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"M" is for Mystery Homepage STORE INFO | AUTHOR EVENTS | KIDS BOOKS
| Welcome to the "M" is for Mystery events archive. Scroll down to see who appeared at our store in the last several months. Signed First Editions are still available from most of these recent events. If you see an author you missed whose book you want, email your request to info@MforMystery.com or call us at 650-401-8077. Outside the Bay Area, call us toll free at 888-405-8077. For a complete list of signed books from author appearances in previous months, click on: Current Signed Books. To receive our events calendar via email on a monthly basis, simply send your request to events@MforMystery.com and we will add you to our electronic mailing list. |
| JULIE COMPTON Tell No Lies (St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95) |
EDWARD WRIGHT Damnation Falls (St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95) |
Book descriptions and dustjackets.
| BARRY BROAD Eve Of Destruction (Seven Locks, $24.95) |
Thursday, September 11th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| NEAL STEPHENSON Anathem (William Morrow, $29.95) |
Friday, September 12th (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
CANCELLED
| BRUNONIA BARRY The Lace Reader (William Morrow, $24.95) |
Saturday, September 13th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| PAMELA RONALD & RAOUL ADAMCHAK Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, And The Future Of Food (Oxford University, $29.95) |
Saturday, September 13th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| PAUL AUSTER Man In The Dark (Henry Holt, $23.00) |
Monday, September 15th (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| SELDEN EDWARDS The Little Book (Dutton, $25.95) |
Friday, September 19th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| DARRYL WIMBERLEY Kaleidoscope (Toby, $24.95) |
Saturday, September 20th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| IRVINE WELSH Crime (W.W. Norton, $24.95) |
Saturday, September 20th at 4:00 PM (signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| STEPHEN ELLIOTT, editor Where To Invade Next (McSweeney's, $16.00) |
Monday, September 22nd at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| "M" is for Mystery Book Club | Tuesday, September, 23rd at 7:00 PM |
"M" has its own Book Club that meets in the store. This month the group will discuss Wolves Eat Dogs by Martin Cruz Smith. If you have never attended, and are interested, just drop us an email. Please note: This is not a signing and the author will not be present. |
| LARRY BEINHART Salvation Boulevard (Nation, $24.95) |
Wednesday, September 24th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| BRAD MELTZER The Book Of Lies (Grand Central, $25.99) |
Thursday, September 25th (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| ALAN JACOBSON The 7th Victim (Vanguard, $25.95) |
Saturday, September 27th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| PAUL CHARLES The Beautiful Sound Of Silence (Brandon, $34.95) |
Tuesday, September 30th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| KELLI STANLEY Nox Dormienda - A Long Night for Sleeping (Five Star, $25.95) |
Saturday, August 2nd at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| DAVID WALTNER-TOEWS Fear of Landing (Poisoned Pen, $24.95) |
Sunday, August 3nd at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| TANA FRENCH The Likeness (Viking, $25.95) |
Monday, August 4th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
Novelist, noir expert and San Francisco Film Noir Festival founder EDDIE MULLER will conduct an on-stage conversation with the star of film, television and Broadway ADRIENNE BARBEAU. Books will be on hand for purchase and autographing. The San Mateo Main Library is located just west of El Camino; free street parking or in underground garage at library.
| ADRIENNE BARBEAU Vampyres of Hollywood written with Michael Scott (St. Martin's, $23.95) |
Saturday, August 9th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| DANIEL SILVA Moscow Rules (Penguin, $26.95) |
Monday, August 11th (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| DEREK HAAS The Silver Bear (Pegasus, $24.00) |
Saturday, August 16th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| CAMILLE MINICHINO (writing as MARGARET GRACE) Mayhem in Miniature (Penguin, $6.99 paperback original) |
PRISCILLA ROYAL Forsaken Soul (Poisoned Pen, $24.95) |
Book descriptions and dustjackets.
| MARCUS SAKEY Good People (Penguin, $24.95) |
Sunday, August 24th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| ERIC VAN LUSTBADER First Daughter (Tom Doherty, $25.95) Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Sanction (Grand Central, $25.99) |
Monday, August 25th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| "M" is for Mystery Book Club | Tuesday, August, 26th at 7:00 PM |
"M" has its own Book Club that meets in the store. This month the group will discuss The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. If you have never attended, and are interested, just drop us an email. Please note: This is not a signing and the author will not be present. |
| RHYS BOWEN A Royal Pain (Penguin, $23.95) |
Tuesday, July 1st at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| JAMES ROLLINS The Last Oracle (William Morrow, $26.95) Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Random House, $26.00) |
DENISE HAMILTON The Last Embrace (Scribner,$26.00; and simultaneously, $14.00, trade paperback) |
Book descriptions and dustjackets.
Friday, July 4th: Store OPEN from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
FIREWORKS -- between the covers of our books!
