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Welcome and General Discussion / Lee Child Quits!
« on: January 18, 2020, 05:26:53 pm »
With the news that author Lee Child has quit as the author of his Jack Reacher series and handed the reins of the character over to his brother, what do you think the legacy of his work will be?

Are you nervous about the hand off like the publishers seem to be if you read the article link: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/18/jack-reacher-series-author-lee-child-quits-and-lets-brother-step-in

If you read the series, will you continue reading it? Usually in this situation the continuation comes about because the author has died not retired. I'm a couple books behind in the series but I do have hopes that things will be great going forward.

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What I'm Reading / Book Signings anyone?
« on: September 08, 2019, 02:17:47 pm »
I know that as a reader, I love going to signings of authors that I like. A signed book is a treasure that stays forever in my book collection.

I saw Hank Phillippi Ryan a couple weeks back on the second event of her tour for "The Murder List". She's always a thrill to see and she even mentioned me and the reviewing I do for Mystery Scene as an example to illustrate a point she was making in her talk. (There's video of it, so I have proof! LOL)

I just got back from a book signing at a library two towns over from where I live. The author is Jack Matthews and the mystery he was promoting was his debut novel "Arte Perdida". He put on an engaging talk about the process of researching and writing the story and I picked up a copy of the book and had it signed.

This week, I'm headed to see Brad Meltzer on his tour for his kid books, but I'm going to have him sign a couple of his thrillers and a comic trade paperback he wrote after I buy the kid book as a Christmas gift for my nephew. (I checked with the store and they said he'll sign any of his work at the event.)

I've also got plans to see William Kent Krueger and Kyle Mills when they hit stores within driving distance for me.

So does anyone else here have any book signing events in their future? Do you like to go to these events? And for those who are writing the books, how much input do you have on going out on tour to promote?

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Welcome and General Discussion / Sad news - Lea Wait
« on: August 12, 2019, 09:26:04 am »
Sad to report this news...

Lea Wait, the author of the Mainely Needlepoint and Antique Print mystery series under her own name and the Maine Murder series under the name Cornelia Kidd, passed away over the weekend.

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What I'm Reading / My latest read is...
« on: June 11, 2019, 07:28:42 pm »
I'm currently working on a re-read of the Eva Gates mystery Reading Up A Storm. It's the third book in her Lighthouse Library series.

I don't typically get to do a lot of re-reading but I joined the mystery book club at my local library and this is the book of the month. I'm about 2/3 of the way through it and I still like it. I wasn't overly fond of the first two books in the series but this book is where I felt the main character FINALLY stopped being such a doormat.

I've got the fourth book in the series but haven't gotten around to reading that one yet.

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