Laurie R. King - Touchstone
Laurie King’s eighteenth novel, Touchstone, is a standalone that might be called a country house political thriller. She has been blogging about Touchstone since it was but a twinkle in her editor’s eye, and this month she is on tour with the book, both in person and virtually.
I regard myself as an honorary resident of the Puget Sound area, since I spent much of my childhood in the Tacoma area. Which I suppose makes Seattle Mystery Books my local bookstore.
Which makes it funny that the strongest link I have with SMB isn’t through one of my mysteries, or even because of a book with my name on the cover. It’s a novel classed as science fiction, by the pseudonymous Leigh Richards. Each year since it was published, Califia’s Daughters has been on the boosktore’s bestseller list. In 2007, its fourth year of publication, it was number six among the paperbacks.
That’s real hand selling. I believe that every person who ventures in the door has the book thrust in their hands. Every customer who asks for a recommendation is given Califia’s Daughters, whether they like sci fi or not. "Here, take this, it’s good for you."
So if you’re one of those hapless customers who went in expecting crime and came out with Califia, sorry about that. Just the bookstore’s way of backing a local girl, I guess.
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