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Note from the library website: The Friends of the Cerritos Library will host the eighth Mystery on the Menu luncheon with 15 award- winning authors on Saturday, January 26 from 11 a.m. o 4 p.m.

The authors participating in panel discussions and book signing are Rhys Bowen, Robin Burcell, Jan Burke , Marcia Clark , Janet Dawson , Timothy Hallinan, Naomi Hirahara, Melodie Johnson Howe, Leslie S. Klinger , Dick Lochte, Catriona McPherson, Christopher Rice , Sheldon Siegel , April Smith and Kelli Stanley. Copies of books by these authors will be available for purchase at the event from Mysterious Galaxy.

Admission is $45 per person. Register via the library early, as seating as limited. Contact Janice Dawson at (562) 924-2474

Location: Street: Cerritos Library Additional: 18025 Bloomfield Avenue City: Cerritos, Province: California Postal Code: 90703 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Christopher Rice reads from The Moonlit Earth.

Please join us: Monday , April 19th, 2010 7:30 PM Books Inc. 2275 Market St. @ Noe San Francisco, CA 94114 (415) 864 – 6777 Author Christopher Rice will be joining us to read from his latest novel “The Moonlit Earth.” Christopher Rice, the author of four New York Times bestselling novels by the age of thirty, returns with his first female protagonist since "The Snow Garden." In "The Moonlit Earth," he delivers a compelling psychological thriller about a young woman who must act to save her brother's reputation and life when he is accused of being involved in a terrorist event. When Megan and Cameron Reynolds's father walked out on their mother, they forged an unbreakable bond. If their father could not be there to take care of them, they would always be there to take care of each other. But life intervenes, and siblings go separate ways . . . until something happens to reforge that bond. At thirty, faced with disappointments in career and romance, Megan Reynolds returns to the safety of Cathedral Beach, the home of her mother, who lives among the wealthy with no money of her own. Cameron worries that his sister will lose herself around their mother's frivolous life, but Megan worries more about her brother. She worries that Cameron's care- free charm, which makes him popular in both his work as a flight attendant on a luxury airline and the West Hollywood party scene he enjoys, could lead him into danger. When a bomb goes off in a high-end hotel in Hong Kong, security-camera footage appears on television showing two men escaping: one Middle Eastern and one American. Megan and her mother recognize the young American as Cameron--and find that he has become enmeshed with a mysterious family of wealthy Saudis. In her desperate journey to save her brother's life, Megan uncovers a trail of secrets and intrigue that snakes from the decadent beaches of southern Thailand to the glass skyscrapers of Hong Kong-- and finds herself part of a dark global conspiracy that involves a member of her own family. About the Author: Christopher Rice is the author of the "New York Times" bestsellers "A Density of Souls" and "The Snow Garden." The son of author Anne Rice and the late poet Stan Rice, he lives in Los Angeles. * * * Books Inc. is a locally owned and operated independent bookstore with 10 locations in California. Books Inc.’s origins date back to the Gold Rush days of 1851, when Anton Roman struck it rich in Shasta City, California and set himself up in business selling books. That small bookstore was moved, bought, sold, burned, rebuilt and renamed, and became Books Inc. as we know it today in 1946. Today, with 10 stores and 200 employees, Books Inc. serves as a shining example that independent bookselling can survive and prosper, even if we must dance among the elephants. This event is FREE at Books Inc. 2275 Market St., San Francisco 94114 For Questions: Amadeus Martin, Event Coordinator—415.864.6777 amartin@booksinc.net ; on the web at www.booksinc.net and www.myspace.com/booksinccastro www.facebook.com (amadeus06)… (more)

Christopher Rice on tour for The Moonlit Earth.

This is the latest new novel from Christopher Rice! *This is a Line Ticketed Event. Tickets are free with purchase of the book and are numbered in order of purchase. Buy your book early & get a great place in line! When a young flight attendant disappears during a terrorist bombing in Hong Kong, his sister must brave a series of conspiracies to clear his name. The central characters are Megan Reynolds and her petulant brother Cameron. Newly unemployed, Megan is holed up with their socialite mother when Cameron shows up at her birthday party, where they get into an argument about their long-gone father. Soon after, Megan starts working for Lucas, a wealthy cousin who sets her up as head of a nonprofit environmental organization. Her plans are derailed when a massive explosion rips through Cameron's hotel in Hong Kong, and a video camera catches him fleeing the scene with a Middle Eastern fixer. Following her brother's trail to Hong Kong, Megan meets a young Saudi prince named Aabid, who explains at interminable length about his involvement with Cameron. Uncharacteristically, her brother had rejected the prince's advances, and he'd also threatened to expose the bloodthirsty relationship between Aabid's wealthy family and Zach Holder, a ruthless American mogul who is one of Lucas' biggest clients. (jasbro)… (more)

Christopher Rice on tour for Blind Fall.

"Christopher Rice talks about his novel Blind Fall. A marine’s life is changed when he fails to notice an explosive device that ends up maiming the captain of his Force. Home from Iraq, he pays a visit to his former captain, only to discover the captain’s gruesome murder as well as his secret male lover. Rice is the author of The Snow Garden." (christiguc)… (more)