Libby Fischer Hellmann

Join Chicago mystery authors Frances McNamara, Libby Fischer Hellmann, and Michael Harvey, along with moderator Bill Savage, for a panel discussion on how and where they conduct background research for their novels using local libraries and archives. Archivists and librarians from the National Archives ... (more)at Chicago will be on hand to highlight their holdings. Books by the authors will be available for purchase and signing following the event. The event is free and open to the public.

Someone is trying to kill Lila Hilliard. During the Christmas holidays she returns from running errands to find her family home in flames, her father and brother trapped inside. Later, she is attacked by a mysterious man on a motorcycle. . . and the threats don't end there. As Lila desperately tries ... (more)to piece together who is after her and why, she uncovers information about her father's past in Chicago during the volatile days of the late 1960s . . . information he never shared with her, but now threatens to destroy her. Part thriller, part historical novel, and part love story, Set the Night on Fire paints an unforgettable portrait of Chicago during a turbulent time: the riots at the Democratic Convention . . . the struggle for power between the Black Panthers and SDS . . . and a group of young idealists who tried to change the world. Libby Fischer Hellmann, an award-winning crime fiction and thriller author, has released her 7th novel. Set the Night on Fire, a stand-alone thriller, goes back, in part, to the late Sixties in Chicago. She also writes two crime fiction series. Easy Innocence (2008) and Doubleback (2009) feature Chicago P.I Georgia Davis. In addition, there are four novels in the Ellie Foreman series, which Libby describes as a cross between "Desperate Housewives" and "24." Libby has also published over 15 short stories in Nice Girl Does Noir and edited the acclaimed crime fiction anthology Chicago Blues. Originally from Washington D.C., she has lived in Chicago for 30 years and claims they'll take her out of there feet first.

Libby Fischer Hellmann reads from and signs her thriller, "Set the Night on Fire". For more information visit http://www.alliumpress.com

Libby Fischer Hellmann reads from and signs her thriller, "Set the Night on Fire". For more information visit http://www.alliumpress.com

Libby Fischer Hellmann will read from and sign her thriller, "Set the Night on Fire". For more information visit http://www.alliumpress.com

A full afternoon of murder and mystery at the library. Featuring special guests Raymond Benson, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Michael Dymmoch and Shane Gericke. Fan of thrillers? Meet a panel of accomplished mystery authors to get a sneak peek into their creative and business processes. A book signing will ... (more)follow. Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Lake Forest Book Store. Raffle Drawing: Attendees can enter to win a free ticket to the Love is Murder XII Conference—the Midwest’s premier mystery conference—at the Chicago O'Hare Intercontinental, February 4-6, 2011: a $250 value! Special bonus event at 1pm: A Murder Mystery: 2B – or NOT To Be! There’s murder and intrigue along Wicker Avenue. Be a neighborhood snoop and solve the murder of the tenant in apartment 2B. Presented by Improv Playhouse. Popcorn and refreshments served.

Northbrook author Libby Fischer Hellmann will discuss her mystery Doubleback, featuring Chicago Private Investigator Georgia Davis adn video producer Ellie Foreman. Attendees will receive a copy of an original short story explaining how the protagonists met. A book signing follows the program. Pollak ... (more)Room.

Crime writer Libby Fischer Hellmann (Easy Innocence) will sign & discuss her new novel, Doubleback (Bleak House; hardback, $24.95; paperback, $14.95).

"Thursday, April 3rd at 7 p.m. authors Libby Fischer Hellman and Cara Black join us to discuss and sign their latest books."

"This is a different format for us in order to accommodate these authors as they travel between Ann Arbor and Chicago. Lunch will be provided and the program will be an informal discussion. From Chicago, we welcome Libby Fischer Hellmann, author of An Eye for Murder and her recent anthology Chicago ... (more)Blues. She is published by Bleak House Books and Poisoned Pen Press. Also joining us is Cara Black who writes the Aimee Leduc series set in Paris, published by Soho Crime Press. Cara lives in San Francisco. Reservations are appreciated. Books by both authors are in the store and will be available for signing."

"7:00 – 8:30 p.m. (PIKESVILLE, MD) Baltimore County Pikesville Library. Mystery authors Cara Black and Libby Fischer Hellman will discuss their works. MLC will be selling books."

Join us for discussion, book signing, and readings from three mystery writers.