Seattle Mystery Bookshop

A Fan-tastic time at Seattle Mystery Bookstore

Wow!!! Gretchen made the title recipe "Cinnamon Rolls" and they were yummy. A super crowd of funny and witty "Fans o Hannah" came out to smooze and munch the afternnoon away. Do I really have to go anywhere else today???

Joanne Fluke

Darkness Bound--Stella Cameron--Shameless Promotion!

Shouting out from Seattle's Mystery Bookshop--best book shop in Seattle! Popped in today to sign my latest great paranormal novel, DARKNESS BOUND, first in the Chimney Rock Series. Coming here is such fun, nothing but mystery experts and mystery readers. Heaven.

DARKNESS BOUND is set on Whidbey Island in Washington State, and introduces The Team, a group of werehounds who have retreated there after fighting as a contract special ops outfit in Afghanistan. The hounds are dying out and can only mate with a group of women of the Deseran strain who have a unique, paranormal universal blood type.

Niles and Leigh are not set for an idyllic romance. A vampire or two (all not to be met when alone on a dark night), a hostile fae community and an evil living sorcerer vampire in need of living human organs to stay alive.

Now I'm all blogged-out.

May the mystery be with you,

Stella

 

 

Flying books

Last night, the Best Animated Short went to a debut film from Moonbot Studios out of Shreveport, Louisiana. Take a moment, settle in with a favorite beverage and enjoy this 15 minute story of a love affair with books.

Fran here with an observation: I think one of the things I love about printed books as opposed to digital ones is that even though the words are the same in both, computer bytes seem to me to be transitory, ephemeral, whereas ink on paper seems more permanent, more solid. Actual physical books are not just works of art, they're friends. I think that's why this film resonates so deeply with me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!

Serge loves Seattle Mystery Bookshop!

My fourth signing at the fabulous Seattle Mystery Bookshop, and my "rain-less" remains alive - for whatever reason the sky stays clear when I'm here - probably some cosmic mojo from the store (because back in Florida, the Daytona 500 is still in a rain delay. ... Other notes: Serge was trippin' on the Space Needle, the Underground, Central Bar and the some of the coolest bridges in the universe. Oh, and Serge can't swing a jai alai cesta without hitting a coffee shop! Can't wait to come back!

Tim Dorsey

Seattle, 2/26/12

 

"Death and the Bookstore"

A cloudy Saturday afternoon in Seattle (go figure), making it a perfect day to sign copies of my new mystery, Death and the Maiden. My first time at the Seattle Mystery Bookshop, it is a pleasure to chat with Adele and Janine and their loyal customers about mysteries and music.

There's something special about being in a mystery book store--to be surrounded by Donna Leon, Walter Moseley, Dick Francis, Agatha Christie, and all the other authors who draw you into their own special worlds with such convincing skill. I'm flattered and honored to have my own books, that take place in the dark recesses of the classical music world, sit alongside these masters. Death and the Maiden, in which each member of an imploding string quartet mysteriously disappears, it the most recent installment of the Daniel Jacobus series. To find out more about it, I welcome you to visit my website at www.geraldelias.com

Very appropriate for a Mystery Library

Edgar Allan Poe's Raven

Edgar Allan Poe is considered to be the father of the mystery. That's why the premiere awards are called The Edgars.

Now Poe is coming to the big screen, and he has John Cusak's face. Brace yourself, it's going to be a stormy night!

 

Patchett vs. Colbert

 

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 Award-winning writer Ann Patchett faced off with Stephen Colbert about the benefits of a small independent bookshop vs ordering on-line. She recently opened Parnassus Books in Nashville after the city was left with no open bookshops. It's a fun and sharp exchange.

An Appropriate Bookshelf for the President

And a tower of books about President Lincoln