<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161410281198761318</id><updated>2011-07-31T03:35:21.637-07:00</updated><category term='Joanne Hamilton-Selway'/><category term='Barbara Peters'/><category term='Poisoned Pen September Staff Picks'/><category term='January 2010 Staff Picks'/><category term='John Goodwin'/><category term='Feb 2010 Staff Picks'/><category term='Lorri Amsden'/><category term='Will Hanisko'/><category term='Ariel Amsden of the poisoned pen bookstore'/><category term='Lea Love'/><category term='October Staff Picks'/><category term='Staff Picks at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore'/><category term='Patrick King'/><category term='Ariel Amsden'/><category term='Patrick Millikin'/><category term='August Staff Picks at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore'/><category term='David Strang'/><category term='Robert Rosenwald poisoned pen staff pics'/><category term='Pat King'/><category term='David Strang of the poisoned pen bookstore'/><category term='May Staff Picks from the poisoned pen bookstore'/><category term='Best books of 2009'/><category term='TOP TEN FOR 2008'/><category term='John Nadeau'/><title type='text'>Staff Picks from The Poisoned Pen</title><subtitle type='html'>A list of the best books of the month</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Poisoned Pen Staff Picks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05882991863966439054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>49</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161410281198761318.post-1986519757359484766</id><published>2010-06-08T18:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T18:06:17.113-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Staff Pics for June 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;TOP 15 MASS MARKET PICKS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Battles, Brett. Shadow of Betrayal ($7.99).&lt;br /&gt;Bishop, Claudia. Toast Mortem (Berkley $6.99).&lt;br /&gt;Blackwell, Juliet. Cast Off Coven (Signet $6.99).&lt;br /&gt;Castillo, Linda. Sworn to Silence ($7.99).&lt;br /&gt;Cussler, Clive. Medusa ($10).&lt;br /&gt;Ellis, Robert. Lost Witness ($7.99).&lt;br /&gt;Freveletti, Jamie. Running from the Devil ($7.99).&lt;br /&gt;Gardiner, Meg. Memory Collector ($7.99).&lt;br /&gt;Gardner, Lisa. Neighbor ($7.99).&lt;br /&gt;Lakin, Rita. Getting Old is Tres Dan (Dell $6.99).&lt;br /&gt;Lescroart, John. Plague of Secrets ($10).&lt;br /&gt;Morrell, David. Shimmer ($7.99).&lt;br /&gt;Reichs, Kathy. 206 Bones ($7.99).&lt;br /&gt;Rollins, James. Doomsday Key ($10).&lt;br /&gt;Viets, Elaine. Killer Cuts (Signet $6.99).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;TOP 15 TRADE PICKS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Airth, Rennie. Dead of Winter (Penguin $15).&lt;br /&gt;Arruda, Suzanne. Treasure of the Golden Cheetah (Berkley $15).&lt;br /&gt;Bolton, S J. Awakening (St James $14.99).&lt;br /&gt;Carter, Stephen L. Jerichos Fall (Vintage $15.95).&lt;br /&gt;Chisholm, P F. Murder of Crows (Poisoned Pen Press $14.95).&lt;br /&gt;Cortez, Sarah. Indian Country Noir (Ace $15.95).&lt;br /&gt;Dryden, Alex. Red to Black (Dutton $14.99).&lt;br /&gt;Faletti, Giorgio. I Kill (Constable Robinson $16).&lt;br /&gt;Fesperman, Dan. Arms Maker of Berlin (Vintage $14.95).&lt;br /&gt;Greenwood, Kerry. Forbidden Fruit (Poisoned Pen Press $14.95).&lt;br /&gt;Littlefield, Sophie. Bad Day for Sorry (St James $13.99).&lt;br /&gt;Mcdermid, Val. Darker Domain (Harper $14.99).&lt;br /&gt;Pattison, Eliot. Lord of Death (Soho $14).&lt;br /&gt;Pears, Iain. Stones Fall (Spiegel $16).&lt;br /&gt;Saylor, Steven. Rubicon (St James $14.99).&lt;br /&gt;Stanley, Michael. Second Death of Goodluck (Harper $14.99).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;JUNE STAFF PICKS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arianna Grainey (Intern)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fitzpatrick, Becca. Hush Hush&lt;br /&gt;Owens, James. Here There Be Dragons&lt;br /&gt;Pike, Aprilynne. Wings&lt;br /&gt;Simner, Janni Lee. Bones of Faerie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barbara Peters&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Belfer, Lauren. Fierce Radiance&lt;br /&gt;Brackmann, Lisa. Rock Paper Tiger&lt;br /&gt;Burke, James Lee. Glass Rainbow&lt;br /&gt;Cardetti, Raphael. Death in the Latin Quarter&lt;br /&gt;Compton, Jodi. Haileys War&lt;br /&gt;Davis, Lindsey. Nemesis&lt;br /&gt;Eisler, Barry. Inside Out&lt;br /&gt;Furst, Alan. Spies of the Balkans&lt;br /&gt;Gardiner, Meg. Liars Lullaby).&lt;br /&gt;Grimsdale, Peter. Just Watch Me&lt;br /&gt;Haynes, Dana. Crashers&lt;br /&gt;Koryta, Michael. So Cold the River&lt;br /&gt;Littlefield, Sophie. Bad Day for Pretty&lt;br /&gt;Martini, Steve. Rule of Nine&lt;br /&gt;Matthews, Jeanne. Bones of Contention&lt;br /&gt;Ridpath, Michael. Where the Shadows Lie&lt;br /&gt;Steiner, Peter. Terrorist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joanne Hamilton-Selway&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Rebellion of Jane Clarke by Sally Gunning&lt;br /&gt;The Queen's Lover by Vanora Bennett&lt;br /&gt;Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris&lt;br /&gt;The Ark by Boyd Morrison&lt;br /&gt;Roses by Leila Meacham&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Goodwin &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cardetti, Raphael. Death in the Latin Quarter&lt;br /&gt;Koryta, Michael. So Cold the River&lt;br /&gt;Martini, Steve. Rule of Nine&lt;br /&gt;Ridpath, Michael. Where the Shadows Lie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Nadeau&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grant, Andrew. Die Twice &lt;br /&gt;Gross, Andrew. Reckless&lt;br /&gt;Koryta, Michael. So Cold the River &lt;br /&gt;Ludlum, RObert. Robert Ludlums The Boure Objective&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lea Love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deaver, Jeffrey. Burning Wire&lt;br /&gt;Gardiner, Meg. Liars Lullaby&lt;br /&gt;Haynes, Dana. Crashers&lt;br /&gt;Littlefield, Sophie. Bad Day For Pretty&lt;br /&gt;Larsson, Stieg. Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest&lt;br /&gt;Sandford, John. Storm Prey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leah Elbert&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Collins, Rebecca Ann. Woman of Influence&lt;br /&gt;Gabaldon, Diana. Echo in the Bone&lt;br /&gt;Hannah, Sophie. Dead Lie Down&lt;br /&gt;Koryta, Michael. So Cold the River&lt;br /&gt;Pike, Aprilynne. Spells&lt;br /&gt;Singh, Jaspreet. Chef&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Mother&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barnard, Robert. Stranger in the Family&lt;br /&gt;Belfer, Lauren. Fierce Radiance&lt;br /&gt;Crispin, Edmund. Long Divorce&lt;br /&gt;Littlefield, Sophie. Bad Day for Pretty&lt;br /&gt;Logue, Mary. Frozen Stiff&lt;br /&gt;Matthews, Jeanne. Bones of Contention&lt;br /&gt;Rendell, Ruth. Monster in the Box&lt;br /&gt;Steiner, Peter. Terrorist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pat King&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Morrison, Boyd The Ark: A Novel Ark&lt;br /&gt;Palahniuk, Chuck Tell-All Tell-All&lt;br /&gt;Preston, Lincoln Fever Dream (Pendergast) Fever Dream&lt;br /&gt;Snodgrass, Melinda The Edge of Ruin Edge of Ruin&lt;br /&gt;Steiner, Peter Terrorist&lt;br /&gt;Swierczynski, Duane Expiration Date Expiration Date&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patrick Millikin &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charles Bowden. Murder City&lt;br /&gt;Burke, James Lee. Glass Rainbow&lt;br /&gt;Gerard O'Donovan. Priest&lt;br /&gt;John Rector. Cold Kiss&lt;br /&gt;John Shannon. On The Nickel&lt;br /&gt;Urrea, Luis Alberto. Into the Beautiful North&lt;br /&gt;Waites, Martyn. Speak No Evil&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robert Rosenwald&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chisholm, PF. Murder of Crows&lt;br /&gt;Eisler, Barry. Inside Out&lt;br /&gt;Furst, Alan. Spies of the Balkans&lt;br /&gt;Matthews, Jeanne. Bones of Contention&lt;br /&gt;Steiner, Peter. Terrorist&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tracey Kingsley&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sandra Dallas. Whiter Than Snow&lt;br /&gt;Charlie Huston. Sleepless&lt;br /&gt;Sophie Littlefield. Bad Day For Sorry&lt;br /&gt;Ken Kuhlken. Biggest Liar in Los Angeles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will Hanisko &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Koryta, Michael. So Cold the River&lt;br /&gt;Davies, Paul. Eerie Silence&lt;br /&gt;Steiner, Peter. Terrorist&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9161410281198761318-1986519757359484766?l=ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/feeds/1986519757359484766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9161410281198761318&amp;postID=1986519757359484766' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/1986519757359484766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/1986519757359484766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/2010/06/staff-pics-for-june-2010.html' title='The Staff Pics for June 2010'/><author><name>Will Hanisko</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16529002900499249840</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Tsb__96Y1VA/Ssu0HhzJHKI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lZWlDAxPffs/S220/IMG_9549+rsz.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161410281198761318.post-2688526198165672556</id><published>2010-05-11T15:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-11T15:42:44.206-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='May Staff Picks from the poisoned pen bookstore'/><title type='text'>May Staff Picks</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;TOP TEN MASS MARKET PICKS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eisler, Barry. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fault Line&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emley, Dianne. