Blooming with Books....
Happy Easter and Passover to All
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4014 N Goldwater Blvd #101
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Greetings,
Whatever your beliefs, we wish all of you a joyous celebration of  Passover, Easter, and Spring.
During her visit, Dana Stabenow and I hit the Desert Botanical Garden very few days to record the way the Garden comes to life with the season. There are so many colors, like this gorgeous blue. Dana took many photos like this one and the one below.
 We both love the sun dial in the Herb Garden and especially the tiny blooming cactus highlight. To end our marvelous March we welcome Jackie Winspear's book launch for the 10th Maisie Dobbs tomorrow night, William Kent Krueger and the book of his heart Tuesday March 26th (another publication day party), the Hardboiled Crime Club Wednesday, and Ian McEwan at ASU on Thursday the 28th. And then we're taking a break all the way to our Cupcake Cozy with Jenn McKinlay on April 6 and our Poisoned Pen Press Gala on Sunday April 7. Don't forget we do our very own programming from The Poisoned Pen. View past and upcoming livestreamed events by clicking here. Not everyone can attend our events so these webcasts provide yet another passport to you readers. The latest Livestreams to post are for Randy and CJ, but don't miss authors you should get to know like Sarah J. Henry and Keith McCafferty. Mr. McCafferty's Spenser-like PI is also a fisherman in his corner of  Montana, just outside Yellowstone, and ties flies. He kindly tied one for me. It's a Gray Ghost, a beauty! And such a fly is a clue in The Gray Ghost Murders (Viking $27). See it Here Buy It Here. Keep US Here. Thank you for your continued support Barbara and The Poisoned Pen Staff | |
 
Thank you for supporting The Poisoned Pen, named Best Specialty Bookstore 2011 and 2012 by the New Times, 2012 by the Arizona Republic, and Poisoned Pen Press, winner of the 2010 Ellery Queen Award from the Mystery Writers of America and named the 2011 Best Local Publisher by the Arizona Republic.
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New Website Features
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Will has composed a blog post explaining how to use new search features in our STORE
To read (and then apply), please click here
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The March Booknews
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The March Booknews is jam-packed: 28 pages of reading. Enjoy it and check out back issues. I will post one for April sometime before April 6.
To read it (on screen you can click the links, or print it out and email in your order) PLEASE CLICK HERE
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Our March Staff Picks
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To see our Picks, please click here
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Our March Book ClubPicks
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Our book clubs are for buyers, not for discussion groups. The idea is to give members of each club something new and wonderful to reach each month.
To see our January -March Picks, please click here,
then check out each club for what it offers and the new Picks
To join a book club, email sales@poisonedpen.com
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The March New Books Lists
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Unsigned Hardcovers: click here
Signed Hardcovers, click here Trade Paperbacks, click here Mass Market Paperbacks, click here |
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Monday March 25
Book Launch
Jacqueline Winspear
7:00 PM
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MONDAY MARCH 25 7:00 PM Launch Party
Jacqueline Winspear signs Leaving Everything Most Loved (Harper $27)
Join the party for the 10th Maisie Dobbs! Our neighbor, Butter Me Bakery, is whipping up cookies! And we will have some giveaways. Come in any kind of 1930s dress if you have something you like to wear.
Maisie has come a long way since as a girl she began to learn by  reading in the library of her aristocratic employers. A terrible war, personal tragedy, a mentor and a legacy, a hard-won career as a private enquiry agent, a romance with the son of the great house, the role of Maisie's loving, shrewd father Frank, are all part of the fabric of the life Winspear have woven for and around Maisie.
And now you get not only a new case but a broad look at this tapestry. And it all begins with the shooting of a handsome Indian woman dressed in striking silks who is found fallen into a London canal....
Note: Jackie is recovering from knee surgery. She has had to cancel her event in Sun City West Monday afternoon.
You can watch her on Livestream by clicking here.
