Mystery Author Luncheon Events

Murder By The Book welcomes today's finest crime novelists for the store's ongoing Mystery Author Luncheon Series. Past speakers include: Michael Connelly, Carolyn Hart, Janet Evanovich, James Patterson, Anne Perry, Laurie R. King, Harlan Coben, Diane Mott Davidson, Nevada Barr, and many more. Each takes place at The Briar Club (2603 Timmons Lane @ Westheimer). Tickets are available only at Murder By The Book (not at The Briar Club), until 3 days before each event or until sold out. The authors' latest novel will be for sale at each event. We only accept cash, check, or money order for luncheon tickets.

Carolyn Hart
Friday, October 24, 11:30 a.m.
$60 (includes copy of new book)

One of Murder By The Book's most beloved mystery authors, Carolyn Hart, will sign & discuss the first in a new paranormal mystery series, Ghost at Work (Morrow; $24.95), at two Murder By The Book events -- the Mystery Author Luncheon and an evening store signing.

This luncheon will also serve as a celebration of Murder By The Book store owner Martha Farrington, who retires in January. Please don't miss this opportunity to pay tribute to a local businesswoman who became a pioneer of the mystery genre!

Did you know...? Carolyn Hart's best-selling Death on Demand series -- set in a mystery bookstore -- in based in part on Carolyn's visits to Murder By The Book in the 1980s.

From the best-selling author of the Death on Demand and Henrie O books comes an exciting new mystery series. Bailey Ruth won’t let a little thing like death get in the way of solving crime. Kathleen is in a fix. There is a dead man on her porch and her husband, the local pastor, will fall under suspicion if she doesn’t do something about it. Luckily, Bailey Ruth Raeburn comes to her rescue to help her solve the crime before her life is ruined beyond repair. Bailey Ruth has always been great at solving mysteries. Living in a small town in Ohio, she made it her job to know exactly what was going on at all times. Why should her death change anything? In fact, being dead just gives her more of an opportunity to help her do what she does best. Uncharitable people might call it meddling, but Bailey Ruth likes to think of it as using her unique position as a ghost to help out. And boy, does Kathleen need her help! As a member of Heaven’s Department of Good Intentions, Bailey Ruth goes back to Earth to do just that. And if Bailey Ruth has to be loose in her interpretations of some of the rules to help Kathleen save her family, Wiggins, her fussbudget partner, will make sure it all turns out right in the end.

Carolyn Hart is often hailed as America’s Agatha Christie. The author of 40 novels, she has won numerous awards and accolades for ingeniously plotted mysteries. She has been nominated eight times for the coveted Agatha Award for Best Mystery Novel. Her books have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards and she is the recent recipient of the Malice Domestic Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also the creator of the highly praised Henrie O and Death on Demand series. Ms. Hart was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her stand alone novel, Letter from Home. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, Ms. Hart lives in Oklahoma City. For more information visit www.carolynhart.com.

We're working on Laura Lippman for April 2008. More details to come.

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