Seattle Mystery Bookshop

117 Cherry Street
Seattle, WA 98104

United States

(206) 587-5737; staffseattlemystery.com

New/Used: new books, used books

Web site: http://www.seattlemystery.com/

Events: http://www.seattlemystery.com/Ev… (updated February 14)

Description: Nifty specialized store for mystery-lovers. They get some amazing contemporary names in to do signing, and are very good about sending out mailings every month.

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Lee Child (June 6 at 12:00pm)
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Craig Johnson (July 15 at 7:00pm)
Craig Johnson on tour for Another Man's Moccasins.
"Sheriff Walt Longmire's latest murder investigation strikes cords with his first, as a Marine in Viet Nam. The victim found along the Wyoming interstate is herself Vietnamese and a photo found in her purse looks eerily familiar to Walt. [Please note: Craig had already arranged, with the publisher, to ... (more)sign copies in NYC for us when the book comes out in early June. Those who have reserved a copy will be getting a book after the publisher sends them to us. But don't let that stop you from coming in to see him. He's a wonderful fellow.]"
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Chris Grabenstein (August 23 at 12:00pm)
Chris Grabenstein signs Hell Hole.
"4th with Sea Haven, NJ cop John Ceepak. A death on the Jersey shore has ties to the events in Iraq. As a former military investigator, the case hits Ceepak harder than do most."
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Bill Cameron, Eric Stone (November 12 at 12:00pm)
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Kevin O'Brien (January 10 at 12:00pm)
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Charlie Huston (January 22 at 12:00pm)
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Ann Rule, Leslie Rule (February 7 at 12:00pm)
Ann Rule and Leslie Rule sign their newest books. Ann's classic The Stranger Beside Me (Pocket mm, $7.99) has been reissued with a new forward by the author. She'll be talking about the Bundy case since his execution. Leslie will be signing her third book of ghostly tales, Ghost in the Mirror (Andrews ... (more)McMeel tpo, $14.99), stories in which the looking glass looks back.
Added by KingRat.
Joan Opyr (February 14 at 12:00pm)
Joan Opyr signs From Hell to Breakfast (Blue Feather Books tpo, $13.95), the sequel to Idaho Code. Wilhelmina "Bil" Hardy is back, and life in Cowslip is even more topsy-turvy than before, what with the dead body on her parents' new property, Bil's confusing relationship with Sylvie, and then there's ... (more)the fact that Bil's sisters seem to be in love with the same guy.
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Val McDermid (February 17 at 12:00pm)
Val McDermid signs A Darker Domain (Harper hc, $24.95). Scotland's head of the Cold Case Review Team, DI Karen Pirie has new leads on two interesting cases: A young woman has recently reported a minor missing after a labor action – 23 years after he left home; and an heiress was kidnapped and was killed ... (more)even though the ransom was paid and the case went unsolved – until a tourist in Tuscany finds something that might make a difference.
Added by KingRat.
Linda L. Richards (February 21 at 12:00pm)
Linda L. Richards signs Death Was in the Picture (St. Martin's hc, 24.95). In her second case, Hollywood PI Kitty Pangborn is sent into the movie biz when her boss, Dexter Theroux, is asked to help prove a hunky star had no part in the disappearance and death of a starlet.
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Leighton Gage (February 23 at 12:00pm)
Leighton Gage signs Buried Strangers (Soho hc, $24). Chief Inspector Mario Silva of the Federal police is called in when a dog unearths a human bone in Sãn Paulo, Brazil. Quickly, his team finds more bones and they understand that the pet uncovered a secret graveyard. But one of the biggest questions ... (more)is how old is this secret cemetery, or is it still in use? In paper, Blood of the Wicked (Soho, 13.00), the debut of the series.
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Joanne Fluke (February 27 at 12:00pm)
Joanne Fluke signs Cream Puff Murder (Kensington hc, $24.00). It's a busy time for Hannah. Her mother is about to have a novel published and one of the trainers has been found dead in the health club's Jacuzzi with a plate of Hannah's cream puffs nearby. To make it even more complicated, the delicacies ... (more)were purchased by Hannah's flame Det. Mike Kingston. 11th in this culinary series.
Added by KingRat.
Earl Emerson (February 28 at 12:00pm)
Earl Emerson, signs Cape Disappointment (Feb., Ballantine hc, $25.00). After a 10 year absence, the wait is over! Thomas Black and Kathy Birchfield are working on opposite sides in a heated campaign. But the incumbent Senator's plane goes down off the Coast and Kathy is missing and Thomas finds the cover- ... (more)up is already underway. All he really wants is to find her. Others want the whole thing to stay a mystery
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Dianne Emley (March 3 at 12:00pm)
Tues, Mar 3, noon, Dianne Emley signs The Deepest Cut (Ballantine hc, $24.00). 3rd with Pasadena cop Nan Vining. Vining's investigation of the gang-related murder of a minor snitch has her looking for evil in the shadows; it is bringing back all of her nightmares from her own assault two years ago. In ... (more)paper, Cut to the Quick (Ballantine pbo, $6.99), 2nd in series, as well as The First Cut (Ballantine, $6.99).
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Lono Waiwaiole, Tim Dorsey (March 7 at 12:00pm)
Sat, Mar 7, noon, Lono Waiwaiole signs Dark Paradise (McMillan hc, $35). On the Big Island of Hawai'i, two locals are vying to control the rock's drug trade. Other gangs want the action and there can be just one winner. When the biggest drug bust in the history takes place, things get more complicated… ... (more)and bloodier. A stand-alone crime novel. AND Nuclear Jellyfish Tim Dorsey signs Nuclear Jellyfish (Morrow hc, $24.99). Serge signs up with a big Internet travel service, but somehow the services they supply aren't quite what Serge had in mind, but Serge's Web presence certainly attracts attention, and from an unpleasant quarter. Then too, there are professional robbery crews targeting trade shows, and suddenly there are just too many bodies scattered around, so Serge must take action.