7 PM PST (10 PM EST) or any time thereafter
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Tuesday March 26
Book Launch
William Kent Krueger
7:00 PM
Date Change: Hardboiled Crime March 27
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TUESDAY MARCH 26 7:00 PM Launch Party
William Kent Krueger signs Ordinary Grace (Atria $25)
New Bremen, Minnesota. The summer of 1961 was a time of hope for so many, with the election of a new, young president, and The Twins' debut season. But when tragedy befalls his family, 13-year-old Frank Drum finds himself facing an adult world of secrets and betrayal, and growing up faster than he'd expected. ORDINARY GRACE is a story of the murder of a beautiful young woman, but above all, it's a story about discovering the terrible power of wisdom and the awful grace of God.
Part coming-of-age story, part mystery, ORDINARY GRACE will resonate with readers of Peace Like A River and Songs for the Missing as well as fans of William Kent Krueger's New York Times best-selling Cork O'Connor mystery series. Kent returns in late August to sign a new Cork.
Date Change: WEDNESDAY MARCH 27 7:00 PM
Hardboiled Crime Club reads Stuart MacBride's Birthdays for the Dead ($15) New: THURSDAY MARCH 28 7:30 PM Ian McEwan at ASU. See Details below. |
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Ian McEwan
Thursday March 28
7:30 PM at ASU
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The 2013 SciFi Meets SciFi Fact Lecture
Doors Open: Approximately 6:30pm
Start Time: 7:30pm
Cost: Free & open to the public
Where: MUR 101, ASU Tempe Campus | Click HERE for a map of ASU.
Parking: MUR 101 is in the center of campus so you have many choices. For a detailed list of parking locations and rates please click HERE.
Seating: Seats are open to reservation holders on a first-come, first-served basis and only to the person(s) present at registration. We recommend arriving by 7pm to ensure a seat. We will be opening up all unoccupied seats to non-RSVP'ed guests by 7:15pm.
RSVP: This RSVP system is for predicting attendance. Your RSVP does not guarantee seating. Seats are open to reservation holders on a first-come, first-served basis.
Book Signing: Ian McEwan will be participating in a book signing after the lecture! This opportunity is open to lecture guests on a first-come, first-served basis.
Cancellations: If you are not able to attend, please notify us by emailing deepthought@asu.edu so we may accurately calculate attendance. Thank you in advance for your kind courtesy.
Questions: Please feel free to contact us via email at deepthought@asu.edu or by calling us at 480-965-3240
 Join us in this wonderful opportunity to meet Ian McEwan and buy books to get signed. (We hope he will sign trade paperbackks of his backlist for sale at the store; watch the Enews).
Please do not send us any personal books to be signed, and, honestly, we can't say if he will sign any mail orders. Note also that his new novel Sweet Tooth is only available in later printings. |
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Our April Events Calendar
Plus a Peek at May
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SATURDAY APRIL 6 2:00 PM A Cupcake Cozy!
Jenn McKinlay signs Going, Going, Ganache (Berkley $7.99) Bakery Mystery
SUNDAY APRIL 7 2:00 PM Poisoned Pen Press Party
Tammy Kaehler signs Braking Points (Poisoned Pen $25or $15) Kate Reilly
Tina Whittle signs Blood Ash and Bone (Poisoned Pen $25 or $15) Tai Randolph
MONDAY APRIL 8 Hardboiled Fiction 7:00 PM
Andrew Gross signs No Way Back (Morrow $28) Suburban crime
Lachlan Smith signs Bear is Broken (Grove $24) Debut for Leo Maxwell
TUESDAY APRIL 9 7:00 PM Baby Shower/Book Launch
Lauren Willig signs The Ashford Affair (St Martins $25) Brilliant British crime
WEDNESDAY APRIL 10 11:30 AM Lunch with Lauren
Optional dress: 1920s costume and a hat
AN AAUW Scholarship Fund Raiser for Scottsdale Community College
The Artichoke Grill, SCC Campus Make out your checks for $45 per reservation to the Maricopa Community College Foundation (memo line must say AAUW Scottsdale) and mail them with the coupon to Helen Frantz, 27397 112th Place, Scottsdale, AZ 86262. A confirmation email will arrive in lieu of a ticket. The Foundation will send a letter confirming your $25 tax deduction after the event. Barbara will be on hand to host Lauren and sell The Ashford Affair
