San Diego native Lisa Brackmann takes readers on a couch trip to contemporary China in her debut novel\,Rock Paper Tiger\, Maryelizabeth’s Signed First Mystery Pick for June. (See review below.) An Iraq war vet tangled in the death throes of a marriage\, Ellie Cooper finds herself caught up in a conspiracy against the Chinese government\, with no clear way to determine who her allies are\, especially when her primary source of information is via on-line game avatars.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100613T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100613T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/simon-wood URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/simon-wood SUMMARY:Simon Wood signs TERMINATED DESCRIPTION:Everyone’s worked with someone who is never responsible for any of his / her own issues at work – they are always the victim of someone else’s special treatment or malice. In Terminated\, Simon Wood takes that obnoxious co-worker to a dangerous and deadly level. When Gwen Ferris\, recently promoted to Manager of Quality Assurance on her own merits over Stephen Tarbell\, gives Tarbell a poor performance review\, he reacts unreasonably. He begins a campaign of intimidation and terror\, encompassing her job\, her family\, and her life.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100615T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100616T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-15th URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-15th SUMMARY:New Books On Sale June 15th DESCRIPTION:New Books On Sale June 15th
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100617T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100617T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/book-discussion-group-accidental-sorcerer URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/book-discussion-group-accidental-sorcerer SUMMARY:Book Discussion Group -- THE ACCIDENTAL SORCERER DESCRIPTION:Mysterious Galaxy's Book Discussion Group meets on Wednesday nights at
the store. (Tuesdays during part of the summer.) Participation is open to all
readers\; readers need not have completed a particular book to attend.
A Bad Day for Sorry\, Sophie Littlefield’s novel introducing the extremely self-reliant Stella Hardesty\, sewing shop owner and friend to abused women in need\, was an Edgar nominee for Best First Novel. Stella is back in A Bad Day for Pretty\, working to help clear her friend\, Nebuchadnezzar Donovan\, of the accusation of murder when a tornado unveils a corpse at the county fairground. Sophie also has new novel Banished coming for young adults this fall. Sophie visits on Friday\, June 18\, at 7\:00 PM\, with partner in crime Juliet Blackwell.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100619T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100619T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/juliet-blackwell-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/juliet-blackwell-signs SUMMARY:Juliet Blackwell signs A CAST-OFF COVEN DESCRIPTION:Secondhand Spirits\, Juliet Blackwell’s novel introducing witch Lily Ivory and her Haight-Ashbury vintage clothing store\, was a hit among mystery and urban fantasy readers alike last year. In A Cast-Off Coven\, Lily is asked to put her talents to work when the San Francisco School for the Arts reports strange disturbances. Lily is anticipating former dead bodies\, but finds a recent corpse at the foot of a supposedly haunted staircase.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100619T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100619T223000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/local-author-shawna-lynn-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/local-author-shawna-lynn-signs SUMMARY:Local Author Shawna Lynn signs LESSONS FROM AN EVIL MIND DESCRIPTION:Local author Shawna Lynn has a personal history that is as intriguing as a novel. At age 29 she suffered an illness that caused her to lose her memory. Today this wife and mother is not only a local author\, but also working on degrees in literature and psychology. Lessons from an Evil Mind\, her first suspense novel\, examines issues of relentless evil\, and determined survival\, as a former captive works to evade recapture and regain her spirit of hope. Shawna Lynn visits Mysterious Galaxy on Saturday\, June 19\, at 2\:00 PM.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100622T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100623T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-22nd URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-22nd SUMMARY:New Books On Sale June 22nd DESCRIPTION:New Books On Sale June 22nd
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100623T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100623T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jodi-compton-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jodi-compton-signs SUMMARY:Jodi Compton signs HAILEY'S WAR DESCRIPTION:In a note to the staff\, Jodi Compton says of Hailey’s War\, “I learned
Latin for this book\; I read a great deal about both West Point and LA’s
gangs to write it. In one sense\, it’s a variation on the classic
loner-crosses-the-Mob storyline\; in another\, though\, it’s a book about
California and her children\, and very close to my heart.” Intrigued?
Meet Jodi on Tuesday\, June 22\, at 7\:00 PM\, and read about military
academy dropout Hailey Cain\, and her job escorting a recently murdered
gang member’s cousin to Mexico.
Young Julie is the newest member of the Metropolitan Opera’s violin section. She is not prepared for the personal rivalries\, pettiness and drama off-stage – nor for her mentor\, the conductor to be shot during a performance in Murder in the Pit. (See Sandra’s review below.) Local author and screenwriter Erica Miner has a background as a professional violinist\, like her protagonist\, and has written novels about family travels\, and the adventures of four young women in the Midwest during the 1960’s. Join Erica for her launch party for Murder in the Pit on Thursday\, June 24\, at 7\:00 PM.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100626T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100626T030000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jeffery-deaver-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jeffery-deaver-signs SUMMARY:Jeffery Deaver signs THE BURNING WIRE DESCRIPTION:Join Jeffery Deaver for an evening of thrills and plot twists on Friday\, June 25\, at 7\:00 PM. The Burning Wire pits Lincoln Rhyme\, NYPD officers Amanda Sachs and Ron Pulaski\, and FBI agent Fred Dellray against a killer who is attacking victims in New York City with electricity – the city’s lifeblood. Meanwhile\, authorities in Mexico have asked for Rhyme’s help in their pursuit of his old adversary the Watchmaker. (See Sandra’s review below) Jeff may also offer tidbits about “Project X\,” due in 2011\, starring Ian Fleming’s famous spy.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100626T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100626T210000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jv-jones-signs URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/jv-jones-signs SUMMARY:J.V. Jones signs WATCHER OF THE DEAD DESCRIPTION:J.V. Jones signs the fourth novel in the five book Sword of Shadows series\, Watcher of the Dead\, at 2\:00 PM on Saturday\, June 26. The story picks up about twenty days after the final events in A Sword From Red Ice\, with Raif in possession of the sword named Loss\, and asks\, “What would Tem Sevrance make of his son now? What advice would he give to a man who could heart-kill any target he set in his sights?
