Robert S. LevinsonSigns Finders, Keepers, Losers, WeepersSaturday, March 1, 2:30 PM

Perhaps proving that one can take the boy out of rock-and-roll, but not the rock-and-roll out of the boy, Finders, Keepers, Losers, Weepers is a noir novel built on Robert S. Levinson’s background in the industry. His company, Levinson Associates, created and pioneered “independent PR support services” in the music industry and at one time was the largest rock-contemporary music PR firm in the world. Please join Bob and the staff for a criminally entertaining afternoon, and assurances that names have been changed to protect...

Gay Hendricks and Tinker LindsaySign The Third Rule of TenSunday, March 2, 2:30 PM

Relationship expert Gay Hendrick and Hollywood screenwriter Tinker Lindsay co-author a mystery series featuring a young Tibetan-Buddhist private detective in Los Angeles named Tenzing Norbu, AKA “Ten.” What do a drug lord, a right-wing politician and a movie star with anger issues have in common? That’s

what Ten is trying to find out in The Third Rule of Ten. Along the way, monastery-trained Tenzing, for whom relationships with women are a mystery greater than the ones that require his crime-busting skills to solve, goes through a roller-coaster ride in his love life. Discover what kind of relationship wisdom Ten, whom bestselling mystery-master Robert Ferrigno calls “the most interesting P.I. in modern crime fiction,” is butting up against this time around.

Ladies, Lunch, and Literacy Introduces …

Nickolas Butler and Tarashea NesbitFor Cocktails and Conversation at Cork’er and Mysterious Galaxy Friday, March 7, 4:30 PM

Our first Ladies, Lunch, and Literacy event of 2014 (beginning our 7th year!) is definitely not-for-women- only. We have two debut authors to introduce to you, and to honor this double delight, we are going to have our first ever LLL Wine Tasting and Mixer at Cork’er, the new café in the Mysterious Galaxy building.

Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler is a beautifully written love letter to small town life and life-long friendships. You will be enchanted by this story of five friends from Little Wing, Wisconsin. The Wives of Los

Alamos is a stunning portrayal of women, their hopes, dreams, despairs, and innermost thoughts in the midst of a historical event so clandestine and so devastating that we still consider the implications today. Her original fictional collective account of the wives who followed their husbands to this remote area, for a project they were not privy to, will captivate you. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet two of the most talented debut authors we have had the pleasure of reading.

Reservations are required. You may call the Redondo Beach store or make your reservation on line at http://lllmarch7.brownpapertickets.com/.

Avery Aames and Daryl Wood GerberSign Days of Wine and Roquefort and Inherit the WordSaturday, March 8, 2:30 PM

Daryl Wood Gerber moved to Los Angeles to try her luck as an actress, and appeared in many commercials and on TV shows such as “Murder She Wrote” and “Matlock.” She then had the brilliant idea of creating more of the sort of roles she’d like to play by writing them herself! This didn’t quite work out, but it was enough to get her to try writing again, and to stick with it. Her popular Cheese Shop Mystery series, written as Avery Aames, is on its sixth installment with Days of Wine and Roquefort and includes both another murder for cheese shop owner Charlotte Bessette to solve and some delicious recipes. Inherit the Word, the second book in the Cookbook Nook mystery series, is set in a culinary bookshop and café.

Denise MinaSigns The Red RoadTuesday, March 11, 7:30 PM

Award-winning Glasglow crime author Denise Mina visits MG for the first time to discuss crime and redemption in The Red Road, the latest in her DI Alex Morrow series. The Scotsman hailed The Red Road, in which Morrow has a decisive showdown with her gangster brother Danny, as “an enjoyable book, but also a disturbing one, for underlying the conventional elements of the crime novel/police procedural, is the assumption that criminality permeates our society.” The reviewer also notes, “Remarkably, in the dark world Mina portrays with bitter relish, there is a place for love. Indeed love and the possibility of its redeeming power is one of the themes of the novel.”