THURSDAY APRIL 11 7:00 PM
Linda Barnes signs The Perfect Ghost (St Martins $25) Standalone suspense
SATURDAY APRIL 13 10:30 AM
Coffee and Crime discusses Alan Bradley's debut, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie ($15)
SATURDAY APRIL 13 11:00 AM
Join Coffee and Crime visiting with Alan Bradley by Skype
Barbara interviews Bradley
SATURDAY APRIL 13 2:00 PM
Deborah Ledford signs Crescendo (Second $16)
Kris Neri signs Revenge on Route 66 (Cherokee ($18)
THURSDAY APRIL 18 7:00 PM
Stuart Woods signs Unintended Consequences (Putnam $27) and the previous Stone Barrington, Collateral Damage (Putnam $28)
FRIDAY APRIL 19 6:15 PM A Double TGIF NIGHT
Ridley Pearson signs The Kingdom Keepers VI Dark Passage (Disney $18) Ages 12+
And then at 7:00 PM
Philip Kerr signs Man Without Breath (Putnam $27) Bernie Gunther
SATURDAY APRIL 20 Southwestern Mystery 2:00 PM
Christine Barber signs When the Devil Doesn't Show (St Martins $25) Santa Fe cop Gil Montoya
Becky Masterman signs Rage Against the Dying
(St Martins $25) Tucson FBI Agent Brigid Quinn A First Mystery Pick
SUNDAY APRIL 20 2:00 PM
Laura Tohe signs Code Talker Stories (Rio Nuevo $15)
TUESDAY APRIL 23 7:00 PM Party!
T Jefferson Parker signs The Famous and the Dead (Dutton $27) his 20th novel and 6th and final case for Charlie Hood
THURSDAY APRIL 25 7:00 PM
Hardboiled Crime Club reads Ted Lewis, Get Carter ($15)
SATURDAY APRIL 27 2:00 PM Tea Party
Tea: $5.00 You may come for free, but get no tea.
To honor Reg, bring a favorite stuffed animal. Prizes
Nancy Atherton signs Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince (Viking $26) Lori Shepherd
MONDAY APRIL 29 7:00 PM Women's Fiction
Kristin Hannah signs Fly Away (St Martins $28) Perfect for Mother's Day
THURSDAY MAY 2 7:00 PM
Daniel Palmer signs Stolen (Kensington $25) Medical thriller
SATURDAY MAY 4 10 AM-4 PM CozyCon2
Phoenix Public Library 1221 N Central Avenue, Phoenix 85004
Registration: $40 includes lunch and 3 afternoon panels 480 947-2974 or email sales@poisonedpen.com
Paranormal and Psychic: Blackwell, Haines, Laurie
Nothing Like a Dame: Coonts, Kendrick, McKinlay, Milchman
Historical Mystery: Ramsay (Jerusalem 29 CE), Robertson (Sherlock Holmes variation), Ashley (Regency)
Juliet Blackwell signs Murder on the House (Berkley $7.99) Haunted Home Renovation Mystery
Deborah Coonts signs Lucky Bastard (Forge $26) Lucky O'Toole
Ashley Gardner signs A Death in Norfolk ($11) Captain Lacey Regency
Carolyn Haines signs Smarty Bones (St Martins $25) Sarah Booth Delaney AND as RB Chesterton, starts a series with The Darkling (Pegasus $25)
Beth Kendrick signs The Week Before the Wedding (NAL $15)
Victoria Laurie signs What a Ghoul Wants (Signet $7.99) Ghost Hunter Mystery
Jenn McKinlay signs Going, Going, Ganache (Berkley $7.99) Bakery Mystery
Jenny Milchman signs Cover of Snow (Random $26) Debut
Frederick Ramsay signs Holy Smoke (Poisoned Pen $25 or $15) Jerusalem Mystery
Michael Robertson The Baker Street Translation (St Martins $25) Baker Street Letters Mystery
TUESDAY MAY 7 7:00 PM Launch Party
David Morrell signs Murder As a Fine Art (Morrow $26) Thomas De Quincey Victorian thriller
May 8: Gini Koch, May 9: Darrell James, Maegan Beaumont, Matt Coyle; May 10 John Sandford; May 13 Peter Lovesey; May 14 Jon Talton; May 15 Dan Brown Livestream Happy Hour 4:15; May 16 John Lescroart; May 17 Michael Harvey; May 20 Sophie Littlfield; May 21 Walter Mosley; May 22 Alex Grecian; May 25 John Scalzi 2 PM; May 28 Clive Cussler/Graham Brown
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Two Fun April Events
with Lauren Willig
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TUESDAY APRIL 9 7:00 PM 
Our First Ever Baby Shower/Book Signing
It's a Girl, so let's go frilly and pink for Lauren's first child
 On Wednesday April 10, Lauren Willig speaks to the Scottsdale Chapter at its Author Luncheon in the wonderful Artichoke Grill at Scottsdale Community College. Proceeds go to scholarships for the College.
