The Mysterious Garden Muse

February at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Book Club

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For the past two years, February has been the Month of Romantic Suspense. This year I've dropped a couple of our "Month of"s in favor of adding the American Mystery Classics at your request.

Since that feature is now set for the last week of every month, we will have more "double features" than we have had in the past, with TWO featured authors some weeks.

The guest blog feature, new in 2011, proved to be very popular so we'll continue with those in 2012. And we WILL still have our Month of Cozy(ish) Crime in June, since you were all adamant that it should stay on the schedule.

Don't forget - if there are authors you would like to see here, let me know! I can't promise I'll be able to arrange visits with everyone you request, but I'll do my best!

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6 - DOUBLE FEATURE!

*DEBORAH CROMBIE

No Mark Upon Her

~ and ~

*HILARY DAVIDSON

The Next One to Fall

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 13 - DOUBLE FEATURE!

*AVERY AAMES

Clobbered by Camembert

~ and ~

*KATE CARLISLE

One Book in the Grave (Bibliophile Series #5)

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 20

*DEE J. ADAMS

Dangerous Race

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 - GUEST BLOG BY:

*PETER ROBINSON

Before the Poison

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 27:

*AMERICAN MYSTERY CLASSICS

FEATURING: CRAIG RICE

8 Faces at 3

Once Upon A Train (Fantasy And Horror Classics)

Home Sweet Homicide

Murder, Mystery and Malone (The Lost Classic Series)

My Kingdom for a Hearse

The Fourth Postman

The April Robin Murders

Having Wonderful Crime

The Right Murder

The Wrong Murder

The Corpse Steps Out

Eight Faces at Three The Lucky Stiff

The People Versus Withers and Malone

Double Frame

The Big Midget Murders

Having Wonder/Crime

http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/rice.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Rice_(author)

http://www.ruemorguepress.com/authors/rice.html

Monday, February 27 - Guest Blog By:

*Jeffrey R. Marks, author of:

Who Was That Lady?

Overview

What goes up must come down, and Craig Rice’s meteoric rise to the top of the mystery writing heap by 1946 was rivaled only by her rapid descent into semi-obscurity. Her face once graced the cover of Time magazine, but today her books are found in second hand stores.

The mystery surrounding Rice was almost as puzzling as her books. Where was she born? What was her given name? What novels and short stories did she publish? Who did she marry and how many times? How many children did she have? Where did the penname of Craig Rice emanate from? How did she die? In the forty years since her death, the answers to these questions were buried under piles of confusion, lies, and exaggeration. In the 20th century how could these basic questions of a person’s life be so vague?

Jeffrey Marks began a quest to learn the answers. His research took the better part of a decade. He traced Rice’s oeuvre back to original manuscripts to determine authorship. He tracked down relative, friends, and other writers to learn answers on Craig’s name, her heritage, and her descent from superstardom into drinking, mental illness, and trouble with the law.

January at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum

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Here's the schedule for January 2012, including our new end-of-the-month feature, American Mystery Classics.

Two of our featured authors this month have visited with us here before, only under different names. I'll leave you to figure out who they are!

More guest blogs are forthcoming, including one by the fabulous FAYE KELLERMAN (date to be announced)!

Week of January 2 - LUCY BURDETTE

An Appetite For Murder

Guest Blog, Thursday, January 5 - CHARLES TODD

Week of January 9 - LOIS WINSTON

Death by Killer Mop Doll

Monday, January 9 - Guest Blog by JEAN HARRINGTON

Tuesday, January 10 - Guest Blog by JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING

Week of January 16: CHRISTOPHER MORGAN JONES

The Silent Oligarch

Tuesday, January 17 - Guest blog by MARY JANE CLARK

The Look of Love

Week of January 23 - DOUBLE FEATURE!

Featured Author - HEATHER BLAKE

It Takes a Witch

And Featured Author - CATHY PERKINS

Week of January 30 - AMERICAN MYSTERY CLASSICS: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER

Top of the Heap

The Case of the Horrified Heirs

Perry Mason and the Case of the Curious Bride

Tuesday, January 31 -

Guest Blog by DANIEL PALMER

Helpless

December at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum

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I'm finding it hard to believe we're already coming up on December. I don't know where November went! December is a busy month, so I'm keeping it a little low key at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum. Be sure to check out our list of Holiday Mysteries - and please add any we've missed!

