LAURA LIPPMAN APPEARING IN IOWA

LAURA LIPPMAN will be at Prairie Lights In Iowa City on Mar. 31st at 7:00 p.m. She will also be in Des Moines at the Des Moines Public Library on Apr. 1st at 6:30 p.m. She will be discussing her latest book Another Thing to Fall. It would be worth a trip to meet her.

News about authors we've read in While Others Sleep

Many of "our" authors have been busy! Here are just a few:

VAL MACDERMID has been nominated for the British Book Award 2008 along with Lee Child, Patricia Cornwell, James Lee Burke, and Ian Rankin.

SUSAN WITTIG ALBERT has a new China Bayles mystery: Nightshade. Reserve your copy soon!

ANNE PERRY has a new Thomas Pitt novel: Buckingham Palace Gardens. I really enjoy her books and I'm sure this one won't disappoint.

MICHAEL CONNELLY The Blue Religion comes out in April and he edits it and has written one of the short stories. Michael also has a new book coming out Oct. 14th. The title is: The Brass Verdict

Grandsons will be readers too

Usually I just write about books or authors, but today I'm going to share my grandsons with you. They are so special. Michael is 2 years old and Christopher is 1. Their home library is huge! Their mom, grandma, and Aunt Jamie are always finding new books for them. Fortunately they love books and I'm sure they will be big readers. They have so much to look forward to!

John Sandford

We just got the news! John Sandford will be at the Hiawatha Public Library on June 19th, 2008. Time and details to be announced. Mark your calendar! He is coming here through a grant to the Metro Libraries and he will appear at each of the libraries. I don't know when the other times will be , but we get him on June 19th! If you want a more intimate, personal meeting with an author the Hiawatha Public Library is a good place to come. We're small enough you won't get lost in the crowd, unless you decide to.

Upcoming mystery books

I'm always looking for new books by my favorite authors and like to know when their coming out in advance. This is a list of upcoming titles, with release dates that I have compiled. Get ready for some good books!

Kellerman, Jonathan - Compulsion Mar 08
Lippman, Laura - Another thing to fall Mar 08
Albert, Susan Wittig - Nightshade Apr 08
Baldacci, David - Whole truth Apr 08
Braun, Lilian Jackson - Cat who smelled smoke Apr 08
Hart, Carolyn - Death walked in Apr 08
McCall Smith, Alexander - Miracle at Speedy Motors Apr 08
Cornwell, Patricia - Front: a Win Garano novel May 08
Sandford, John - Phantom prey May 08
Deaver, Jeffrey - Broken window (Lincoln rhyme) Jun 08
Evanovich, Janet - Fearless fourteen Jun 08
Parker, Robert B - Resolution Jun 08
Barnes, Linda - Lie down with the devil Jul 08
Daheim, Mary - Vi Agra Falls Aug 08
Jance, Judith A - Damage control Aug 08
Kellerman, Faye - Mercedes coffin Aug 08
Reichs, Kathy - Devil bones Aug 08
Krueger, William Kent- Red knife Sep 08
Maron, Margaret - Death's half acre Sep 08
McCall Smith, Alexander- Isabel Dalhousie no. 5 Sep 08
Sandford, John - Heat lightning Sep 08
Albert, Susan Wittig - Tale of Briar Bank Oct 08
Cornwell, Patricia - Scarpetta Oct 08
Kellerman, Jonathan - Bones Oct 08
Parker, Robert B - Rough weather Oct 08
Perry, Anne - Christmas Grace Oct 08
Truman, Margaret- Murder inside the Beltway Oct 08
Hart, Carolyn- Ghost at work Nov 08
McCall Smith, Alexander- World according to Bertie Nov 08
Ferris, Monica- Thai Die Dec 08
Jance, Judith A- Cruel intent Dec 08
O'Shaughnessy, Perri - Show no fear Dec 08

Denise Hamilton

While Others Sleep read books by Denise Hamilton for our March meeting. I had never read Denise Hamilton before and I did enjoy her books. Her background as a reporter makes the her plots real and believable. The only drawback I found was her love interest, Silvio. Their romance was not believable and he comes across as a real jerk. He makes brief appearances in her books, but enough that he bothered me! She needs to find someone better for Eve Diamond and get rid of Silvio!

I really enjoyed Prisoner of Memory, in which Eve's Russian heritage is revealed and intertwined with murder, the Cold War, and spies. I never understood why the last "r" in prisoner was backwards on the cover of the hardbound book. Is it a typo or has it some significance?