November 2024
Robert Baty – My new mystery novel, Soft Shoulder, will be published by The Wild Rose Press on November 18.
Mysti Berry – My latest short story, “Mini Me,” will be published in the anthology Lost & Loaded on December 10. Each story follows the same gun during one summer in Spokane, Washington.
Preorders available here.
John Billheimer – I will be giving a presentation, complete with film clips, on my Edgar-winning book Hitchcock and the Censors at the Marina Branch of the Monterey County Free Library System, 190 Seaside Circle, Marina, CA 93933, at 1 PM on Saturday, November 16. The presentation will be followed by a showing and discussion of Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train.
Claire Booth – My short story, “Shots,” will be published in the mystery anthology Lost & Loaded on December 10. See above.
Come join several MWA NorCal authors at the inaugural Lincoln Public Library’s Lincoln Book Festival. Claire Booth, Claire Johnson, Ellen Kirschman, James L’Etoile, Richard Meredith, Jennifer Morita, Ann Parker, Faye Snowden, and Laura Jensen Walker will share the love of mystery with book lovers in Lincoln and the Sacramento area. The festival will take place Saturday, Nov. 9 from 9 AM to 3 PM at the Lincoln Public Library, 485 Twelve Bridges Drive, Lincoln, CA.Vinnie Hansen – My suspense novel, One Gun, was officially re-released from Level Best Books on October 22.
I will join 10 other members of NorCal Sisters in Crime for their Fall Showcase at Orinda Books on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 1-3 PM.
James L’Etoile – On November 9, please join several MWA NorCal members at the inaugural Lincoln Book Festival at the Lincoln Public Library, in Placer County. The daylong event will feature some of the region’s top master authors including Claire Booth, Claire Johnson, Ellen Kirschman, James L’Etoile, Richard Meredith, Ann Parker, Greg Randall, Faye Snowden, and Laura Jensen Walker. Face in a Book will be on hand to sell the attending author’s books. Program begins at 9:30 AM at the Library in Lincoln at 485 Twelve Bridges Dr., Lincoln, CA.
Ted Haynes – My latest mystery, The Sunriver Murders, is now an audiobook – available through Amazon and other channels. Narrated by myself and expertly edited by a professional. The paperback is selling well and the audiobook is off to a great start.
Rae James – The third book in my Johanna Hudson Mysteries was released earlier this week: The Missing Link. Genealogists can reveal more than family trees. Johanna Hudson discovers that her research skills can assist law enforcement with the recovery of forensic evidence, as well as missing persons who want to stay that way.
Claire M. Johnson – On Sunday, November 3, at 4 PM at Book Passage in Corte Madera, I will be reading and discussing my new historical mystery novel, Fog City, the first book in the Fog City Noir series, More information here.
On Monday, November 4 at 7 PM, I will be reading and discussing my new historical mystery novel, Fog City, with the Mystery Club at Rossmoor in the Multi-Purpose Room in the Gateway Complex.
I’ll be joining other MWA NorCal panelists at the Lincoln Library Literary Festival on Saturday, November 9 from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM, along with Laura Jensen Walker, Greg Randall, and Ann Parker.
Ellen Kirschman – Call Me Carmela, book #5 in the Dot Meyerhoff mystery series, launches on 11/26! In-person celebrations to follow at Book Passage, Corte Madera (12/8 at 4 PM) when thriller writer Samantha Downing will be my host. And again at Beyond Text in Los Gatos (12/7 at 2 PM) for a conversation with book blogger Lloyd Russell.
In November, I’ll be joining many of my NorCal tribe at the Sisters-in-Crime showcase at Orinda Books (November 2, 1-3 PM).
Then again on Nov. 9 for the Lincoln Literary Fest in Lincoln, CA.
On November 16, Cara Black and I will be in conversation with the American Association of University Women in El Cerrito.
I’ll also be on a whirlwind online book tour with Jungle Reds (11/12), Terry Shepherd (11/14), Bonnar Spring (11/26), Jim L’Etoile (11/19), Writers Who Kill (11/21), Lisa Towles (11/22), and Janet Rudolph (TBD) plus a dozen more stops with Partners in Crime. Check my website for updates.
Margaret Lucke – I will take part in the Local Authors Showcase being presented at the Hercules Library (109 Civic Drive in Hercules) on Saturday, November 2, from 1-3 PM. Details can be found here.
I will be the featured guest at Mystery Book Club meeting at the El Cerrito Library (6510 Stockton Avenue in El Cerrito), reading and discussing my novel House of Whispers. Details can be found here.
Ana Manwaring – Launching November 20, Kickback: A Dafne Olabarrieta Mexico Mystery, Book One.
No good deeds go unpunished—but in Mexico, do the bad?
“Dark secrets are revealed when a hostage negotiator is hired for the return of her ex-best friend’s daughter. Protagonist Dafne Olabarrita is a force to reckon with in this action-filled story that will leave readers wanting more of this strong female lead. Author Ana Manwaring does an exemplary job of folding Mexican culture and history into this character-rich novel. Kickback is a murder mystery that is both intriguing and terrifying.” —Kathryn Dare, San Francisco Book Review.
Preorder here.
Jennifer Morita – My debut novel, Ghosts of Waikiki, about an out-of-work reporter who reluctantly takes a job as a ghostwriter and discovers coming home to paradise can be murder, releases November 19 by Crooked Lane Books.
Ghost of Waikiki will be available early on November 9 at the Lincoln Book Festival, where I will be talking with authors Ellen Kirschman, Jessie Chandler and Karen A. Phillips about cozy and traditional mysteries at 10 AM.
Rob Osler – I’ll be attending the Midwest Mystery Conference on November 9 in Chicago, participating in the P.I. panel “Just One More Question,” where I’ll be introducing readers to the forthcoming first title of my new Harriet Morrow Investigates series, The Case of the Missing Maid—set in 1898 Chicago.
Brad Parks – On Nov. 5—election day!—my twelfth novel (!) is being released. It’s called The Boundaries We Cross and it got a starred review from Publishers Weekly, which cheered, “Readers won’t be able to put this down.” Of course, as MWA members well know, the central anxiety of a mystery writer isn’t whether a reader will put our book down . . . it’s whether they’ll pick it up in the first place. So I hope folks are game to give it a look.
Mary Rae – My co-author and I won the Silver Falchion Award at Killer Nashville for best thriller for Breaking Apart. It’s the second book in our Break series.
The violent death of Josh Baker, a young veteran and patient at the Front Range VA Behavioral Health Clinic, thrusts Marnie Liccione MD and Louise Finnerty MD into a fast-paced medical murder mystery set within America’s largest health care system. In Breaking Apart, the second novel in the Break series, the action unfolds in Colorado. The tragedy of veteran suicide provides a backdrop for this fast-paced story. Is Josh another casualty of this epidemic? Marnie and Louise want to find the answer for Josh’s widow who is breaking apart.
Lifesaving prescription drugs are being diverted by hospital employees. Krokodil, a deadly and disfiguring opiate, hits the streets of Denver. Subplots converge and lead to the answer to Josh’s death. In their search for the truth, the women come face to face with danger within the VA and outside the hospital walls.
D.M. Rowell – In addition to my second novel in the Mud Sawpole series, Silent Are the Dead, being released on November 19, I have a pre-release event at the Belmont library on November 16.
Lisa Towles – My next thriller, Specimen, is available for pre order and comes out on December 3, 2024. Order it here.
And my 2023 thriller Terror Bay is now available in Audiobook format! Order here.