Thursday, December 1:

Guest Blog by Michele Drier

Week of December 5:

Ed Kovacs

Week of December 12:

R.J. Ellory

Week of December 19:

Neal Baer & JonathanGreene

Law & Order: SVU executive producers

Neal Baer and Jonathan Greene,

now the co-producers of CBS’s

medical drama, A Gifted Man,

make their fiction debut with Kill Switch.

(This feature will not include an author visit)

Week of December 26:

No author features

November at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum

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Yay - I have exciting news! The week of November 14 will be a DOUBLE FEATURE with two authors joining us: GRAHAM BROWN and ALAN BRADLEY.

And, by special request of our B&N Mystery Forum participants, DANA CAMERON will be joining us the week of November 21st.

Lots of great authors will be visiting in November. I hope you'll join us!

As always, there may be more surprise guest blogs as the month goes on.

Week of October 31st – Rochelle Staab

Tuesday, Nov. 1 - Guest blog

by Beth Groundwater

Week of November 7 - Betty Hechtman

Tuesday, Nov. 8 – Special Guest Blog!

Soho Press's big fall book is

THE BOY IN THE SUITCASE.

The debut novel and first collaboration

of Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis,

Denmark's new queens of crime fiction.

(NOTE: This guest blog

will be posted at a later date.)

Wednesday, November 9

Guest Blog by Kate Collins

Week of November 14 -

It's a DOUBLE FEATURE!

GRAHAM BROWN
will be joining us

And ALAN BRADLEY
will be visiting, too!

Week of November 21 – Dana Cameron

Week of November 28 – Andrea Penrose

Tuesday, November 29 -

Guest Blog by

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Barbie and Ken, a la Criminal Minds

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Thanks to my husband for bringing this to my attention!

Happy Halloween!

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October at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum

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Here's the October line-up - more guest blogs will be added to this list:

October 5 - Guest blog – William Peter Blatty

October 6 - Guest Blog – Lisa Black

October 7 - Guest Blog – Neil McMahon

Week of October 10 –

Wendy Corsi Staub and Jamie Freveletti

October 11 - Guest Blog by JENNIFER HARLOW

Week of October 17 -

Guest Blog AND Featured Visit

by author BARRY EISLER

Week of October 24 – Liz Lipperman

Week of October 31: Rochelle Staab

Happy 121st Birthday to Dame Agatha Christie!

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September at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum

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After August's Month of Suspense & Thrillers, we have a slightly calmer month at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum in September. While the quantity of visiting authors is less than in August, the quality of our guest authors is as high as always!

Week of September 5 –

Featured Author Visit with

LAURA LIPPMAN

Thursday, September 8 -

Guest Blog by SIMON TOYNE

Thursday, September 8 -

Guest Blog by TREVOR SHANE

Week of September 12 -

Featured Author Visit with

JEANNE ADAMS

Tuesday, September 13 -

Guest Blog by JAMES R. BENN

Thursday, September 15 -

Guest Blog by DEBORAH SHARP

Thursday, September 22 -

Guest Blog by KELLI STANLEY

Monday, September 26 -

Guest Blog by SHANNON MCKENNA

Tuesday, September 27 -

Guest Blog by CLAIRE O'DONOHUE

August is a Month of Suspense & Thrillers at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum

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It's time for one of our annual "theme" months at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum! August is a MONTH OF SUSPENSE & THRILLERS. We'll have some authors visiting for a day, some for a whole week, and some writing guest blogs. Stop in and join the fun!

Here's the schedule for Weeks One and Two of August's Month of Suspense & Thrillers:

WEEK ONE AUTHOR VISITS

August 1:

August 2:

August 3:

August 4:

August 5:

WEEK TWO AUTHOR VISIT

August 8 - 12:

TESS GERRITSEN Visits!

Tuesday, August 9:

Guest blog by DEBORAH CROMBIE

Weeks Three, Four and Five

of August's

Month of Suspense and Thrillers:

WEEK THREE AUTHOR VISITS

August 15:

August 16:

August 17:

August 18:

August 19:

WEEK FOUR

August 22:

August 23:

GUEST BLOG BY LAURA LIPPMAN

August 24:

(August 25 and 26:

Nothing booked; I'll be out of town)

WEEK FIVE

August 29 - September 1:

BRENDA NOVAK Visits!

*Note: More guest blogs may be added

July at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum

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Happy Independence Day (a little early)!

July will be another fun month at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum!

Friday, July 1 – Guest blog by Thomas Kaufman

Week of July 4: Adrienne Giordano –

It's an Independence Day/Week new release party!

Adrienne, author of the new Carina Press

romantic suspense release MAN LAW,

is bringing along her friends

Tracey Devlyn, Nancy Naigle and Tracy March

to join the fun!

