The Learned Owl Mystery Newsletter

The Learned Owl Book Shop, September 15, 2015
Kate's Corner

Events, events, events! It's the week we have all been waiting for. You have the opportunity to listen to, interact with, and get books signed by over 40 authors. I guarantee there is something for everyone.

Please take some time to look at all of our author events below and join us whenever you can. Whether it's Star Wars, history, crayons, or mysteries you won't be disappointed.

Thank you for your support, and happy reading!
- Kate
Coming up at
The Learned Owl

Wed., Sept. 16, 7 PM
(at the Hudson Library)
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert K. Massie will discuss the great sea battles of World War I. Register online, or call (330) 653-6658 x1010. 
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Wed., Sept. 16, 7-8:30 PM
(at the Twinsburg Library)

Wed., Sept. 16, 7 PM
(Barlow Community Ctr)
Ian Doescher will be signing copies of his new book William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge: Star Wars Part the Third, and the Hudson Players will do a dramatic reading. Please call 330-653-2252 to register for this free event.

Sat., Sept. 19, 10 AM-4 PM
(at Hiram College)

Sat., Sept. 19, 1-3 PM
(at The Learned Owl)
Joseph Krause, professor emeritus at Kent State University, with his novel Mad Addie.

Sat., Sept. 19, 1-3 PM
(at The Learned Owl)
a memoir about her father.

Sun., Sept. 20, 2 PM
(at The Learned Owl)
The Learned Owl History Book Group discusses History of Fashion with guest Nancy Stanforth, Associate Professor at KSU's School of Fashion.

Mon., Sept. 21, 4-5:30 PM
(at The Learned Owl)
Meet Drew Daywalt, author of The Day the Crayons Came Home.

Mon., Sept. 21, 7 PM
(at the Hudson Library)
Jessica Neuwirth, founder of the international women's rights organization Equality Now, with her book Equal Means Equal: Why the Time for an Equal Rights Amendment is Now. Register online or call 330-653-6658 x1010.

Thurs., Sept. 24, 7 PM
(location TBA)
Join us as our Book Club in a Bar discusses Dead Key, and meet author D. M. Pulley.

Sat., Sept. 26, 11 AM-noon (Independence Library)
Storytime with author/ illustrator Betsy Snyder. Registration is required: register online, or call 216.447.0160.

Sat., Sept. 26, 1-3 PM
(at The Learned Owl)

Sat., Sept. 26, 1-3 PM
(at The Learned Owl)
Author Les Roberts with The Ashtabula Hat Trick, his latest Milan Jacovich mystery.

Sun., Sept. 27, 2-4 PM
(at The Learned Owl)
International Tea Party with guest author Liliana Leone (Les Cinq Eiffels). Please call 330-653-2252 to register.

Wed., Sept. 30, 6:30 PM
(at the Hudson Library)
An Evening with Terry Pluto and Amanda Rabinowitz. Please register for this event at hudsonlibrary.org.
New mysteries

Linda recommends:
A Line of BloodA Line of Blood by Ben McPherson
[William Morrow & Company, $25.99; available Sept. 29]
Linda says: Surely an unspoken fear of parents is that they will discover that their child has some dark secret, that their "normal", well-adjusted, happy child is hiding something. Ben McPherson introduces us to just such a family in a whodunit with many layers of psychological intrigue, secrets and unspoken emotion. Alex and Millicent and their son Max find themselves in the middle of a murder investigation, and what was once taken for granted begins to unravel around them. A must-read for anyone who loves being in the clutches of a brilliant thriller with anything but a straight line to the conclusion.
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by David Lagercrantz
[Knopf Publishing Group, $27.95]
A Lisbeth Salander novel, continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series.
She is the girl with the dragon tattoo, a genius hacker and uncompromising misfit. He is a crusading journalist whose championing of the truth often brings him to the brink of prosecution.
Late one night, Blomkvist receives a phone call from a source claiming to have information vital to the United States. The source has been in contact with a young female superhacker - a hacker resembling someone Blomkvist knows all too well. The implications are staggering. Blomkvist, in desperate need of a scoop for Millennium, turns to Salander for help. She, as usual, has her own agenda. The secret they are both chasing is at the center of a tangled web of spies, cybercriminals, and governments around the world, and someone is prepared to kill to protect it.
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Louise recommends:
House of Thieves House of Thieves by Charles Belfoure
[Sourcebooks Landmark, $25.99]
In 1886 New York, a respectable architect shouldn't have any connection to the notorious gang of thieves and killers that rules the underbelly of the city. But when John Cross's son racks up an unfathomable gambling debt to Kent's Gents, Cross must pay it back himself. All he has to do is use his inside knowledge of high society mansions and museums to craft a robbery even the smartest detectives won't solve. The take better include some cash, too - the bigger the payout, the faster this will be over. With a newfound talent for sniffing out vulnerable and lucrative targets, Cross becomes invaluable to the gang. But Cross's entire life has become a balancing act, and it will only take one mistake for it all to come crashing down - and for his family to go down, too.
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Kate and Louise recommend:
Girl Waits with Gun Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
[Houghton Mifflin, $27.00]
Louise says: "Very fun, easy, enjoyable read."
Constance Kopp doesn't quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters into hiding fifteen years ago. One day a belligerent and powerful silk factory owner runs down their buggy, and a dispute over damages turns into a war of bricks, bullets, and threats as he unleashes his gang on their family farm. When the sheriff enlists her help in convicting the men, Constance is forced to confront her past and defend her family - and she does it in a way that few women of 1914 would have dared.
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Trigger MortisTrigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz
[Harper, $27.99]
Incorporating original, never-before-published material from 007 creator Ian Fleming, Horowitz returns literary legend James Bond to his 1950s heyday in this exhilarating and dashing thriller. Trigger Mortis has all the hallmarks of an original Ian Fleming adventure and features welcome familiar faces, including M and Miss Moneypenny. Horowitz delivers a smooth and seductive narrative of fast cars and beautiful women, ruthless villains and breathtaking plot that will leave readers hanging until the very end.
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In paperback in September

A Demon Summer
Malice
The Mystery of the Lost Cezanne
Vertigo
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons
First Impressions
The Frozen Dead
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