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100627T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100627T203000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/rebecca-cantrell-signs-night-long-knives URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/rebecca-cantrell-signs-night-long-knives SUMMARY:Rebecca Cantrell signs A NIGHT OF LONG KNIVES DESCRIPTION:It’s an afternoon of crime through time on Sunday\, June 27. MG welcomes Rebecca Cantrell at noon for our trip to Munich in 1934. Journalist Hannah Vogel sought her brother’s killer in A Trace of Smoke\, the 2010 Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award winner. Hannah is supposed to be working on an article about a zeppelin trip from South America to Switzerland\, but is diverted to Munich\, where she seeks for her son in the city of Nazis in A Night of Long Knives. Rebecca also has a story in the new anthology\, First Thrills\, edited by Lee Child.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100627T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100627T230000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/p-f-chisholm-signs-murder-crows URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/p-f-chisholm-signs-murder-crows SUMMARY:P. F. Chisholm signs A MURDER OF CROWS DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100629T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100629T040000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/scott-sigler-signs-ancestor URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/scott-sigler-signs-ancestor SUMMARY:Scott Sigler signs ANCESTOR DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100629T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100630T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-29th URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-june-29th SUMMARY:New Books On Sale June 29th DESCRIPTION:New Books On Sale June 29th
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100630T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100630T040000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/tarquin-hall-signs-case-man-who-died-laughing URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/tarquin-hall-signs-case-man-who-died-laughing SUMMARY:Tarquin Hall signs THE CASE OF THE MAN WHO DIED LAUGHING DESCRIPTION:Vish Puri\, India’s Most Private Investigator\, debuted in The Case of the Missing Servant\, named one of The New York Times 10 Best Mysteries of 2009. In The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing\, Vish investigates when a prominent Indian scientist is apparently murdered by a supernatural apparition\, and a renowned guru\, whose authenticity was questioned by the scientist\, is the main suspect. Author and journalist Tarquin Hall’s travels have taken him to England\, South Asia\, the Middle East\, Africa\, and now\, on Tuesday\, June 29\, at 7\:00 PM\, San Diego.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100701T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100701T040000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/clarion-professor-delia-sherman-discusses-writing-process URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/clarion-professor-delia-sherman-discusses-writing-process SUMMARY:Clarion Professor Delia Sherman Discusses the Writing Process DESCRIPTION: END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100701T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100704T000000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/eat-sleep-read-celebrate-save URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/eat-sleep-read-celebrate-save SUMMARY:Eat. Sleep. Read. Celebrate. Save! DESCRIPTION:
In celebration of Independence Week\, we thank all of you for supporting
Mysterious Galaxy\, one of San Diego's independent bookstores.
So... in celebration\, come in any time during the week wearing your MG
Eat. Sleep. REad. t-shirt\, or carrying an MG tote bag\, and you will
receive 17% off of your entire purchase.
Bring a friend with you\, and they can enjoy your discount\, too.\,
And\, again\, thank you for being our customers for more than 17 years.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100704T070000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100704T070000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/independence-day URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/independence-day SUMMARY:Independence Day! DESCRIPTION:Mysterious Galaxy will be closed on Sunday\, July 4\, to allow the staff to celebrate with our family and friends. And continue our reading...
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100705T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100708T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/eat-sleep-read-celebrate-save-cont URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/eat-sleep-read-celebrate-save-cont SUMMARY:Eat. Sleep. Read. Celebrate. Save! continues... DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Independence Week\, we thank all of you for supporting Mysterious Galaxy\, one of San Diego's independent bookstores.
So... in celebration\, come in any time during the week wearing your MG Eat. Sleep. Read. t-shirt\, or carrying an MG tote bag\, and you will receive 17% off of your entire purchase.
Bring a friend with you\, and they can enjoy your discount\, too.\,
And\, again\, thank you for being our customers for more than 17 years.
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END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100706T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100707T020000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-tuesday-july-6 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/new-books-sale-tuesday-july-6 SUMMARY:New Books On Sale Tuesday July 6 DESCRIPTION:A selection of books on sale on Tuesday\, July 6th.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100708T020000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100708T040000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/george-r-r-martin-discusses-writing-process URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/george-r-r-martin-discusses-writing-process SUMMARY:Clarion Professor George R R Martin Discusses the Writing Process DESCRIPTION:On the seventh day of the seventh month at 7\:00 PM\, Clarion Professor George R R Martin will discuss the Seven Kingdoms\, their seven gods\, and the rumored seven books in The Song of Ice and Fire\, as well as the writing process and HBO adaptations.. Join us for what is sure to be a fantastic evening on Wednesday\, July 7\, at 7\:00 PM. Following a few words by the author\, Clarion students will get their books signed\, followed by the rest of us in numerical fashion. Numbers for the signing line will be given out the day of the signing on a first-come\, first-served basis in person.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120523T092056Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100709T173000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100709T180000Z UID:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/marlene-wagman-geller-drops URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/marlene-wagman-geller-drops SUMMARY:Marlene Wagman-Geller drops in and signs EUREKA! DESCRIPTION:An informal visit and stock signing for EUREKA!\:
The Surprising Stories Behind the
Ideas That
Shaped the World .