July 5 – Guest blog by Gregory Murphy

Week of July 11: Rebecca Cantrell

Week of July 18: Donna Andrews

Week of July 25:: Karen Harper

Introducing...

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THE GODDESS OF MICHIGAN AVENUE

In fiction, shapeshifters kick ass.

In 21st Century Chicago, not so much.

Willa DiAngelo—divorcee, demi-goddess and sometime wolf—plots out theories for her unexplained powers in her popular paranormal novels. When two attempts are made on her life in quick succession, Willa must find the source of her freakish nature to figure out why someone wants her dead.

Dante, her über-protective best friend and the subject of many erotic fantasies, actively discourages Willa from rooting around to find her family tree. The discovery of a grandmother she never knew existed turns Willa’s world upside down, with consequences that force her to choose between the man she loves and the family she’s always longed for.

Greco-Roman mythology meets the Brothers Grimm in THE GODDESS OF MICHIGAN AVENUE, approximately 85,000 words, a wolfish paranormal romance.

You can read an excerpt at Romance University.

June is a Month of Cozy(ish) Crime at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum!

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It's a party all month at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum, as we celebrate a Month of Cozy(ish) Crime!

This week is a free-for-all, with an open invitation to cozy authors to stop in and introduce themselves. I'll be at Lori Foster's Reader Author Get Together so I won't be online much for the next several days. If you write cozies, puzzlers or cozy(ish) crime, stop in and introduce yourself here.

The week of June 5, our featured guest
is debut author JANET BOLIN:

The week of June 13, our featured guest

is author SOFIE KELLY:

From June 20 through July 1, we're having a Penguin Party,

featuring cozy(ish) authors from Penguin imprints including

NAL, SIGNET and BERKLEY PRIME CRIME.

Lots of authors will be stopping in - come on over and join the fun!

We'll have several guest bloggers

in June and through July 1

(unrelated to our theme), including:

If you're going to Lori Foster's event, I hope to see you there!

May at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum

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May will be another busy month at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum! Rather than feature a single book every month like traditional book clubs, at the Mystery Forum we have featured authors visiting every week, and often guest bloggers visiting, too.

Here is the schedule for May; check back again - I may be adding more guest blogs!

Week of May 2 – Julia Spencer Fleming

May 2 - guest blog by Hannah Reed (aka Deb Baker)

May 3 - guest blog by Dorothy St. James (aka Dorothy McFalls)

Pam Callow guest blogs on Thursday, May 5:

Our guest blogger on Friday, May 6 is Avery Aames:

Week of May 9 - Marcia Talley

May 10 – guest blog by Justin Evans

Week of May 16 - Jacqueline Seewald

Steve Berry will our guest blogger on Tuesday, May 17:

Week of May 24 - Clare O’Donohue

Week of May 30 –

I'll be at Lori Foster's Reader Author Get Together

No features scheduled

Don't forget - Brenda Novak's Annual Auction for the Cure of Diabetes

kicked off May 1 and will run through the end of the month.

Go directly to the auction here: http://brendanovak.auctionanything.com/

You'll find the items I donated here.

April at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum

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There will be lots going on in April at B&N's Mystery Forum,

starting with LAURA KASISCHKE's visit the week of April 4th.

On Monday, April 4, author ELLEN HORAN will be our guest blogger:

On Tuesday, April 5,

DIANE MOTT DAVIDSON

will be our guest blogger:

Wow! Another guest blogger joins us -

JACQUELINE WINSPEAR

guest blogs on Wednesday, April 6:

Author HALLIE EPHRON will be featured the week of April 11:

Two of Hallie's partners in crime at JUNGLE RED will be writing

guest blogs for the Mystery forum that week, too.

On Monday, April 11, JULIA SPENCER FLEMING will be our guest blogger:

On Thursday, April 14, author ROSEMARY HARRIS will be guest blogging:

On Friday, April 15, we'll have a guest blog from

KATHERINE HALL PAGE:

The week of April 18, best-selling author LISA JACKSON

- who has two new releases - comes back for a featured visit.

On Friday, April 22, we'll have a guest blog

from BEVERLY BARTON:

The week of April 25 we have lots of exciting events, starting with

the featured visit of Young Adult Mystery author

LAUREN HENDERSON:

During the week of April 25 we will also bring back

MEET THE PUBLISHER,

introducing a different publisher of

graphic mysteries/crime/suspense novels every day.