HAPPY JULY 4th!!
| THOMAS H. COOK Master of the Delta (Harcourt, $24.00) |
Sunday, July 6th at 1:30 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| DAVID WROBLEWSKI The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (Ecco, $25.95) |
Monday, July 7th or Tuesday July 8th (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| ROBERT CRAIS Chasing Darkness (Simon & Schuster, $25.95) |
Thursday, July 10th (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| STEPHEN L. CARTER Palace Council (Knopf, $26.95) |
Thursday, July 10th (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| DEBORAH GRABIEN Rock and Roll Never Forgets (St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95) |
Saturday, July 12th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| STELLA RIMINGTON Illegal Action (Knopf, $24.95) |
Tuesday, July 15th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| TIMOTHY HALLINAN The Fourth Watcher (HarperCollins, $24.95) |
Thursday, July 17th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| CHRISTOPHER REICH Rules of Deception (Doubleday, $24.95) |
Thursday, July 17th (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| NICOLE MARY KELBY Murder at the Bad Girl's Bar and Grill (Crown, $23.00) |
Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| MICHELLE GAGNON Boneyard (Mira, $6.99 paperback original) |
SIMON WOOD We All Fall Down (Leisure, $7.99 paperback original) |
Book descriptions and dustjackets.
| BRENT GHELFI Volk's Shadow (Henry Holt, $25.00) |
Thursday, July 24th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| MARC LECARD Tiny Little Troubles (St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95) |
SUSAN DUNLAP Hungry Ghosts (Counterpoint, $25.95) |
Book descriptions and dustjackets.
| MICHELLE RICHMOND No One You Know (Delacorte, $23.00) |
Tuesday, July 29th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| "M" is for Mystery Book Club | Tuesday, July, 29th at 7:00 PM |
"M" has its own Book Club. This month the group will discuss Field Of Darkness by Cornelia Read. If you have never attended, and are interested, just drop us an email. Please note: This is not a signing and the author will not be present. |
| JEFF ABBOTT Collision (Penguin, $24.95) |
Wednesday, July 30th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| NAM LE The Boat (Knopf, $22.95) |
Monday, June 2nd (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| ALAN FURST The Spies Of Warsaw (Random House, $25.00) |
Wednesday, June 4th (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| ANDRE DUBUS III The Garden of Last Days (W.W. Norton, $24.95) |
Friday, June 6th (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| JOHN CONNOLLY The Reapers (Simon & Schuster, $26.00) |
Saturday, June 7th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| DAVID GUTERSON The Other (Knopf, $24.95) |
Tuesday, June 10th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| FRANCESCA MARCIANO The End of Manners (Knopf, $23.95) |
Thursday, June 12th aproximately 12:00 Noon (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| MEG GARDINER The Dirty Secrets Club (Penguin, $24.95) |
Thursday, June 12th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| BILL FITZHUGH The Adventures of Slim & Howdy by Kix Brooks & Ronnie Dunn, with Bill Fitzhugh (Center Street, $22.99) |
Saturday, June 14th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| W. MICHAEL GEAR and KATHLEEN O'NEILL GEAR People of the Weeping Eye (Tom Doherty, $25.95) |
Monday, June 16th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| SALMAN RUSHDIE The Enchantress of Florence (Random House, $26.00) |
Tuesday, June 17th aproximately 2:30 PM (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
Rescheduled. Now July 17.
| CHRISTOPHER REICH Rules of Deception (Doubleday, $24.95) |
Tuesday, June 17th (drop-by signing only) |
| "M" is for Mystery Book Club | Tuesday, June, 17th at 7:00 PM |
"M" has its own Book Club that meets in the store. This month the group will discuss Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler. If you have never attended, and are interested, just drop us an email. Please note: This is not a signing and the author will not be present. |
| JEFFERY DEAVER The Broken Window (Simon & Schuster, $26.95) |
Wednesday, June 18th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| PAUL GOLDSTEIN A Patent Lie (Doubleday, $24.95) |
Friday, June 20th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| ELIZABETH ZELVIN Death Will Get You Sober (St. Martin's Minotaur, $23.95) |
Sunday, June 22nd at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| ZOE FERRARIS Finding Nouf (Houghton Mifflin, $24.00) |
Tuesday, June 24th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| CRAIG JOHNSON Another Man's Moccasins (Penguin, $24.95) |
Wednesday, June 25th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| JOSEPH O'NEILL Netherland (Knopf, $23.95) |
Wednesday, June 25th (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| DON WINSLOW The Dawn Patrol (Knopf, $23.95) |
Friday, June 27th at 12:00 Noon |
Book description and dustjacket.