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Caitlin Kittredge (March 21 at 12:00pm)
Caitlin Kittredge signs Second Skin (St. Martin's pbo, $6.99). In her 3rd book, Nocturn City's homicide Det. Luna Wilder tracks a killer who is targeting werewolves.
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Cara Black (March 26 at 12:00pm)
Cara Black signs Murder in the Latin Quarter (Soho hc, $24.00). 10th in the Aimée Leduc series. A Haitian woman walks into Aimée's office and claims to be her illegitimate sister. Aimée is thrilled at the prospect of having a relative but, whether this woman is truthful or not, she'll lead Aimée ... (more)into political trouble, and murder.
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Lisa Lutz (April 1 at 12:00pm)
Lisa Lutz signs Revenge of the Spellmans (Simon & Schuster hc, $25.00). Love, SAT scores, a missing wife, therapy – just the usual hilarity with the Spellmans. 3rd in this funny series highly recommended by Fran, Gretchen and Marie. And, like last year, Lisa is here on Izzy Spellman's birthday! Lisa ... (more)is now an Edgar Nominee! Curse of the Spellmans, the second in this funny series, is up for Best Novel for 2008 Books.
Interested: KingRat Added by KingRat.
Vicki Delany (April 4 at 12:00pm)
Vicki Delany signs Valley of the Lost (Poisoned Pen hc, $24.95). In their small BC town, Probationary Constable Molly Smith and Sgt. John Winters are puzzled by their new case: a young woman has been found dead of what appears to be an accidental drug overdose, leaving her infant alone beside her. Nothing ... (more)is known about the young mother outside of her name. So two questions remain: who was she and was the death accidental? Second in the series after In the Shadow of the Glacier (Poisoned Pen, $14.95), now in paperback.
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William Dietrich (April 8 at 12:00pm)
William Dietrich signs The Dakota Cipher (Harper hc, $25.95). Having had enough adventure with Napoleon, Ethan Gage sets sail for home, back to the young American country. On the voyage, he befriends a Norwegian man who claims to know how to find a lost artifact from the Scandinavian past – Thor's ... (more)Hammer. Their journey is underwritten by President Jefferson with one condition: look into rumors of a tribe of blond haired and blue-eyed natives who are said to live somewhere near the Missouri River. Third in this historical series by the local Pulitzer-winning journalist and author.
Added by KingRat.
Carola Dunn (April 11 at 12:00pm)
Carola Dunn signs Manna from Hades.
Carola Dunn signs Manna from Hades (St. Martin's hc, $24.95). Widow Eleanor Trewynn has left her globe-traveling years behind her and now lives in a small Cornwall port, running the charity shop. It is great news that her niece, Megan Pencarrow, has been transferred to the area along with a promotion ... (more)to Detective Sergeant. The happy reunion is overshadowed by a murder and jewelry tied to a London robbery. First in a new series by the Daisy Dalrymple author.
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Robert Dugoni (April 14 at 12:00pm)
Robert Dugoni signs Wrongful Death (Touchstone hc, $25.00). Seattle attorney David Sloane is hired by the widow of a National Guardsman who was killed in Iraq to sue to government for unlawful death. Sloane knows that the Feres Doctrine prohibits this but he is impressed with her and looks for a loophole ... (more)to allow the case to continue. He does not notice, at first, that forces are mounting to fight him.
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David Hewson (April 17 at 12:00pm)
David Hewson signs Dante's Numbers (Delacorte hc, $24.00). In his 7th book, Rome's detective Nic Costa, in the US for the first time, follows a case that has ties to a new film of Inferno.
Added by KingRat.
Cricket McRae (April 18 at 12:00pm)
Cricket McRae signs Spin a Wicked Web (Midnight Ink tpo, $13.95). As her romance with Det. Ambrose heats up, Sophie Mae is entangled in new trouble. She's discovered the joys of spinning her own yarn and one of the other members of the co-op – a problematic young woman named Ariel – has been strangled ... (more)with her first skein. Third in this Seattle craft series
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Jayne Ann Krentz (April 21 at 12:00pm)
Jayne Ann Krentz signs The Perfect Poison.
Amanda Quick (Jayne Ann Krentz) signs The Perfect Poison (Putnam hc, $24.95). Lucinda Bromley is an expert botanist, as well as a notorious one: London's polite society whispers that she poisoned her fiancée. But because of her expertise, she's often called upon by the authorities in murder cases. The ... (more)latest case has her unnerved: a Lord has been poisoned and the plant was a very rare fern that was recently stolen from Lucinda's own collection. She turns to her fellow Arcane Society members for assistance.
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Lisa Scottoline (April 28 at 12:00pm)
Lisa Scottoline signs Look Again (St. Martins, $26.95) Journalist Ellen Gleeson almost throws away a "Have You Seen This Child" flyer, but a second glance changes her world, since the boy on the flier is almost identical to her adopted son, Will. She can't just turn her back on the similarities, and ... (more)as she investigates, strange and deadly things begin to happen
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Diane Wei Liang (June 7 at 12:15pm)
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Jeffrey Deaver (June 8 at 10:00am)
Jeffrey Deaver signs Roadside Crosses.
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Michael Connelly (June 8 at 12:00pm)
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Lee Child (June 9 at 12:00pm)
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Andrew Grant (June 9 at 12:00pm)
Andrew Grant signs Even.
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Tim Maleeny (June 13 at 12:00pm)
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Gillian Flynn (June 16 at 12:00pm)
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Craig Johnson (June 17 at 12:00pm)
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Phillip Margolin (June 18 at 12:00pm)
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