$45, Reservations required. See our April Calendar above for details.
Lauren's new novel, a standalone British mystery, is called The Ashford Affair (St Martins $25)
I will be on hand selling books
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Books Just Arrived!
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 Charleston tea shop owner Theodosia Browning, always a bridesmaid, never a bride. This time for her friend Delaine Dish. But bad omens descend. First, a massive storm is gathering over the city. Next, Delaine's sister is late for the ceremony. And finally, the groom stands Delaine up at the altar-it's not cold feet, it's rigor mortis. Someone has iced him-and what a lot of suspects there are. 14th in the Tea Shop Mystery Series.
Coben, Harlan. Six Years Signed (Dutton $28).
Six years haven't come close to extinguishing Jake Sanders' feelings for Natalie, the love of his life who dumped him so unceremoniously for  Todd. Then Jake comes across Todd's obituary and can't keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd's wife he's hoping for. But wait-the widow isn't Natalie. Suddenly, everything Jake thought he knew about the best time of his life-a time he has never gotten over-is turned completely inside out. As Jake searches for the truth, his picture-perfect memories of Natalie begin to unravel. Mutual friends of the couple either can't be found, or don't remember Jake. No one has seen Natalie in years. Jake's search for the woman who broke his heart, who lied to him, soon puts his very life at risk as it dawns on him that the man he has become may be based on a carefully constructed fiction. Coben spins a high-octane domestic tale rife with ill-fated romances, buried pasts and hairpin plot turns, much in the style of his breakout hit, Tell No One.
Fremantle, Elizabeth. The Queen's Gambit Signed (Macmillan$35).
Our April History/MysteryClub Pick. Widowed for the second time at 31, Katherine Parr is obliged to return to court but, suspicious of the  aging Henry VIII, and those who surround him, she does so with reluctance. Nevertheless when she finds herself caught up in a passionate affair with the dashing and seductive Thomas Seymour, she believes she might finally be able to marry for love. But her presence at court has attracted the attentions of another, unluckily for her. With her charismatic lover dispatched to the continent, Katherine becomes Henry's sixth wife. Passionate about religious reform, and ever aware of the fates of his previous queens, she must draw upon all her instincts and intellect to navigate the treachery of the court. With the Catholic faction once more in the ascendency, reformers burned for heresy and those around the dying king vying for position in the new regime, her survival seems unlikely-and yet she has still not quite given up on love...Rich in atmosphere and period detail. If you loved Wolf Hall, The Other Boleyn Girl or the BBC drama series The Tudors, or if you've puzzled over the relationship between Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour, who comes across here as a real cad, this is for you.
Harris, CS. What Darkness Brings Signed (NAL $27).
It's September, 1812. The death of notorious London diamond merchant Eisler draws Viscount Sebastian St. Cyr and his new wife Hero, the  pregnant daughter of his mortal enemy Jarvis, into a sordid world of greed, desperation, and murder, not to mention treason. It's those damned French. The husband of Sebastian's former lover Kat Boleyn is accused of Eisler's murder. One-time privateer Yates will surely hang if Sebastian doesn't unmask what really happened. Although Eisler's clients included the Prince Regent and the Emperor Napoleon, he was a despicable man with many enemies and a number of dangerous, well-kept secrets-including a passion for arcane texts and black magic. Central to the case is a magnificent blue diamond, believed to have once formed part of the French crown jewels, which disappeared on the night of Eisler's death and which banker Thomas Hope has an interest.... Note: it's a real diamond, on display today at the Smithsonian. To read of its history is fascinating in this 8th investigation to challenge St. Cyr. To read of how veterans of England's wars were treated is a reminder of the care due our own soldiers.
