Friday the 13th!!!!
And a Full Moon!!!
Let the Howling Begin…
We’re continuing to have problems getting the newzine to some folks. Last week was the second, consecutive with a significant number of rejected addresses. As spam filters and internet security becomes more of an issue and the internet tubes get tighter, we’re thinking that we’ll need to do something else about the newzine, and our thought is to begin posting them on our blog. That way, if you don’t receive one you can simply check there at your convenience. Who knows, it may get to the point where we don’t e-mail them at all. We’ll see how it goes over the next few weeks.
Local news:
Our own Boyd Morrison announced this week on Facebook that he’s been co-writing the next Oregon Files novel with Clive Cussler. Congratulation, Boyd!
Gift Certificates:
They’re available in Whatever Denomination You Want; They Don’t Expire; You can Order Them by Phone, e-mail or through the Website, and we can Mail them directly to the Recipient if you’d like. Perfect for all sorts of occassions - such as new graduates who no longer have to read for classes!
Links of Interest:
Here’s an interview with Nicola Griffth from Jan. that we somehow missed!
While we specialize in mystery and crime books, we can order virtually any new book that you might want, no matter what its topic.
Signed Copies to Reserve (the authors will not be here for a formal signing or we’ll be getting the copies from other sources):
The signed copies of Dennis Lehane’s The Drop that we announced last week have been cancelled by the publisher. There will still be hardcovers, but they will not arrive pre-signed. Let us know if you want the hardcover or trade paperback.
See the calendar of all currently-scheduled events on our website. The website calendar contains plot synopses. At the bottom of it is the updated, complete list of signed copies that we’ll be getting from other sources. Click Here.
Chevy Stevens, June 24
Jennifer Murphy, June 28
Burt Weissbourd, June 28 (please note 3:00pm)
Ingrid Thoft, July 2
Mike Lawson, July 3
Yasmine Galenorn, July 5
Diana Renn, July 7
Leslie Budewitz, July 11
Emma Campion (Candace Robb), July 12
Warren C. Easley, July 19
J.A. Jance, July 22
Greg Rucka, Aug 2
Kat Richardson, Aug 9
Mary Daheim, Aug 14
Martin Limón, Aug 19
Chelsea Cain, Aug 20
And there are always more on the way!
Remember, too, that while it is always fun to come in and meet the author in person, that isn’t always possible. So reserve a signed copy to be mailed to you or for you to pick up later. Those who reserve in advance get the copies in the best condition!
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Wish List
Our website has a Wish List capability. If folks want to know what you’d like for a given holiday or birthday, it is easy to point people to our website. Amber has put together a dandy blog post explaining it and how it works.
Word of the Week
mug (v.1) : "to beat up," 1818, originally "to strike the face" (in pugilism), from mug (n.2). The general meaning "attack" is first attested 1846, and "attack to rob" is from 1864. Perhaps influenced by thieves' slang mug "dupe, fool, sucker" (1851). Related: Mugged; mugging.
mug (n.2) : "a person's face," 1708, possibly from mug (n.1), on notion of drinking mugs shaped like grotesque faces. Sense of "portrait or photograph in police records (as in mug shot, 1950) had emerged by 1887. Hence, also, "a person" (especially "a criminal"), 1890.
mug (v.2) : "make exaggerated facial expressions," 1855, originally theatrical slang, from mug (n.2).
You can browse our collectable and hard-to-find books, as well as signed copies from earlier author events, on Biblio.com. You do not have to place an order through them, especially if you’re a long-time customer and we have your ordering info. Just email us to order.
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What We’ve Been Reading
Amber Recommends:
Amber’s project for 2014: My 52 Weeks of Agatha Christie. Here’s her explanation.
This Week: I Lied
Adele Recommends:
In our May 16th newzine, Adele wrote up this review. We're rerunning it as Joel was in earlier this week to sign copies. If you'd like one before Adele sells them all, act fast!
Joel Dicker, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (Penguin tpo $18.00).
In 1975, fifteen year-old, Nola Kellergan was seen running through the woods in Somerset, New Hampshire, never to be heard from again. Thirty-three years later, Marcus Goldman, a young novelist with a best seller to his name, visits his mentor, Harry Quebert, hopefully to get past his writer's block. Marcus has written a huge best seller and is under deadline to finish his second book but hasn't been able to write a word. While in New Hampshire, Marcus finds out that Harry, 37 at the time, had had an affair with Nola before she went missing.
Now 2008, her body is discovered on his property, and Harry is the main suspect. Marcus comes back to New Hampshire to investigate and try to help his mentor who has already been convicted in the press. As Marcus tries to find the true story through his mentor’s books, the hidden history of Somerset's residents, and from Harry, he finds his voice and finally writes the whole story.
I love the mystery with how this book unfolded and hope this young Swiss author writes many many many more.
