Noir at the Bar

With quirky LGBTQ+ amateur sleuths, Cirque du Slay will delight readers looking for a madcap mystery with high-flying excitement! Pint-sized Seattle middle school teacher and gay dating blogger Hayden McCall and his best friend Hollister are invited to a fundraiser for Bakers Without Borders. The celebrity performer, Kennedy Osaka, is the artistic director of Mysterium, an upscale circus arts show...

Author John Copenhaver reads from his newest book ' Hall of Mirrors: A Novel - When a popular mystery novelist dies suspiciously, his writing partner must untangle the author’s connection to a serial killer in award-winning John Copenhaver’s new novel set in 1950s McCarthy-era Washington, DC. In May 1954, Lionel Kane witnesses his apartment engulfed in flames with his lover and writing partner, Ro...

Author Joe Clifford reads from his Novel 'Say My Name' SAY MY NAME is a true-crime story about a crime that never happened—or did it? On the heels of a divorce, a midlist mystery writer returns to his hometown in Central CT and is dragged back into a decades-old, unsolved case involving former missing classmates to expose the horrific secrets of a quaint, idyllic New England town. Fusing the moder...

Author James D.F. Hannah reads his short story ' They Shall Take Up Serpents' James D.F. Hannah is the Shamus Award-winning author of the Henry Malone series, including the novels Because the Night and She Talks to Angels. His short fiction has appeared in Best American Mystery and Suspense 2022, edited by Steph Cha and Jess Walter; Playing Games, edited by Lawrence Block; Under the Thumb: Stories...

Tonight's authors reading; Judy Penz - Skeletons in the Attic - Skeletons in the Attic: A Marketville Mystery - Kindle edition by Penz Sheluk, Judy. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. Winona Kent - Notes on A Missing G-String Notes on a Missing G-String: A Jason Davey Mystery (Jason Davey Mysteries Book 2) - Kindle edition by Kent, Winona. Mystery, Thriller & Suspense...

“One of the greatest fictional detectives of all time” (Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child) is in the sights of the Dead Hours Killer, a serial murderer on a ruthless mission. An airport killer targeting pilots expands his scope.  Alex Cross Must Die. “Drop whatever you’re doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport,” DC Metro Police dispatch says. “A jet...