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Deepest Cut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fowler, Earlene. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Love Mercy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hewson, David. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dante Killings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hilton, Matt. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dead Mens Dust &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kadrey, Richard. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sandman Slim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lange, Richard. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;This Wicked World&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martini, Steve. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Guardian of Lies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pintoff, Stefanie.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; In the Shadow of Gotham&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Purser, Ann. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Hangmans Row Enquiry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sandford, John. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wicked Prey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Swain, James. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Night Monster&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;TOP TWELVE TRADE PICKS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Corcoran, Tom. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Hawk Channel Chase &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depoy, Phillip. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;King James Conspiracy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greenwood, Kerry. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Death By Water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Haines, Kathryn Miller. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;When Winter Returns&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Johnson, Craig. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dark Horse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Klein, Zoe. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Drawing in the Dust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;McDermid, Val. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Darker Domain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pearce, Michael. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mark of the Pasha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ryan, William. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Holy Thief&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Smith, Tom Rob. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Secret Speech&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talton, Jon. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pain Nurse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Udall, Brady. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lonely Polygamist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MAY STAFF PICKS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Barbara Peters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Child, Lee. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;61 Hours &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clement, Rory. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Revenger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coonts, Deborah. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wanna Get Lucky &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deaver, Jeffery.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Burning Wire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Downing, David. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stettin Station&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fowler, Earlene. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;State Fair &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Johnson, Craig. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Junkyard Dogs &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kuhlken, Ken. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Biggest Liar in Los Angeles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preston, Douglas. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fever Dream &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sandford, John. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Storm Prey &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Singh, Jaspreet.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Chef&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steinhauer, Olen. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nearest Exit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talton, Jon. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Deadline Man &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Joanne Hamilton-Selway&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trussoni, Danielle. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Angelology&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Larsson, Stieg. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Schine, Catherin. T&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;he Three Weismanns of Westport &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kendrick, Beth. S&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;econd Time Around&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Simonson, Helen. M&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ajor Pettigrew's Last Stand &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;John Goodwin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dietrich, William. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Barbary Pirates&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Doiron, Paul. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Poacher’s Son&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Freeman, Brian. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Burying Place &lt;/span&gt;Signed&lt;br /&gt;Rickman, Phil. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Bones of Avalon&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lea Love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Baldacci, David. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Deliver Us From Evil&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Child, Lee. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;61 Hours&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Dallas, Sandra. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Whiter Than Snow&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Grant, Andrew. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Die Twice&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Morrisdon, Boyd. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Ark &lt;/span&gt;Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leah Elbert&lt;br /&gt;Brown, Rita Mae. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cat of the Century &lt;/span&gt;Signed&lt;br /&gt;Coonts, Deborah. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wanna Get Lucky&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Pike, Aprilynne. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spells&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Turow, Scott. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Innocent&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lorri Amsden&lt;br /&gt;Kadrey, Richard. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sandman Slim&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Simner, Janni Lee. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thief Eyes&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Sykes, Sam. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tome of the Undergates&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Michael Brandon&lt;/span&gt; (our new intern)&lt;br /&gt;Sykes, Sam.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Tome of the Undergates &lt;/span&gt;Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;My Mother&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fowler, Earlene. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;State Fair&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Gore, Steven. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Final Target&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Talton, Jon. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Deadline Man&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Pat King&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Box, CJ. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nowhere to Run&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Butcher, Jim. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Changes&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Carrell, Jennifer Lee. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Haunt Me Still &lt;/span&gt;Signed&lt;br /&gt;Farnsworth, Christopher. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Blood Oath &lt;/span&gt;Signed&lt;br /&gt;Nesbo, Jo. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Devil’s Star&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Sykes, Sam. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tome of the Undergates &lt;/span&gt;Signed&lt;br /&gt;Vorhaus, Christopher. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;California Roll&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Patrick Millikin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ken Bruen. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Priest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ken Kuhlken. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Biggest Liar in Los Angeles &lt;/span&gt;Signed&lt;br /&gt;Nathaniel Philbrick. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and The Little Big Horn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Shannon. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;On the Nickel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dave Zeltserman.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Killer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Robert Rosenwald&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gore, Steven. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Final Target&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Perry, Thomas. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Strip &lt;/span&gt;Signed&lt;br /&gt;Talton, Jon. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Deadline Man&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Tracy Kingsley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hart, Erin. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;False Mermaid&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Harvey, Michael. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Chicago Way &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quinn, Spencer. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thereby Hangs a Tail &lt;/span&gt;Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Will Hanisko&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sykes, Sam. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tome of the Undergates&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Thomson, Keith. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Once a Spy&lt;/span&gt; Signed&lt;br /&gt;Larsson, Stieg. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Girl Who Kicked a Hornets Nest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9161410281198761318-2688526198165672556?l=ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/feeds/2688526198165672556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9161410281198761318&amp;postID=2688526198165672556' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/2688526198165672556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/2688526198165672556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-staff-picks.html' title='May Staff Picks'/><author><name>Lorri Amsden</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02661032071893349189</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161410281198761318.post-2195194895608302618</id><published>2010-03-29T17:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-29T17:09:36.879-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Staff Picks for April 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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Devils Company&lt;/b&gt; ($15)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Nunn, Malla. &lt;b style=""&gt;Let the Dead Lie&lt;/b&gt; ($15)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Rotenberg, Robert.&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Old&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;City Hall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt; ($15)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Walker, Martin.&lt;b style=""&gt; Bruno Chief of Police &lt;/b&gt;($15)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;APRIL STAFF PICKS&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Barbara Peters&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Box, CJ.&lt;b style=""&gt; Nowhere to Run &lt;/b&gt;($26 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Carrell, Jennifer Lee.&lt;b style=""&gt; Haunt Me Still &lt;/b&gt;($26 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Clements, Rory.&lt;b style=""&gt; Revenger &lt;/b&gt;($32 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Franklin, Ariana.&lt;b style=""&gt; Murderous Procession&lt;/b&gt; ($24)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Goodwillie, David.&lt;b style=""&gt; American Subversive &lt;/b&gt;($26 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Grimes, Martha.&lt;b style=""&gt; Black Cat &lt;/b&gt;($26 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Harvey, Michael.&lt;b style=""&gt; Third Rail&lt;/b&gt; ($25 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Karp, Larry.&lt;b style=""&gt; Ragtime Fool &lt;/b&gt;($25 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Peters, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Elizabeth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;.&lt;b style=""&gt; River in the Sky &lt;/b&gt;($28 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Reed, Mayer.&lt;b style=""&gt; Eight for Eternity &lt;/b&gt;($25 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;White, Michael. &lt;b style=""&gt;Beautiful Assassin&lt;/b&gt; ($25)&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Winspear, Jacqueline.&lt;b style=""&gt; Mapping of Love and Death&lt;/b&gt; ($26 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Joanne Hamilton-Selway&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Blake, Sarah. &lt;b style=""&gt;The &lt;span style=""&gt;Postmistress &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;($26 Signed)&lt;br /&gt;Cannell, Stephen. &lt;b&gt;The Pallbearers&lt;/b&gt; ($26 Signed)&lt;br /&gt;Harper, Karen. &lt;b&gt;Queen's Governess &lt;/b&gt;($26)&lt;br /&gt;Lerner, Rose. &lt;b style=""&gt;In for a Penny ($7)&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Trigiani, Rose. &lt;b style=""&gt;Brava Valentine&lt;/b&gt; ($26)&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="BookNews"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:personname&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;John Goodwin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Harvey, Michael.&lt;b style=""&gt; Third Rail&lt;/b&gt; ($25 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Bauer, Belinda. &lt;b style=""&gt;Blacklands&lt;/b&gt; ($23)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Trussoni, Danielle. &lt;b style=""&gt;Angelology&lt;/b&gt; ($28 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;John Nadeau&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Bass, Jefferson. &lt;b style=""&gt;Bone Thief&lt;/b&gt; ($27 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Lynds, Gayle. &lt;b style=""&gt;Book of Spies&lt;/b&gt; ($27 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Grant, Andrew. &lt;b style=""&gt;Die Twice&lt;/b&gt; ($25 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="BookNews"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:personname&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:personname&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Lea Love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Bradley, Alan. &lt;b style=""&gt;Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag &lt;/b&gt;($24 Signed)&lt;br /&gt;Coben, Harlan. &lt;b style=""&gt;Caught&lt;/b&gt; ($28 Signed)&lt;br /&gt;Moore, Christopher. &lt;b style=""&gt;Bite Me&lt;/b&gt; ($24 Signed)&lt;br /&gt;Lutz, Lisa. &lt;b style=""&gt;Spellman's Strike Again (&lt;/b&gt;$25 Signed)&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Scottoline, Lisa. &lt;b style=""&gt;Think Twice &lt;/b&gt;($27 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Leah Elbert&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Moerk, Christian.&lt;b style=""&gt; Darling Jim &lt;/b&gt;($25)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Picoult, Jodi. &lt;b style=""&gt;House Rules&lt;/b&gt; ($28 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Goodman, Carol. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Arcadia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt; Falls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt; ($26 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:personname&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:personname&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Lorri Amsden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Hart, Erin. &lt;b&gt;Haunted Ground&lt;/b&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;Martin, George. &lt;b&gt;Warriors&lt;/b&gt;. ($28) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Moore, Christopher.&lt;b&gt; Bite Me&lt;/b&gt; ($24) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Trussoni, Danielle. &lt;b&gt;Angelology&lt;/b&gt; ($28) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Tyler, Anne. &lt;b&gt;Noah's Compass&lt;/b&gt; ($26) Signed&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="BookNews"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="BookNews"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;My Mother&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Grimes, Martha.&lt;b style=""&gt; Black Cat &lt;/b&gt;($26 Signed)&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Harvey, Michael.&lt;b style=""&gt; Third Rail&lt;/b&gt; ($25 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Peters, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Elizabeth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;.&lt;b style=""&gt; River in the Sky &lt;/b&gt;($28 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Reed, Mayer.&lt;b style=""&gt; Eight for Eternity &lt;/b&gt;($25 Signed)&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoPlainText"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Winspear, Jacqueline.&lt;b style=""&gt; Mapping of Love and Death&lt;/b&gt; ($26 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Pat King&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Moore, Christopher. &lt;b style=""&gt;Bite Me&lt;/b&gt; ($24 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Moore, Christopher. &lt;b style=""&gt;Bloodsucking Fiends&lt;/b&gt; ($14)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;Parker, Robert B. &lt;b style=""&gt;Split Image&lt;/b&gt; ($26)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="BookNews"&gt;&lt;st1:personname&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="BookNews"&gt;&lt;st1:personname&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Patrick  Millikin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;" lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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13th Hour&lt;/span&gt; ($28 Signed)&lt;br /&gt;Donati, Sara. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Endless Forest&lt;/span&gt; ($27)&lt;br /&gt;Ford, Jasper. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Shades of Grey&lt;/span&gt; ($26) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Kessler, Brad. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Goat Song &lt;/span&gt;($24)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9161410281198761318-1555250952304441965?l=ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/feeds/1555250952304441965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9161410281198761318&amp;postID=1555250952304441965' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/1555250952304441965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/1555250952304441965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-staff-picks.html' title='February Staff Picks'/><author><name>Poisoned Pen Staff Picks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05882991863966439054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161410281198761318.post-8964177662994916230</id><published>2010-01-07T09:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-07T10:03:16.601-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='January 2010 Staff Picks'/><title type='text'>January 2010 Staff Picks</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Joanne Hamilton-Selway:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Collins. Suzanne. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Hunger Games &lt;/span&gt;($17)&lt;br /&gt;Collins. Suzanne. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Catching Fire &lt;/span&gt;($17)&lt;br /&gt;Larsson, Stieg. G&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;irl with the Dragon Tattoo&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;Steinbach, Alice. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Without Reservations &lt;/span&gt;($15)&lt;br /&gt;Walls, Jeannette. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Glass Castle&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;John&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hunter, Stephen. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I, Sniper&lt;/span&gt; ($26)&lt;br /&gt;Preston, Douglas&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;. Impact&lt;/span&gt; ($26)&lt;br /&gt;Todd, Charles. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Red Door&lt;/span&gt; ($25)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;John Nadeau&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berry, Steve. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Paris Vendetta&lt;/span&gt; ($26) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Griffin, W.E.B. The &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Honor of Spies&lt;/span&gt; ($27)&lt;br /&gt;Wambaugh, Joseph. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Hollywood Moon&lt;/span&gt; ($27) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Woods, Stuart. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kisser &lt;/span&gt;($26)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Lea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hoag. Tami. Deeper &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Than the Dead&lt;/span&gt;. ($27) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Preston, Douglas. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Impact&lt;/span&gt; ($26) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Quinn, Spencer. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thereby Hangs a Tail&lt;/span&gt; ($27) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Rollins, James. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Altar of Eden&lt;/span&gt; ($28) Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Lorri&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Garcia, Kami and Margaret Stohl. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Beautiful Creatures &lt;/span&gt;($18)&lt;br /&gt;Green, Simon. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Spy Who Haunted Me&lt;/span&gt; ($25)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="ptBrand"&gt;Kadrey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="binding"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ptBrand"&gt;Richard. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sandman Slim &lt;/span&gt;($23)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wilson, F. Paul. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ground Zero&lt;/span&gt; ($26) Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="ptBrand"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Pat King&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Baldacci, David. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Camel Club&lt;/span&gt; ($10)&lt;br /&gt;Berry, Steve. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Paris Vendetta &lt;/span&gt;($26) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Butcher, Jim. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;First Lord’s Fury&lt;/span&gt; ($26)&lt;br /&gt;Green, Simon. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spy Who Haunted Me&lt;/span&gt; ($25)&lt;br /&gt;Robinson, Peter. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Price of Love and Other Stories&lt;/span&gt; ($26) Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Patrick M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crawford, Matthew. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Shop Class as Soulcraft &lt;/span&gt;($26)&lt;br /&gt;Glynn, Alan. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Winterland &lt;/span&gt;($25)&lt;br /&gt;Huston, Charlie.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Sleepless &lt;/span&gt;($25)&lt;br /&gt;Hall, James W. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Silencer&lt;/span&gt; ($25)&lt;br /&gt;Lansdale, Joe R. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Unchained and Unhinged &lt;/span&gt;($40) Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Will&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bruen, Ken. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;London Boulevard &lt;/span&gt;($25)&lt;br /&gt;Collins, Wilkie. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Moonstone&lt;/span&gt; ($8)&lt;br /&gt;Sjowall, Maj. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Man Who Went Up in Smoke&lt;/span&gt; ($14)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9161410281198761318-8964177662994916230?l=ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/feeds/8964177662994916230/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9161410281198761318&amp;postID=8964177662994916230' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/8964177662994916230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/8964177662994916230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/2010/01/january-2010-staff-picks.html' title='January 2010 Staff Picks'/><author><name>Poisoned Pen Staff Picks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05882991863966439054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161410281198761318.post-7680360038200574929</id><published>2010-01-07T09:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-07T09:43:17.733-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Best books of 2009'/><title type='text'>Our Favorites of 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Joanne HamiltonSelway&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Stockton, Kathleen. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Help&lt;/span&gt; ($25)&lt;br /&gt;2. Collins, Suzanne &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Catching Fire &lt;/span&gt;($18)&lt;br /&gt;3. Walls, Jeannette. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;GlassCastle&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;4. Shaffer, Mary Ann. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society&lt;/span&gt; ($14)&lt;br /&gt;5. Krakauer, John. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Where Men Win Glory: the Odyssey of Pat Tillman &lt;/span&gt;($28)&lt;br /&gt;6. Harris, Charlaine. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dead and Gone &lt;/span&gt;($26)&lt;br /&gt;7. Kingsolver, Barbara. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Lacuna&lt;/span&gt; ($40) Signed&lt;br /&gt;8. Schenkar, Joan. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Talented Miss Highsmith&lt;/span&gt; ($40)&lt;br /&gt;9. Larsson, Stieg. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Girl with the Dragon Tattoo&lt;/span&gt; (15)&lt;br /&gt;10 Barbery, Muriel. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Elegance of the Hedgehog&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;John Goodwin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Ferrigno, Robert. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Heart of the Assassin&lt;/span&gt; ($28) Signed&lt;br /&gt;2. Ghelfi, Brent. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Venona Cable&lt;/span&gt; ($25) Signed&lt;br /&gt;3. Fesperman, Dan. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Arms Maker of Berlin&lt;/span&gt; ($27) Signed&lt;br /&gt;4. Burke, James Lee. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rain Gods&lt;/span&gt; ($28) Signed&lt;br /&gt;5. Rankin, Ian. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Complaints&lt;/span&gt; ($25)&lt;br /&gt;6. Kanon, Joseph. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stardust&lt;/span&gt; ($28) Signed&lt;br /&gt;7. Ellroy, James. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bloods a Rover&lt;/span&gt;( $28)&lt;br /&gt;8. Bradley, Alan. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;9. Pattison, Eliot. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lord of Death&lt;/span&gt; ($26) Signed&lt;br /&gt;10. God. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Green Bible &lt;/span&gt;($30)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;John Nadeau&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Burke, James Lee. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rain Gods&lt;/span&gt; ($28 Signed)&lt;br /&gt;2. Sandford, John. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wicked Prey &lt;/span&gt;($28)&lt;br /&gt;3. Leather, Stephen. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Live Fire&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;4. Koryta, Michael. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Silent Hour &lt;/span&gt;($25 Signed)&lt;br /&gt;5. Lakeman, Thomas. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Broken Wing&lt;/span&gt; ($26)&lt;br /&gt;6. Box, CJ. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Three Weeks To Say Goodbye &lt;/span&gt;($7.99)&lt;br /&gt;7. Morrell, David. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Shimmer&lt;/span&gt; ($26) Signed&lt;br /&gt;8. Gage, Leighton. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Buried Strangers&lt;/span&gt; ($13)&lt;br /&gt;9. Atkins, Ace. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Devil's Garden&lt;/span&gt; ($25)&lt;br /&gt;10. White, Randy Wayne. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dead Silence&lt;/span&gt; ($26)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lea Love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Bazell, Josh. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Beat the Reaper&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;2. Ryan, Andie. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Shakedown&lt;/span&gt; ($16)&lt;br /&gt;3. Bauermeister, Erica. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;School of Essential Ingredients&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;4. Quinn, Spenser. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dog on It&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;5. Stockton, Kathleen. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Help&lt;/span&gt; ($25)&lt;br /&gt;6. Larsson, Stieg. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Girl with the Dragon Tattoo&lt;/span&gt; (15)&lt;br /&gt;7. Larsson, Stieg. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Girl Who Played with Fire&lt;/span&gt; ($26)&lt;br /&gt;8. Littlefield, Sohie. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bad Day For Sorry&lt;/span&gt; ($25)&lt;br /&gt;9. Barr, Nevada. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;13 1/2 &lt;/span&gt;($26) Signed&lt;br /&gt;10. Cain, Chelsea. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evil at Heart&lt;/span&gt; ($25) Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lorri Amsden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Collins, Suzanne. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Catching Fire &lt;/span&gt;($18)&lt;br /&gt;2. Correia, Larry. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Monster Hunter International &lt;/span&gt;($8) Signed&lt;br /&gt;3. Levitt, John. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Unleashed &lt;/span&gt;($8)&lt;br /&gt;4.&lt;span class="ptBrand"&gt; Kadrey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="binding"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ptBrand"&gt;Richard. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sandman Slim &lt;/span&gt;($23)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Clare, Cassandra. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;City of Glass &lt;/span&gt;($18)&lt;br /&gt;6. Snyder, Maria V. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Storm Glass &lt;/span&gt;($14)&lt;br /&gt;7. Simner, Janni Lee. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bones of Faerie&lt;/span&gt; ($17)&lt;br /&gt;8. Dann, Jack. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Dragon Book&lt;/span&gt; ($25)&lt;br /&gt;9. Garcia, Kami and Margaret Stohl. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Beautiful Creatures &lt;/span&gt;($18)&lt;br /&gt;10. Harris, Charlaine. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Grave Secrets&lt;/span&gt; ($27) Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Patrick Millikin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Abbott, Megan. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bury Me Deep &lt;/span&gt;($15)&lt;br /&gt;2. Ellroy, James. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bloods a Rover&lt;/span&gt; ($28)&lt;br /&gt;3. Green, Norman. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Last Gig&lt;/span&gt; ($28)&lt;br /&gt;4. Huston, Charlie. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Mystic Arts of Erasing all Signs of Death&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;5. Lange, Richard. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;This Wicked World&lt;/span&gt; ($24)&lt;br /&gt;6. Littlefield, Sohie. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bad Day For Sorry&lt;/span&gt; ($25)&lt;br /&gt;7. Neville, Stuart. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ghosts of Belfas&lt;/span&gt;t ($25) Signed&lt;br /&gt;8. Nikitas, Derek. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Long Division&lt;/span&gt; ($27) Signed&lt;br /&gt;9. Rabb, Jonathan. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Shadow And Light &lt;/span&gt;($26)&lt;br /&gt;10. Rayner, Richard.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; A Bright and Guilty Place&lt;/span&gt; ($25)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pat King&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.Larsson, Steig. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Girl with the Dragon Tattoo &lt;/span&gt;($15)&lt;br /&gt;2. Correia, Larry. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Monster Hunter International &lt;/span&gt;($8)&lt;br /&gt;3. Butcher, Jim. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Turn Coat&lt;/span&gt; ($26)&lt;br /&gt;4. Quinn, Spencer. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dog On It&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;5. Carey, Mike. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dead Men's Boots&lt;/span&gt; ($26)&lt;br /&gt;6. Penny, Louise. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Brutal Telling &lt;/span&gt;($25) Signed&lt;br /&gt;7. Fesperman, Dan. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Arms Maker of Berlin&lt;/span&gt; ($25) Signed&lt;br /&gt;8. Sanderson, Brandon. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gathering Storm&lt;/span&gt; ($30) Signed&lt;br /&gt;9. Walker, Martin. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bruno Chief of Police&lt;/span&gt; ($25)&lt;br /&gt;10. Crombie, Deborah. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Necessary As Blood&lt;/span&gt; ($25) Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Will Hanisko&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Wambaugh, Joseph. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Hollywood Moon&lt;/span&gt; ($27) Signed&lt;br /&gt;2. Sanderson, Brandon. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Gathering Storm&lt;/span&gt; ($30) Signed&lt;br /&gt;3. Connolly, John. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Gates&lt;/span&gt; ($24) Signed&lt;br /&gt;4. Bruen, Ken and Reed Farrel Coleman. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tower &lt;/span&gt;($15)&lt;br /&gt;5. Millikin, Patrick. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Phoenix Noir&lt;/span&gt; ($16) Signed&lt;br /&gt;6. Grafton, Sue. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;U is for Undertow &lt;/span&gt;($28) Signed&lt;br /&gt;7. Abbott, Megan. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bury Me Deep&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;8. Bradley, Alan. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;9. Simmons, Dan. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Drood &lt;/span&gt;($27)&lt;br /&gt;10. Siger, Jeffrey.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Murder in Mykonos&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;OK, what about me, Barbara?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the Club Picks but the Hardboiled Club represent favorites for me.&lt;br /&gt;The 2009 Club Picks list will be posted shortly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile here are some of my favorites available in trade paperbacks:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abbott, Megan. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bury Me Deep&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;Barron, Stephanie. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;White Garden&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;Bauermeister, Erica. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;School of Essential Ingredients&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;Bazell, Josh. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Beat the Reaper &lt;/span&gt;($15)&lt;br /&gt;Bradley, Alan. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Sweetness in the Bottom of the Pie&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;Clements, Rory. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Martyr (&lt;/span&gt;$15)&lt;br /&gt;Dillon, Eilis. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Death at Cranes Court&lt;/span&gt; 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 &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Guy Adams, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Case Notes of Sherlock Holmes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Brian Azzarello,&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Filthy Rich &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Terry Brooks, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A Princess of Landover &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Patrick Millikin, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Phoenix Noir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Lea Love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Chelsea Cain, Evil at Heart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Michael Connelly, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nine Dragons&lt;/span&gt; (Harry Bosch)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Alan Jacobson, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Crush&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Spenser Quinn, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dog on It: A Chet and Bernie Mystery &lt;/span&gt;(Chet and Bernie Mysteries)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Patrick Millikin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Ace Atkins, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Crossroad Blues &lt;/span&gt;(Nick Travers Series)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Ken Bruen, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tower &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Jonathan Carroll,&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Ghost in Love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Michael Connelly, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch) Nine Dragons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Jonathon King, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Styx&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Deon Meyer, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Blood Safari &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Anders Roslund, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Box 21&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Don Winslow, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gentlemen's Hour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;My Mother&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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Signed)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; Littlefield, Sophia. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bad Day for Sorry&lt;/span&gt; ($25)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; Sakey, Marcus.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Amateurs &lt;/span&gt;($28 Signed)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Lorri Amsden&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Chevalier, Tracy. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Remarkable Creature&lt;/span&gt;s ($37 Signed)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Clare, Cassandra. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;City of Glass&lt;/span&gt; ($18)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Collins, Suzanne. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Catching Fire&lt;/span&gt; ($18)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Gabaldon, Diana. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Echo in the Bone &lt;/span&gt;($30 Signed).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Lev Grossman. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Magicians&lt;/span&gt; ($28Signed)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Krueger, William Kent.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Heaven’s Keep&lt;/span&gt; ($25 Signed)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;My Mother&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Benn, James R.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Evil for Evil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;(Soho $25).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; Bowen, Michael. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Service Dress Blues&lt;/span&gt; ($25 Signed).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Coel, Margaret.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Silent Spirit &lt;/span&gt;($26 Signed) Nov. 1).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; Dunn, Carola. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sheer Folly &lt;/span&gt;($25).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Elkins, Aaron. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Skull Duggery&lt;/span&gt; ($25 Signed)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Heyer, Georgette.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Unknown Ajax&lt;/span&gt; ($14).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Krueger, William Kent. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Heavens Keep&lt;/span&gt; ($25 Signed).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; Todd, Charles.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Duty to the Dead &lt;/span&gt;($27 Signed).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Pat King&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Fesperman, Dan. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Arms Maker of Berlin&lt;/span&gt; ($27.00 Signed)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Kernick, Simon. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Target&lt;/span&gt; ($32.00 Signed)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; Koryta, Michael. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Silent Hour&lt;/span&gt; ($24.99 Signed)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Sakey, Marcus. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Amateurs&lt;/span&gt; ($28.00 Signed)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Walker, Martin. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dark Vineyard &lt;/span&gt;($32.00 Signed)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Patrick Millikin&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Buntin, John. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;LA Noi&lt;/span&gt;r ($26)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Doctorow, E L.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Homer and Langley&lt;/span&gt; ($28).&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Ellroy, James. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bloods A' Rover&lt;/span&gt; ($28)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; Neville, Stuart. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Ghosts of Belfas&lt;/span&gt;t ($24)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Will Hanisko&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Ghelfi, Brent. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Venona Cable&lt;/span&gt; ($25 Signed)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; Mina, Denise. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Still Midnight&lt;/span&gt;. ($31 Signed)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;O’Brien, Sean. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Afterlife&lt;/span&gt; ($35 Signed)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Reichs, Kathy. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;206 Bones &lt;/span&gt;($27 Signed)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9161410281198761318-5627962270724397619?l=ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/feeds/5627962270724397619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9161410281198761318&amp;postID=5627962270724397619' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/5627962270724397619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/5627962270724397619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/2009/08/september-staff-picks.html' title='September STAFF PICKS'/><author><name>Poisoned Pen Staff Picks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05882991863966439054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161410281198761318.post-5436565009335809071</id><published>2009-08-25T11:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T13:08:11.246-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='August Staff Picks at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore'/><title type='text'>August Staff Picks</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;August Staff Picks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lea Love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gardiner, Meg. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Memory Collector &lt;/span&gt;(28( Signed&lt;br /&gt;Ghelfi. Brent&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;. Venona Cable &lt;/span&gt;($25) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Morrell, David.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Shimmer &lt;/span&gt;($26) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Reich, Christopher. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rules of Vengeance&lt;/span&gt; ($26) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Wall, Carolyn D. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sweeping Up Glass&lt;/span&gt; ($13)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Patrick M&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brenner, Summer. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I5&lt;/span&gt; ($16)&lt;br /&gt;Everett, Perciva. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;I Am Not Sidney Poitier&lt;/span&gt;. ($16).&lt;br /&gt;Mina, Denise. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Still Midnight&lt;/span&gt; ($31) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Starr. Jason. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Panic Attack &lt;/span&gt;($27) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Tully, Jim. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Circus Parade&lt;/span&gt; ($20)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pat K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey, Mike. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dead Men’s Boots&lt;/span&gt; (26)&lt;br /&gt;Cavender, Chris. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A Slice of Murder&lt;/span&gt; ($22) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Hilton. Matt.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Dead Men’s Dust &lt;/span&gt;($25)&lt;br /&gt;Jance, JA.&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; Fire and Ice &lt;/span&gt;($26)&lt;br /&gt;Morrell, David. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Shimmer&lt;/span&gt; ($26) Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ariel Amsden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adams, Douglas. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;br /&gt;Cavender, Chris. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A Slice of Murder&lt;/span&gt; ($22) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Kane. Cornelius. T&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;he Unscratchables&lt;/span&gt; ($14)&lt;br /&gt;Larsson, Stieg. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo&lt;/span&gt; ($14)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lorri&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blackwell, Juliet. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Second Hand Spirits &lt;/span&gt;($7) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Carey, Mike. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dead Men’s Boots &lt;/span&gt;(26)&lt;br /&gt;Cavender, Chris. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A Slice of Murder&lt;/span&gt; ($22) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Ghelfi. Brent. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Venona Cable &lt;/span&gt;($25) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Marr, Melissa. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Wicked Lovely&lt;/span&gt; ($17)&lt;br /&gt;Morrell, David. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Shimmer&lt;/span&gt; ($26) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Wall, Carolyn D. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Sweeping Up Glass&lt;/span&gt; ($13)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;John G.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cook, Robin. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Intervention &lt;/span&gt;($26) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Fesperman, Dan. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Arms Maker of Berlin&lt;/span&gt; ($42)&lt;br /&gt;Ghelfi. Brent. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Venona Cable &lt;/span&gt;($25) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Levin, David. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Where the Dead Lay &lt;/span&gt;($27) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Silva, Daniel. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Defector&lt;/span&gt; ($27) Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;John N.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Battles, Brett. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Shadow of Betrayal &lt;/span&gt;($25)&lt;br /&gt;Burke, James Lee. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rain Gods &lt;/span&gt;($28) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Ghelfi. Brent. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Venona Cable&lt;/span&gt; ($25) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Silva, Daniel. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Defector &lt;/span&gt;($27) Signed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Will&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Burke, James Lee. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rain Gods &lt;/span&gt;($28) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Iles, Greg. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Devil’s Punchbowl&lt;/span&gt; ($27) Signed&lt;br /&gt;Morgan, Richard. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Altered Carbon&lt;/span&gt; ($15)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9161410281198761318-5436565009335809071?l=ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/feeds/5436565009335809071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9161410281198761318&amp;postID=5436565009335809071' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/5436565009335809071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/5436565009335809071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/2009/08/august-staff-picks.html' title='August Staff Picks'/><author><name>Poisoned Pen Staff Picks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05882991863966439054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161410281198761318.post-2674214941252865567</id><published>2009-04-02T14:57:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-08T10:06:35.836-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbara Peters'/><title type='text'>Barbara Peters</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RvJSTZfQUOE/SlTSEUFKZpI/AAAAAAAAAH0/IGBwD0LYRKI/s1600-h/Barbara.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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&lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:placetype&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;City Hall&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Roger Smith, &lt;b style=""&gt;Mixed Blood&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Randy Wayne White, &lt;b style=""&gt;Dead Silence&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9161410281198761318-2674214941252865567?l=ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/feeds/2674214941252865567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9161410281198761318&amp;postID=2674214941252865567' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/2674214941252865567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/2674214941252865567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/2009/04/barbara-peters.html' title='Barbara Peters'/><author><name>Poisoned Pen Staff Picks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05882991863966439054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RvJSTZfQUOE/SlTSEUFKZpI/AAAAAAAAAH0/IGBwD0LYRKI/s72-c/Barbara.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161410281198761318.post-1288551238220038202</id><published>2009-04-02T14:57:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-08T10:14:34.520-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Patrick Millikin'/><title type='text'>Patrick Millikin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RvJSTZfQUOE/SlTT87WyGRI/AAAAAAAAAH8/IBC-nI72K0o/s1600-h/patrick-millikin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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Signed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Burke, James Lee. &lt;b style=""&gt;Rain Gods&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;(Spiegel $28). Signed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Lange, &lt;st1:personname&gt;Ric&lt;/st1:personname&gt;hard.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;This Wicked World ($26) Signed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Lansdale, Joe.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Vanilla Ride ($24.95) Signed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Locke, &lt;st1:place&gt;Attica&lt;/st1:place&gt;.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Black Water Rising($28) Signed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mcmurtry, Larry. &lt;b style=""&gt;Books a Memoir (Simon Schuster $14).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mina, Denise. &lt;b style=""&gt;Still &lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:time minute="0" hour="0"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Midnight&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:time&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; (Orion $31). Signed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Rayner, &lt;st1:personname&gt;Ric&lt;/st1:personname&gt;hard. &lt;b style=""&gt;Bright and Guilty Place ($25) Signed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;June Picks&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Black, Tony &lt;b style=""&gt;Paying For It ($16 Signed).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Connelly, Michael &lt;b style=""&gt;The Scarecrow ($26.95 Signed).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Harwood, Seth. &lt;b style=""&gt;Jack Wakes Up ($13.95 Signed).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Lange, &lt;st1:personname&gt;Ric&lt;/st1:personname&gt;hard. &lt;b style=""&gt;This Wicked World. ( $26 Signed ).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Lansdale&lt;/st1:place&gt;, Joe R. &lt;b style=""&gt;Vanilla Ride ($24.95 Signed ).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;May Picks&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Disher, Gary. &lt;b style=""&gt;Blood Moon ($24 Signed).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Gilman, Keith. &lt;b style=""&gt;Father's Day ($27 Signed).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Guthrie, Allan. &lt;b style=""&gt;Savage Night ($15).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Harwood, Seth. &lt;b style=""&gt;Jack Wakes Up ($14 Signed).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Leonard, Elmore. &lt;b style=""&gt;Road Dogs ($28 Signed).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Mckinty, Adrian. &lt;b style=""&gt;Fifty Grand ($25).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Pelecanos, George P. &lt;b style=""&gt;The Way Home ($25 Signed).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Shannon, John. &lt;b style=""&gt;Palo Verde Blues ($2 Signed).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Urrea, Luis Alberto. &lt;b style=""&gt;Into the Beautiful North ($25 Signed).