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Hot New Thrillers and Mysteries

Hot New Thrillers and Mysteries. Back to the Beach 2013. Bit About Your Speaker. IT By Day. Librarian and Bookseller By Night. Poisoned Pen- How Are We Doing? . Market Share for 2012 From Publisher’s Weekly Vol 260 Issue 3 p 3-4. Poisoned Pen- How Are We Doing.

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Hot New Thrillers and Mysteries

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  1. Hot New Thrillers and Mysteries Back to the Beach 2013

  2. Bit About Your Speaker IT By Day

  3. Librarian and Bookseller By Night

  4. Poisoned Pen- How Are We Doing? Market Share for 2012 From Publisher’s Weekly Vol 260 Issue 3 p 3-4

  5. Poisoned Pen- How Are We Doing • Despite this rising trend, the Poisoned Pen is doing excellent • Increased programming for 2012/2013. We will have done close to 500 programs over the course of 2 years • Increased demand for Trade Paperbacks and Hardback Books have helped keep profits strong • Strong web presence has kept world wide sales high (3/4 of Poisoned Pen sales go to Mail Order) • Small Enough to Be Flexible

  6. Poisoned Pen’s Web Presence Weekly Constant Contact E-News PDF link’s to a Monthly Booknews Staff Picks A Blog where the Poisoned Pen staff, customers and authors can post their reviews YouTube, Twitter, ABE, Alibris, Amazon, Flickr presences Featured in the New York Times, CNN etc.

  7. What Makes the Poisoned Pen Stand Out Great Customer Service Staff who enjoy reading and who enjoy reader’s advisory Events that make people excited about reading

  8. Exciting New Releases • May • Wonderland by Ace Atkins • Black Country by Alex Grecian • NOS4A2 by Joe Hill • Garden of Stones- Sophie Littlefield (February and a little late) • Norwegian by Night by Derek Miller • Redeemer by Jo Nesbo • Human Division by John Scalzi

  9. Norwegian by Night Fantastic first novel Cross Country thriller about a retired Watchmaker/Korean War Vet and a young Norwegian boy fleeing from a group of Balkan Criminals Tightly written

  10. Redeemer by Jo Nesbø One of the hottest foreign writers in the past few years Harry Hole series has been nominated for several Best Mystery- Edgar and Dagger Awards

  11. Exciting New Releases • June • Broken Places by Ace Atkins • Hour of the Rat by Lisa Brackman • Her Last Breath by Linda Castillo • Kill Room by Jeffrey Deaver • Marysk Station by David Downing • Ocean at the End of the Street by Neil Gaiman • Red Sparrow by Jason Mathews • Choke Point by Ridley Pearson • Doll by Taylor Stevenson

  12. Red Sparrow by Jason Mathews Barbara choose this as a First Mystery Pick Great spy thriller set in Putin era Russia Matthews, who is retired CIA, tells a gripping story with a unique format

  13. Her Last Breath by Linda Castillo Castillo’s series is uniquely gripping Takes places in the Amish Country Great juxtaposition between Katie Burkholder- a police detective who grew up in an Amish Community and the Amish Themselves

  14. Exciting New Releases • July • Highway by CJ Box • Bomb Shellby Catherine Coulter • Let it Burn by Steve Hamilton • Stranded by Alex Kava • Unleashed by David Rosenfelt • Hidden Order by Brad Thor • Seventh Trumpet by Peter Tremayne • Warriors by Tom Young

  15. Highway by CJ Box Two young girls driving across the highway just disappear Serial killer thriller meets the taught voice of the Joe Pickett Series Great for readers who like serial killer or outdoor/adventure mysteries

  16. Stranded by Alex Kava Like Box, Kava’s new novel deals with a Serial Killer murdering at Rest Stops Maggie O’Dell and her partner Tully go cross country to stop the killer Kava’s voice is fresh and much cleaner than many other Forensic Science Mysteries

  17. Favorite Beach Reads Printed Before Summer 500 by Matthew Quirk Land More Kind than Home by Wiley Cash Down River by John Hart Rogue by Mark Sullivan Red Cell by Mark Henshaw Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Professionals by Owen Laukkanen Bruno Chief of Police by Bruno Walker Quiet by Susan Cain (Non Fiction)

  18. 500 by Matthew Quirk Exciting Financial, Political Thriller Combination of David Baldacci and Brad Meltzer Pulse pounding thriller that kept me reading til the wee hours Edgar nominee 2012

  19. Ten Book Challenge Does Reader’s Advisory Make You Feel Stressed? Try the 10 Book Challenge- Read 10 books (or listen) in 10 different genres/subgenres that your normally don’t read. It gives you a great sense of what is out there, what you liked about the book and what you didn’t. You may be pleasantly surprised.

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