On Tuesday, April 26, REBECCA CANTRELL will be our guest blogger:

On Thursday, April 28, BABETTE HUGHES will be our guest blogger:

Don't forget we have two special events coming up:

June is our Month of Cozy(ish) Crime

and

August is our Month of Suspense and Thrillers

Stop in and join us!

March at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum

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Here is the schedule for March 2011 at Barnes & Noble's Mystery forum:

Week of March 1 - Kelli Stanley

Wednesday, March 16 – guest blog by Les Standiford, author of Bringing Adam Home (true crime/Adam Walsh)

Week of March 7 - C.J. Lyons

Week of March 15 - P.L. Gaus, Amish mysteries

Friday, March 18 – Guest blog by Jonathan Kellerman

Week of March 22 - Beth Groundwater

Barnes & Noble's Month of Romantic Suspense - Final Day!

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We're winding up B&N's Month of Romantic Suspense on a high note - we have two guest bloggers and a visit from SUZANNE BROCKMANN on Monday, February 28 (she will be with us *LIVE* at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time to respond to questions and comments you all post during the day).

Our guest bloggers are:

Thriller Author ED GAFFNEY

(who also happens to be married to SUZANNE BROCKMANN)

And author MISA RAMIREZ

Come join the party!

Ed Gaffney and Suzanne Brockmann

Next Week at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Form

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This coming week we will be featuring several romantic suspense authors from KENSINGTON PUBLISHING:

Here's the schedule:

Monday, Feb. 21: CATE NOBLE

Tuesday, Feb. 22*: KATHERINE GARBERA

Wednesday, Feb. 23: SHANNON MCKENNA

Thursday, Feb. 24: JEANNE ADAMS

Friday, Feb. 25: ANN CHRISTOPHER

We have a special treat on Feb. 22 when TWO authors will join us:

KATHERINE GARBERA (Kensington)

and

ALLISON BRENNAN!

And on Monday, February 28 SUZANNE BROCKMANN will join us to bring out Month of Romantic Suspense to a close. JOIN US!

JAYNE ANN KRENTZ is featured at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Forum!

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This week's special guest at Barnes & Noble's online mystery forum is three authors in one:

JAYNE ANN KRENTZ

AMANDA QUICK

AND

JAYNE CASTLE

Jayne will be visiting with us all week as part of our Month of Romantic Suspense.

Next week we will be joined by several authors from Kensington Publishing, and on February 28 we will wind up the event with a visit from SUZANNE BROCKMANN.

Throughout the month there will be guest blogs by authors on a variety of topics. Look for blogs by ALLISON BRENNAN, MARY KENNEDY, JEANNE ADAMS and LIBBY FISCHER HELLMANN.

Happy Valentine's Day!

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FEBRUARY AT BARNES & NOBLE'S MYSTERY BOOK CLUB: MONTH OF ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

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Author CHERRY ADAIR will be featured during Week Two of February's Month of Romantic Suspense at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Book Club (BN.com) starting February 7. Join us!

February is a Month of Romantic Suspense at B&N's Mystery Book Club!

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Are you an ereader? Are you hooked on Nook?

Join us at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Book Club in February as we celebrate our 2nd Annual Month of Romantic Suspense.

During Week One of this event we are featuring the romantic suspense authors of Carina Press, including MARIE FORCE, MARCELLE DUBÉ, ADRIENNE GIORDANO and more.

Check back again to see who will be our featured guests during Week Two of B&N's Month of Romantic Suspense!

January at Barnes & Noble's Mystery Book Club

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Molly Macrae - Week of Jan. 4

Karen Shepard – Week of January 11

Lorna Barrett - Week of January 18

Michael Palmer & Daniel Palmer - Week of January 25

In addition to our weekly features, there will be a couple other special events coming up.

On Saturday, January 8, Rosemary Harris is going to bring over a flash mob of 18 authors to join us.

These are the authors who will join us for the Saturday "flash mob:"

T Jefferson Parker

Joanne Fluke

Sue Anne Jaffarian

Harley Jane Kozak

Hank Phillippi Ryan

Jeri Westerson

Naomi Hirahara

Tim Hallinan

Kelli Stanley

Sophie Littlefield

Vickie Doudera

Ken Kuhlken

Gary Phillips

Kate Carlisle

Dianne Emley

Rosemary Harris

(The authors in bold have been guests at B&N's Mystery Book Club before)

And on January 26, I will be posting a guest blog by author Allison Brennan. Her topic will be researching mysteries.

Allison will be joining us in February, too, when we celebrate our 2nd Annual Month of Romantic Suspense.