Location: San Diego, CA, US

Warwick's and Venissimo Cheese present The Cheese Concierge, on Thursday, June 20th from 2:00 to 4:00pm. This month we will be featuring 3 Cheeses of the United Kingdom: $25 (approximately 1 lb total). Collection will include complete cheese descriptions, wine pairing and cooking suggestions. Pre-order this exclusive Warwick's Collection by Wednesday, June 19th, 5:00 p.m. Call us at 858.454.0347 to place your pre-order. No substitutions or returns.

Location: Street: 7812 Girard Ave City: La Jolla, Province: California Postal Code: 92037 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Everyone's excited about the latest from Max Barry, the author of Jennifer Government. Lexicon was one of this summer's "High-Temperature Reading" recommendations by Lev Grossman in Time: "Imagine, if you will, a secret group of people called Poets who have the power to control others simply by speaking to them. Barry has, and the result is an extraordinarily fast, funny, cerebral thriller."

Location: Street: 2810 Artesia Boulevard City: Redondo Beach, Province: California Postal Code: 90278 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

San Diego is fortunate to have been home to any number of speculative fiction authors, some of whom still reside here, and we are pleased to add UCSD undergraduate and debut author S.M. Wheeler to those ranks. Sea Change is a dark fairy tale for adults, chronicling the undertakings of a young woman endeavoring to rescue her beloved companion, a talking kraken. (See Maryelizabeth’s review here.)

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With a career creating Glamorous Ghouls through make-up and costuming, writing a young adult novel with the darkness of a horror novel but the beauty of a fairy tale seems like a natural next step for Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm, the second book in the Grisha Trilogy, continues the story of Alina, Mal and the Darkling in new and unfamiliar territory. (See Maryelizabeth's review on our website.)

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Richard Lange joins Lisa Brackmann to discuss international intrigue and his new novel, Angel Baby. Richard is the author of the well-received This Wicked World, a staff pick from a few years ago, He drew praise from Publishers Weekly for his sophomore novel: “Lange’s follow-up marks him as a crime novelist to watch.” Take a wild ride with Luz, as she strives to escape her life with a narco boss in Tijuana and rejoin family in Los Angeles in this work sure to appeal to fans of T. Jefferson Parker and Don Winslow.

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Haute La Jolla Nights returns on Saturday, June 22nd from 6:00pm to 9:00pm!

Haute La Jolla Nights is a fun, free event featuring live music, art, and incredible shopping and dining deals throughout La Jolla Village. Over 20 of San Diego’s best bands will perform jazz, blues, country, contemporary music and a whole lot of Rock n’ Roll!

To learn more visit
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Bestselling author of The Red Leather Diary, Lily Koppel will be at Warwick's on Saturday, June 22nd at 7:00pm to discuss and sign The Astronaut Wives Club.

As America's Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives. Overnight, these women were transformed from military spouses into American royalty. They had tea with Jackie Kennedy, appeared on the cover of Life magazine, and quickly grew into fashion icons.

Annie Glenn, with her picture-perfect marriage, was the envy of the other wives; platinum-blonde Rene Carpenter was proclaimed JFK's favorite; and licensed pilot Trudy Cooper arrived on base with a secret. Together with the other wives they formed The Astronaut Wives Club, meeting regularly to provide support and friendship. Many became next-door neighbors and helped to raise each other's children by day, while going to glam parties at night as the country raced to land a man on the Moon.

As their celebrity rose-and as divorce and tragic death began to touch their lives-they continued to rally together, and the wives have now been friends for more than fifty years. The Astronaut Wives Club tells the real story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American history.

Watch the book trailer here.

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Join us on Dracula Day with Jim Steinmeyer, author of Who Was Dracula?, as we explore the bloody truth behind the legendary vampire.

Details to follow.

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Edith Maxwell

Dorothy Howell Former freelance journalist, medical lext editor, and linguist Edith Maxwell has had quite a few careers under her belt. Edith used her own experience as a farmer combined with her background in linguistics to write the character Cam Flaherty in A Tine to Live, A Tine to Die, the first book in Local Foods Mysteries series. Edith also writes as Tace Baker, and again uses her linguistic studies to create Quaker Linguistics professor, Lauren Rousseau in the Speaking of Mystery series. Dorothy Howell has more than 33 novels under her designer belt, but it wasn't until she heard about the horrors of working in retail, from her daughter, that she was inspired to write Handbags and Homicide, the first Haley Randolph mystery. It was Dorothy's passion for purses and handbags that inspired the theme throughout the books. Fortunately for fans, as far as we know, there is no rehab for Dorothy's addiction and she continues with the seventh book in the Haley Randolph mystery series with Evening Bags and Executions.

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A selection of books that go on sale this week, most on Tuesday June 25th.

Check with staff if you have questions. You can also purchase many of the below in eBook format. Just click the title to see if an eBook is available for that title. (Thanks to Kobo, most ebooks are now available for pre-sale.)

Happy Reading!

Signed titles may arrive later in the month. Contact the staff to reserve a copy.

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The San Diego Book Discussion Group is led by Fearless Leader Christine. The June 25th discussion focuses on Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book. Participation is open to all readers; readers need not have completed a particular book to attend – it’s the perfect opportunity for readers to branch out and find new favorites!

Attendees receive 20% off of the current book club selection!