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FRIDAY the 27th, from 5:30 - 9:00 PM, come enjoy the 13th Annual San Mateo Downtown WINE WALK! Visit us then, and for complete event info go to: www.winewalk.org | ![]() |
| DEBORAH CROMBIE Where Memories Lie (HarperCollins, $24.95) |
Saturday, June 28th at 12:00 Noon |
Book description and dustjacket.
| MAGGIE BARBIERI Extracurricular Activities (St. Martin's, $23.95) |
Sunday, June 29th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| SCOTT SIGLER Infected (Crown, $24.95) |
Thursday, May 1st at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
Top British author's first-ever appearance at "M"!
| PETER LOVESEY The Headhunters: An Inspector Hen Mallin Investigation (Soho, $24.00) |
Friday, May 2nd at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| CLAIRE M. JOHNSON Roux Morgue (Poisoned Pen, $24.95) |
Saturday, May 3rd at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| LOUISE ERDRICH The Plague Of Doves (Harper, $25.95) |
Tuesday, May 6th approx. 1:00 PM (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| JANE CLELAND Antiques to Die For (St. Martin's Minotaur, $23.95) |
Tuesday, May 6th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| ALEKSANDAR HEMON The Lazarus Project (Riverhead, $24.95) |
Wednesday, May 7th (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| TOBIAS WOLFF Our Story Begins (Knopf, $26.95) |
Saturday, May 10th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| ROBERT TANENBAUM Escape (Vanguard, $25.95) |
Monday, May 12th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
Launch Party!
| STEVEN SAYLOR The Triumph of Caesar (St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95) |
Tuesday, May 13th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| ELIZABETH GEORGE Careless In Red (Harper, $27.95) |
Monday, May 19th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| "M" is for Mystery Book Club | Tuesday, May 20th at 7:00 PM |
"M" has its own Book Club that meets in the store. This month the group will discuss The Collaborator Of Bethlehem by Matt Beynon Rees. If you have never attended, and are interested, just drop us an email. Please note: This is not a signing and the author will not be present. |
| DANA FREDSTI Murder for Hire: The Peruvian Pigeon (Yellowback Mysteries, $12.95, trade paperback original) |
JESS LOUREY August Moon (Midnight Ink, $14.95, trade paperback original) |
Book descriptions and dustjackets.
| SHELDON SIEGEL Judgment Day (MacAdam Cage, $26.00) |
Thursday, May 22nd at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| SUSAN CUMMINS MILLER Hoodoo (Texas Tech University, $24.95) |
Saturday, May 24th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| MICHAEL SIMS Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Thief by Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) (Penguin Classics, $14.00, trade paperback) |
Sunday, May 25th at 2:00 PM |
The author of the introduction discusses this classic French mystery.
Book description and dustjacket.
| JOHN STRALEY The Big Both Ways (Alaska Northwest, $16.95, trade paperback original) |
Tuesday, May 27th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| DAVID BENIOFF City of Thieves (Viking, $24.95) |
Friday, May 30th (drop-by signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| STEVE MARTINI Shadow of Power (William Morrow, $26.95) |
Friday, May 30th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| CHRISTOPHER RICE Blind Fall (Simon & Schuster, $26.00) |
Friday, April 4th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| LISA LUTZ Curse of the Spellmans (Simon & Schuster, $25.00) |
Tuesday, April 8th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| MARY ROACH Bonk : The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (W.W. Norton, $24.95) |
Friday, April 11th at 12:00 Noon (signing-only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| JERRY KENNEALY Still Shot (St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95) |
Saturday, April 12th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
ONLY Bay Area appearance!
| JESSE KELLERMAN The Genius (Penguin, $24.95) |
Monday, April 14th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
CANCELLED
| JHUMPA LAHIRI Unaccustomed Earth (Knopf, $25.00) |
Tuesday, April 15th (drop-by signing-only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| DOMENIC STANSBERRY The Ancient Rain (St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95) |
Thursday, April 17th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| BARON BIRTCHER Angels Fall (Iota, $23.95) |
Friday, April 18th at 12:00 Noon |
Book description and dustjacket.
| ANNE PERRY Buckingham Palace Gardens (Random House, $26.00) |
Saturday, April 19th (drop-by signing-only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| The San Mateo Main Library is at 55 West Third Avenue, one block west of El Camino Real. "M" is co-sponsor and will be on hand with these books for sale. There is free underground and street parking. The Miracle at Speedy Motors (Pantheon, $21.95) Love Over Scotland (Knopf, $13.95 trade paperback original) |
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Book descriptions and dustjackets.
| "M" is for Mystery Book Club | Tuesday, April 22nd at 7:00 PM |
"M" has its own Book Club that meets in the store. This month the group will discuss Gardens Of The Dead by William Brodrick. If you have never attended, and are interested, just drop us an email. Please note: This is not a signing and the author will not be present. |
| RABIH ALAMEDDINE Hakawati (Knopf, $25.95) |
Wednesday, April 23rd at 12:00 Noon (signing only) |
Book description and dustjacket.
| ADAM MANSBACH The End of The Jews (Spiegel & Grau, $23.95) |
Saturday, April 26th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| JACK O'CONNELL The Resurrectionist (Algonquin, $24.95) |
Sunday, April 27th at 2:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| LIBBY FISCHER HELLMANN Easy Innocence (Big Earth, $24.95) |
Tuesday, April 29th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
| STEVEN SIDOR The Mirror's Edge (St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95) |
Wednesday, April 30th at 7:00 PM |
Book description and dustjacket.
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