We have a Tumblr blog, in addition to our regular shop blog:
Hardboiled, maintained by JB – pulp covers, film noir and other images of crime and mystery
On This Date
June 15, 1859 – the San Juan Islands’ “Pig War” starts when Lyman Cutlar finds Charles Griffin’s pig in his garden once again eating potatoes and kills it. This will quickly escalate to a confrontation between American and British military exchanging shots. When it is resolved, what territory in the inland Pacific Northwest waterways that belong to the US and to Britain (Canada) will finally be settled
June 15, 1905 – Wendell Hertig Taylor is born. In 1971, he and Jacques Barzun publish the classic A Catalog of Crime
June 15, 1908 – Sam “Momo” Giancana was born in Chicago’s ‘Little Italy’. He was executed in 1975 just before he was to testify before the House Select Committee on Assassinations which was re-investigating the Kennedy assassination concerning ties between the CIA and the Mob and plots against Castro
June 15, 1920 – the “Duluth Lynchings”: after a rumor sweeps through a crowd that six black circus workers raped a white teenager, the mob lynches the men. Though four earlier lynchings had taken place in MN, these “shock the nation” due to them haven taking place in the North, rather than the South
June 15, 1935 – film adaptation of Hammett’s The Glass Key, staring George Raft, premiered
June 15, 1944 – Robert Keppel, detective and teacher, was born in Spokane. Bob was the first detective of what was first called ‘The Ted Murders’: the Bundy case
June 16, 1829 – Chiricahua Apache leader Geronimo was born in Gila River, AZ
June 16, 1911 – thriller writer Victor Canning was born in Plymouth, England
June 16, 1922 – Jonathan Escott – who wrote os Jack S. Scott and Jason Leonard was born in London
June 16, 1959 – though circumstances are contentious, Superman star George Reeves died from a gunshot
June 16, 1960 – Psycho premiered
June 17, 1904 – noted actor Ralph Bellamy was born in Chicago. He portrayed Ellery Queen in 4 movies, then played a criminal mastermind Randolph Duke in Trading Places (1983)
June 17, 1933 – the Union Station Massacre in Kansas City and sets in motion the call for a strong Federal role and puts Hoover in the center of it
June 17, 1971 – The Anderson Tapes premiered and Nixon declared the “War On Drugs”
June 17, 1953 – Sam Fuller’s Pickup on South Street premiered
June 17, 1954 – Australian mystery writer Kerry Greenwood was born in Footscray, Victoria
June 17, 1968 – Deanna Raybourn was born in Fort Worth
June 17, 1972 – the 3rd Watergate Break In ends with the burglars arrested
June 18 – births of Carolyn Wells (1869, Rahway, NJ) and Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (1889, Brooklyn)
June 18 – three from Hollywood: E.G. Marshall (1910, Everett Eugene Grunz in Owatonna, MN), Richard Boone (1907, LA, and the 1st actor offered the role of Steve McGarrett!) and Keye Luke (1904, Guangzhou, China)
June 18, 1939 – “Ellery Queen” radio program premieres
June 18, 1945 – future FBI profiler John E. Douglas was born in Brooklyn
June 19, 1863 – Sir Max Pemberton – first writer to publish a novel featuring a team of crooks (1896’s A Gentleman’s Gentleman) was born in Birmingham, England
June 19, 1903 – Judge John D. Voelker (who wrote Anatomy of a Murder as Robert Traver) was born in Ishperning, MI
June 19, 1923 – Joseph Hansen – one of the first writers to have a gay hero – was born in Aberdeen, SD
June 19, 1930 – the great dame and actress Gena Rowlands was born in Madison, WI
June 19, 1953 – the Rosenbergs were executed
June 19, 1954 – Kathleen Turner was born in Springfield, MO
June 19, 1968 – The Thomas Crown Affair premiered
June 19, 1975 – former Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana was murdered while cooking liver
June 19, 1982 – Paolo Mainaridi and Antonella Migliorini become the 9th and 10th victims of The Monster of Florence
June 20, 1983 – Lizzie Borden was acquitted
June 20 – a Big Day for Authors and Actors: Rupert Croft-Cooke, who wrote mysteries as Leo Bruce (1903), Harry Carmichael (1908, Montreal), Lilian Jackson Braun and Celia Fremlin (1914, Willimansette, MA and London), Catherine Aird (1930, Huddersfield, England), Martin Landau (1931, Brooklyn), Dorothy Simpson (1933, Monmouthshire, Wales), Danny Aiello (1933, NYC), Gordon Willams (1939, Renfrewshire – published as P.B. Yuill), Susan Dunlap (1943, NYC), Jean-Claude Izzo (1945, Marseille), John Goodman (1952, Alton, MO), Robert Crais (1953, Independence, LA), and Nicole Kidman (1967, Honolulu)
June 20, 1947 – Benjamin ‘Bugsy’ Siegel shot down in LA
June 20, 1974 – Chinatown premiered
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