fantasy based on the Icelandic sagas, Njal’s Saga in particular. A teen from Arizonea, in Iceland to try to find her own answers about the abrupt disappearance of her mother and the secrets her father seems to be keeping about the circumstances is suddenly part of a centuries long family story. Start: 11:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
On Saturday, May 8, 1993, a new store opened in Clairemont Square, dedicated to the staff’s passion for books of “Martians, Murder, Magic and Mayhem.” Today, that passion continues. We invite you to join us on Saturday, May 8, for our annual all day celebration, featuring some fantastic spotlight authors, special bargains, and, of course, cake! Start: 11:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Last year’s debut, Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, was a staff favorite (see Terry’s review below). MG is thrilled to kick off festivities at our 17th Birthday Bash with Beth Fantaskey and Jekel Loves Hyde (especially with its fantastic purple and green cover!). High school students Jill Jekel and Tristan Hyde are the subject of jokes about their names before they decide to collaborate on a chemistry experiment recreating the famous Robert Lewis Stevenson story. Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
Huffington Post contributor Keith Thomson has been a screenwriter, a semi-pro baseball player in France, and an editorial cartoonist for Newsday. His debut thriller, Once a Spy, finds gambler Charlie Clark and his father Drummond, who he thought was a retired appliance salesman, on the run when it turns out that Drummond was actually a legendary spy. Now various agencies including the CIA are concerned that Drummond, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, will spill classified intel. Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
At noon, Emily St. John Mandel offers readers a twist on crime novels with The Singer’s Gun. Anton Walker is trying to enjoy a mundane, non-remarkable, and above all, non-criminal life as a middle manager. Unfortunately his past as a forger and his family heritage of criminal activities seems destined to pursue him, mostly at the instigation of his cousin, Aria, who is trying to coerce him into one more big score. Start: 1:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Best-selling thriller author Michael Gruber steps into the spotlight at 1:00 PM with The Good Son. In The Good Son, Michael uses the tale of a mother dedicated to the cause of peace, and a son trained in the art of war, to examine how culture influences our view of reality, especially in people raised in two cultures; how melodrama arises from unexamined assumptions of cultures, and the consequences of cultural imperialism. Start: 2:00 pm
At 2:00 PM, Charlaine Harris continues her tradition of appearing at |