Isla MorleySigns AboveThursday, March 13, 7:30 PM

Blythe Hallowell is sixteen when she is abducted by a survivalist and locked away in an abandoned missile silo in Eudora, Kansas. At first, she focuses frantically on finding a way out, until the harrowing truth of her new existence settles in — the crushing loneliness, the terrifying madness of a captor who believes he is

saving her from the end of the world, and the persistent temptation to give up. But nothing prepares Blythe for the burden of raising a child in confinement. Determined to give the boy everything she has lost, she pushes aside the truth about a world he may never see for a myth that just might give meaning to their lives below ground. Years later, their lives are ambushed by an event at once promising and devastating. Suspenseful, moving and thought-provoking, Above above all depicts our boundless capacity for hope.

Harlan CobenStreaming Webcast for Missing YouTuesday, March 25, 7:00 PM

What’s the secret ingredient that has kept Harlan Coben at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for six consecutive years? Heart! And you’ll definitely get a sense of that on March 25 when Harlan appears in an exclusive internet talk about his new book, Missing You, and gives audience members a unique opportunity to ask him questions. It’s the first time Harlan will appear in this fashion and it’s your chance to hear him speak about everything from his inspiration behind the book to advice for author writers and fun topics like his previous book jacket designs. Join us for this exclusive behind-the-scenes look at where Harlan’s writing magic happens.

Jonathan MaberrySigns Code ZeroSaturday, March 30, 2:30 PM

Joe Ledger and the Department of Military Sciences return in Code Zero, sixth in Jonathan Maberry’s best-selling biothriller series, and the direct sequel to the book that started it all, Patient Zero. Join Jonathan to discuss the DMS, hand-to-hand combat, the Rot and Ruin books, his comics work for IDW Publishing, and what the future holds for the New York Times best-selling and multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author, including teaching and other networking opportunities.

Looking ahead:

April 5 – Literary Orange with Marlo Thomas and Ann Hood; April 6 – Marc Cushman; April 7 – Darryl Dawson; April 8 – Kwei Quartey; April 11 – Gabrielle Zevin and Ladies, Lunch and Literacy; April 12 & 13 – Los Angeles Times Festival of Books; April 18-20 – WonderCon in Anaheim; April 21 – Hilary Davidson; April 23 – World Book Night; April 26 – Sue Ann Jaffarian; April 26 – Naomi Hirahara; and much more in May and beyond!

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Curated FictionThe Wives of Los Alamos by Tarashea Nesbit

Just by the title, you know this is a story about the lives of women. You might also guess that you know parts of this story from other sources. But The Wives of Los Alamos is at once exactly this … and also so much more. With passion and a unique writing talent, this debut also describes a universal truth about women, their hopes, fears, despairs, and innermost thoughts. As the daughter of a military household, I personally related to the stories of the adapting to the relocation to an unknown place and settling into new lives. In Los Alamos, of course, their everyday life is complicated by a project so secret that the families of these wives could not know their addresses.

With her fresh and captivating voice you will look forward to reading again, Tarashea Nesbit is a debut author to watch. The

Wives of Los Alamos is also our Ladies, Lunch, and Literacy pick for February’s Fantastic First Book Club. – TerryBloomsbury, $25.00.

Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas ButlerThis brilliant debut is a lovesong to small town life, lifelong

friendships, and the challenges of both, as told by five friends who grew up in Little Wing, Wisconsin. Henry Brown was born and bred to be a farmer and cannot imagine life anywhere outside this little town, despite the fact that times are often desperate and he knows that he cannot provide as well as he would like for his family. His wife, Beth, is his high school sweetheart and stands steadfast at Henry’s side through life’s ups and downs and the many visits from his three best friends. Lee Sutton has made it big time in the music industry, and is dating one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. But despite being world famous and the town’s single celebrity, he yearns

for his home in Little Wing. Ronny Taylor was the first to break out of Little Wing and make a name for himself as a rodeo rider, until his penchant for liquor landed him on his head, with long-ranging consequences. Kip Cunningham also left town and made a lot of money for himself in Chicago as a commodities trader. When he returns home to marry Felicia, the love of his life, he is determined to make Little Wing his home again and give back to his community. This is how Shotgun Lovesongs begins; it is a wonderful book of love and friendship, a Fantastic First Pick, and the #1 IndieNext pick for March! – TerryThomas Dunne Books, $25.99.