Support your local bookstore!
Vicki Delany here. I'm having a great day at the Seattle Mystery Bookshop. I'm here to sign my newest book, the first in a new series, a traditional village police procedural featuring Constable Molly Smith and Seargant John Winters of the Trafalgar City Police. Trafalgar is a small fictional town in the B.C. interior. Trouble ensues when the town plans to erect a monument to Vietnam-era draft dogers who came to Trafalgar from the U.S., and protesters from all sides are soon streaming into town. I'm also proud to be signing paperback versions of my two earlier books, Burden of Memory, and Scare the Light Away, both standalone psychological suspense.
This is a super store. I'm always amazed at the variety of books at independent mystery stores such as this one. It's places like Seattle Mystery Bookshop that, in my opinion, are keeping the mystery genre alive. Sure you can find the latest Ian Rankin, Patricia Cornwell or Anne Perry at any branch of any of the chains. But only at the small independents can you find the next-big-thing, or the as-good-as-the-biggest-but-never-got-the-big-break. And only your local store knows your taste, and will be sure that you're notified of anything that comes in that you'll be sure to love. And sometimes they'll know you so well that they'll tell you to stretch a bit, try something new.
So please support your local bookstore. And the authors who visit them.
Best,
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