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Warwick's in partnership with The La Jolla Library and the San Diego Law Library presents acclaimed thriller writer, Walter Walker who will discuss and sign his thriller Crime of privilege on Tuesday, June 25th at 7:00pm at the La Jolla Library, 7555 Draper Ave. as part of the San Diego Law Library's Writers & the Law series. Reserved Seating is available, please call the Warwick's Book Dept. for details.

In the tradition of Scott Turow, William Landay, and Nelson DeMille, Crime of privilege is a stunning thriller, about power, corruption, and the law in America—and the dangerous ways they come together.

Two heinous crimes: A murder on Cape Cod. A rape in Palm Beach. All they have in common is the presence of one of America’s most celebrated and influential families. But nobody is asking questions. Not the police. Not the prosecutors. And certainly not George Becket, a young lawyer toiling away in the basement of the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s office. George has always lived at the edge of power. He wasn’t born to privilege, but he understands how it works and has benefitted from it in ways he doesn’t like to admit. Now, an investigation brings him deep inside the world of the truly wealthy—and shows him what a perilous place it is. Years have passed since a young woman was found brutally slain at an exclusive Cape Cod Country Club, and no one has ever been charged. Cornered by the victim’s father, George can’t explain why certain leads were never explored—leads that point in the direction of a single family—and he agrees to look into it.

What begins as a search through the highly stratified layers of Cape Cod society, soon has George racing from Idaho to Hawaii, Costa Rica to France to New York City. Everywhere he goes he discovers people like himself: people with more secrets than answers, people haunted by a decision years past to trade silence for protection from life’s sharp edges. George finds his friends are not necessarily still friends and a spouse can be unfaithful in more ways than one. And despite threats at every turn, he is driven to reconstruct the victim’s last hours while searching not only for a killer but for his own redemption.

About the San Diego Law Library: The San Diego Law Library is the only community resource dedicated to helping people learn about and use the law to solve problems, access justice and take advantage of opportunities.

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Location: Street: 7555 Draper Ave. City: La Jolla, Province: California Postal Code: 92037 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Arizona fantasy author Kevin Hearne, a popular figure at a number of genre conventions, makes his in-store debut with the launch party for Hunted, the sixth novel in the urban fantasy series, the Iron Druid Chronicles. This time thousands-year-old sexy warrior druid Atticus O'Sullivan has drawn the ire of hunter goddesses Artemis and Diana and is on the lam with his trusted companions. Also appearing in San Diego on Tuesday 30 July 2013.

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Join us at the launch party for debut children's author Kristen Kittscher as she discusses and signs The Wig in the Window on Tuesday, June 25th at 7:30pm.

Fans of the humor and clever clues in the Sammy Keyes books will enjoy The Wig in the Window, first in Kristen Kittscher’s funny middle-grade mystery series.

Best friends and seventh graders Sophie Young and Grace Yang have made a game out of spying on their neighbors. On one of their midnight stakeouts, they witness a terrifying, bloody scene at the home of their bizarre middle-school counselor Dr. Charlotte Agford (also known as Dr. Awkward).

At least, they think they do. The truth is that Dr. Agford was only making her famous pickled beets. But when Dr. Agford begins acting even weirder than usual, Sophie and Grace become convinced that she’s hiding something—and they’re determined to find out what it is.

Soon the girls are breaking secret codes, being followed by a strange blue car, and tailing strangers with unibrows and Texas accents. But as their investigation heats up, Sophie and Grace start to crack under the pressure. Will solving the case destroy their friendship?

To learn more about Kristen visit her website
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Watch an interview with the author here.

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Our series of evenings with the instructors of the 2013 Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers’ Workshop kicks off on Wednesday, June 26th, at 7:00 PM, with a visit from Andy Duncan.

Details to follow.

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Warwick's and Words Alive Present: Khaled Hosseini In Conversation at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla, on Wednesday, June 26th at 7:30pm. Warwick's and Word's Alive are pleased to welcome back Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, as he discusses his newest novel And the Mountains Echoed with Martha Barnette, the co-host of radio's A Way with Words.

This is a ticketed event. Tickets are $32 and available only through Eventbrite. Tickets include admission for 1 and a copy of And the Mountains Echoed.

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!

About the book: An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else. Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. In this tale revolving around not just parents and children but brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini explores the many ways in which families nurture, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for one another; and how often we are surprised by the actions of those closest to us, at the times that matter most. Following its characters and the ramifications of their lives and choices and loves around the globe—from Kabul to Paris to San Francisco to the Greek island of Tinos—the story expands gradually outward, becoming more emotionally complex and powerful with each turning page.

About Words Alive: Words Alive is a non-profit reading advocacy organization that inspires a commitment to reading and develops shared reading experiences for children, youth and adults. To learn more, visit their website at
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Location: Street: 700 Prospect St. City: La Jolla, Province: California Postal Code: 92037 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Our series of evenings with the instructors of the 2013 Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers’ Workshop kicks off on Wednesday, June 27th, at 7:00 PM, with a visit from Andy Duncan.

Details to follow.

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The Texas Twist, the third adventure of con man Radar Hoverlander, is billed as, “The book that answers the question, “What happens when a con man gets conned?” The grifter travels to Austin, Texas, to assist a neighbor who’s being conned by someone offering a miracle cure for her son’s fatal illness … or is her plea for help a trap for Radar and his cohorts? In addition to the three crime novels, John has also penned several books on writing, and has written about the art and craft of playing poker.

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