YA Writer Joelle Charbonneau

I'm looking forward to seeing my friend Joelle Charbonneau in Raleigh Saturday, November 7. She'll be at Quail Ridge Books and Music at 3:00 talking about her great new stand-alone thriller Need from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Readers will probably want to check out the book's website to get a taste of what the book is like.

Mystery Author Tour

A dynamite South Carolina duo will join us in the Triangle later this month! Agatha Award winner Susan M. Boyer and David Burnsworth will join me at several venues. I do hope you'll find time to come to one of more events! (Remember, I always ask different questions, so no two programs are exactly the same.)

Thursday, June 25, 4:00 • Cambridge Village, Hughes Street, Apex

Thursday, June 25, 7:00 • Page-Walker Cultural Arts Center, Ambassador Loop, Cary

Friday, June 26, noon • The Halle Center, Salem Street, Apex (Bring your lunch if you'd like! Iced beverages provided.)

Saturday, June 27, 11:00 • McIntyre's, Fearrington Village

Sunday, June 28, 2:00 • The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines

As always, books will be available for signing!

Do You Have a Favorite Agatha Christie?

Katherine Turro, marketing coordinator for William Morrow sent me this notice:

It's the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie, and her estate is on a mission to discover the "World's Favorite Christie Mystery." You can be a part of this selection. Check out World's Favourite Christie to browse books, watch videos, and vote for your favorite Agatha Christie mystery.

Careful—you get only one vote!

Happy reading!

Spring Mystery Tour Updates

I've just received the news that Ann Cleeves has had a family emergency and will have to cancel her North Carolina tour. All the bookstores will have her books on hand for purchase—we just won't be able to have them signed.

The Friday, May 8 Barnes & Noble event has been canceled.

Elaine Viets will be unable to be at the Saturday, May 9 event at McIntyre's, but she will have been by the store to sign stock.

Sarah Shaber will join Marcia Talley, Frances Brody and me for a discussion on Saturday, May 9, at McIntyre's.

Spring Mystery Tour ONE TIME CHANGE

Another star-studded mystery tour for the Triangle area of North Carolina!

Frances Brody, Ann Cleeves, Marcia Talley, and Elaine Viets will join me at the following times and locations:

Tuesday, May 5

7:00, Flyleaf, 752 Martin Luther King Blvd., Chapel Hill NC 27514 

Wednesday, May 6 

Noon, Halle Cultural Arts Center, 237 Salem St., Apex NC 27502 (Brown Bag Event)

4:00, Cambridge Village of Apex  

7:00, Quail Ridge Books & Music, 3522 Wade Avenue, Raleigh NC 

Thursday, May 7

2:00 Page-Walker Cultural Arts Center, 119 Ambassador Loop, Cary NC 27513 

                (Molly-on-Mysteries program)

5:30 The Country Bookshop, 140 NW Broad St., Southern Pines NC 28387

Friday, May 8

6:00 Barnes & Noble, 760 SE Maynard Rd, Cary NC 27511 

Saturday, May 9

2:00 McIntyre's Books, 2000 Fearrington Village Ctr., Pittsboro NC 27312

Please join me in welcoming these outstanding authors!

Triangle (NC) Mystery Tour

Great news for mystery readers: Three outstanding authors are visiting in February! Donis Casey, Erika Chase, and Eva Gates (you may know her as Vicky Delany) will be in the area February 18–23. Our schedule is as follows:

• Feb. 18, 7:00, Cameron Village Library, Raleigh
• Feb. 19, 2:00, Page-Walker Cultural Arts Center, Cary
• Feb. 19, 4:15, Cambridge Village of Apex
• Feb. 19, 7:00, West Regional Library, Cary
• Feb. 20, 3:00,  Southeast Regional Library, Garner
• Feb. 21, 2:00, McIntyre's Books, Fearrington Village, Pittsboro
• Feb. 23, 3:00,  North Regional Library, Raleigh
• Feb. 23, 7:00, East Regional Library, Knightdale

At each venue, I'll moderate a panel at which the authors will share information about themselves, their books, and their characters. Their books will be for sale at each venue and the authors will be delighted to sign and personalize them. 

I hope to see a good turnout of enthusiastic readers at each visit!