Hunter, Stephen. The Third Bullet (SimonSchuster $27). Not new, but we finally got a last batch of signed copies in from Hunter. 4 left!
Masello, Robert. The Romanov Cross Signed (Random $27).
Publishers Weekly awards a Starred Review to our March Thriller Club Pick. "In this fascinating, funny, and frightening supernatural  thriller, Masello skillfully weaves together the story of the deaths of the Russian royal family with the possibility of a new worldwide influenza pandemic. St. Peter's, a small island off the coast of Alaska's Seward Peninsula, was once the home of a tiny community of followers of Rasputin, the notorious Russian monk. St. Peter's sole living inhabitant, if living is the right word, is a Romanov-the recipient of a blessing from Rasputin, or maybe it was a curse. The island's graveyard contains victims of the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918. Global warming is now heaving the coffins to the surface and into the sea. Field epidemiologist Maj. Frank Slater and his team journey to St. Peter's to see if any of the original flu virus is still a danger to humanity. The inhabitants of the nearby town of Port Orlov play key roles in the action-in particular the fetching mayor, Nika Tincook, and the local ne'er-do-wells, Harley Vane and his wheelchair-bound brother, Charlie, whose petty criminal deeds threaten the world. Toss in a pack of slavering wolves, the undead, and a chilling ending, and the result is a terrific, can't-put-it-down read. Fine prose and plotting help solidify Masello's position at the top of this crowded subgenre."
Masterman, Becky. Rage Against the Dying (St Martins $25 SIGNED April 20). Order now before we run out of first prints
A new First Mystery Club Pick."Retired FBI agent Brigid Quinn is  trying to live like a normal person, with a husband, dogs, and quaint domesticity, until one day a man claims to be a serial killer whom Quinn chased but could never catch. Just as the case seems to be finally closing, Quinn finds herself thrown back into the investigation and the apparent target of another murderer. Fast-paced, thrilling, and gritty, this is a tour de force of crime fiction that introduces us to a unique and intriguing female character." This unusual debut, set in Tucson by a Tucson author, was reviewed today in the NY Times
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2013 Dilys and Lefty Awards
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2013 Dilys Award Winner
Peter Robinson, Before the Poison
2013 Left Coast Crime Award Winners
Lefty Award: Brad Parks, The Girl Next Door
Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award: Catriona McPherson, Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for Murder
Rocky Award: Craig Johnson, As the Crow Flies
The Watson: Rochelle Staab, Brouja Brouja
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Our Poisoned Pen Conference
Saturday July 6
Note: Daniel Silva is at the Biltmore Friday July 19
Room Rates for both events to come...
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The Arizona Biltmore hosts our annual Conference once again.
Saturday July 6 9 AM-4:30 PM.
Details on Room Rate to come as well as Room Rate for Friday July 19, Daniel Silva at the Biltmore
Registration $50 Cash buffet lunch. Cupcakes for dessert to go with the Cupcake Cozy Panel
Call 888 560 9919 or 480 947-2974
Confirmed authors now includes Marcia Clark with
Avery Aames, Lauren Beukes, Kate Carlisle, Jane Cleland, Steve Hamilton, Michael Kahn, Susanna Kearsley, Jenn McKinlay, Sheldon Siegel,Qiu Xiaolong
And St Martin's Press editor Keith Kahla will be our Luncheon Speaker. It's July -- think the pool, too
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Buy Poisoned Pen Gift Cards Online
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You can now buy our Gift Cards, a perfect present!, right from our website
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The Poisoned Pen
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Email any requests to sales@poisonedpen.com. It's all part of the experience. Thank you for supporting The Poisoned Pen.
Winner, 2001 Raven Award from the Mystery Writers of America! Winner,
2012 The Arizona Republic and the New Times Best of Phoenix and Best of Scottsdale, Best Bookstore!
12-time Nominee, Publishers Weekly's Bookseller of the Year
Winner, James Patterson Page-Turner Award
Poisoned Pen Press, Winner, The 2010 Ellery Queen Award from The Mystery Writers of America
Member of the Crime Writers of Canada, British Crime Writers Association, The Mystery Writers of America, The American Booksellers Association, The Independent Mystery Booksellers Association, Valley Independent Bookstores.
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