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;April Picks&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Bowden,Charles. &lt;b style=""&gt;Some of the Dead are Still Breathing&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;O'Connell, Deirdre. &lt;b style=""&gt;The Ballad of Blind Tom: Slave Pianist, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;America&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;'s Lost Musical&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b style=""&gt;Genius&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Rabb, Jonathan. &lt;b style=""&gt;Shadow and Light&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Talton, Jon. &lt;b style=""&gt;Pain Nurse&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Waiwaiole, Lono. &lt;b style=""&gt;Dark &lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Paradise&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;March Picks&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Ace, Atkins. &lt;b style=""&gt;Devil's Garden&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Gertz, Stephen. &lt;b style=""&gt;Dope Menace&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Walter Mosley, &lt;b style=""&gt;Long Fall&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Phillips, &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Gary&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;. &lt;b style=""&gt;Jook&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Waiwaiole, Lono. &lt;b style=""&gt;Dark &lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Paradise&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9161410281198761318-1288551238220038202?l=ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/feeds/1288551238220038202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9161410281198761318&amp;postID=1288551238220038202' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/1288551238220038202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/1288551238220038202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/2009/04/patrick-millikin.html' title='Patrick Millikin'/><author><name>Poisoned Pen Staff Picks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05882991863966439054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RvJSTZfQUOE/SlTT87WyGRI/AAAAAAAAAH8/IBC-nI72K0o/s72-c/patrick-millikin.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161410281198761318.post-343918031203406531</id><published>2009-04-02T14:55:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-21T11:38:51.123-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lorri Amsden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ariel Amsden'/><title type='text'>Lorri Amsden</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RvJSTZfQUOE/SlTbFshNdMI/AAAAAAAAAIc/JyXZLZe8oD0/s1600-h/lorri2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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&lt;/style&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable 	{mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; 	mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; 	mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; 	mso-style-noshow:yes; 	mso-style-parent:""; 	mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; 	mso-para-margin:0in; 	mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:10.0pt; 	font-family:"Times New Roman";} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;July Picks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Borodale, Jane. &lt;b&gt;The Book of Fires ($32) Signed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Cauldwell, Joseph. &lt;b&gt;Pig Comes to Dinner ($25) Signed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Deaver, Jeffery. &lt;b&gt;Roadside Crosses ($26.95 ). Signed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Ryan, Andie. &lt;b&gt;Shakedown ($23.95 ) Signed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;June Picks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Clements, Judy. &lt;b&gt;Embrace the Grim Reaper &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;($24.95 Signed).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Harris, Charlaine. &lt;b&gt;Dead and Gone ($25 Signed).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Johnson, Craig. &lt;b&gt;The Dark Horse ($24.95 Signed).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;McCleary, Carol. &lt;b&gt;The Alchemy of Murder ( $45 Signed ).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Preston, Douglas. &lt;b&gt;Cemetery Dance ($28 Signed ).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;May Picks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Cleland, Jane K. &lt;b&gt;Killer Keepsakes ($25 Signed)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Dallas, Sandra. &lt;b&gt;Prayers for &lt;/b&gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sale&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;b&gt; ($27 Signed)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;King, Laurie R. &lt;b&gt;Language of Bees ($25 Signed)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Rucka, Greg. &lt;b&gt;Walking Dead ($25 Singed)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Syder, Maria V. &lt;b&gt;Storm Glass ($14 Signed)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;April Picks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Bolton&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;, S J. &lt;b&gt;Awakening &lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Butcher, Jim. &lt;b&gt;Turn Coat&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Coben, Harlan. &lt;b&gt;Long Lost&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Dennison, Hannah. &lt;b&gt;Scoop&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Hayes, J M. &lt;b&gt;Server Down&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Hunt, Stephen. &lt;b&gt;Rise of the Iron Moon&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Turgeon, Carolyn. &lt;b&gt;Secret Cinderella Story&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;March Picks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Briggs, &lt;st1:personname&gt;Patricia&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;, &lt;b&gt;Moon Called&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Collins, Suzanne. &lt;b&gt;Hunger Games&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Lawrence, Margaret. &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;b&gt;Roanoke&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Quinn, Spencer. &lt;b&gt;Dog on It&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Stockett, Kathryn. &lt;b&gt;Help&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;b&gt;Ariel Amsden&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;July Picks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Grahme, Seth. &lt;b&gt;Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ($16.95)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Gran, Sara. &lt;b&gt;Come Closer ($6.99)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RvJSTZfQUOE/St9VJadeVgI/AAAAAAAAAIs/-bKw-J6sixk/s1600-h/ariel+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RvJSTZfQUOE/St9VJadeVgI/AAAAAAAAAIs/-bKw-J6sixk/s200/ariel+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395124498823271938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Larabalestier, Justine. &lt;b&gt;How To Ditch Your Fairy ($16.99)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Zafon, Carlos Ruiz.&lt;b&gt;Shadow of the Wind ($16)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;June Picks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Coupland, Douglas &lt;b&gt;JPod ($14.95).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Harris, Charlaine &lt;b&gt;Dead and Gone ($25 Signed).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Holt, Simon. &lt;b&gt;The Devouring ($16.99)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Moore, Christopher. &lt;b&gt;Fool (26.99).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;May Picks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Collins, Suzanne. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="FR"&gt;Hunger Games ($18)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="FR"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="FR"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Dahlquis, Godon. &lt;b&gt;Dark Volume ($26)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span lang="FR"  style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Simner, Janni Lee. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bones of Faerie ($17)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Syder, Maria V. &lt;b&gt;Storm Glass ($14 Signed)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;April Picks&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Cashore, Kristin &lt;b&gt;Graceling ($17)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Cassandra Clare, &lt;b&gt;City of Bones (Mortal Instruments) ($10)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9161410281198761318-343918031203406531?l=ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/feeds/343918031203406531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9161410281198761318&amp;postID=343918031203406531' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/343918031203406531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/343918031203406531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/2009/04/lorri-amsden.html' title='Lorri Amsden'/><author><name>Poisoned Pen Staff Picks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05882991863966439054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RvJSTZfQUOE/SlTbFshNdMI/AAAAAAAAAIc/JyXZLZe8oD0/s72-c/lorri2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161410281198761318.post-8832300730079526008</id><published>2009-04-02T14:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-08T10:26:24.310-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='John Goodwin'/><title type='text'>John Goodwin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RvJSTZfQUOE/SlTWrdiertI/AAAAAAAAAIM/xpSptzFGDzQ/s1600-h/john.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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 &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Burke, James Lee.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Rain Gods ($28) Signed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Jecks, Michael. &lt;b style=""&gt;No Law in the Land ($45) Signed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Martini, Steve. &lt;b style=""&gt;Guardian of Lies ($26.99) Signed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Pearson, Ridley. &lt;b style=""&gt;Killer Summer ($24.95) Signed&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;June Picks&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Clements, Judy. &lt;b style=""&gt;Embrace the Grim Reaper ($24.95 Signed).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Cussler, Clive Editor. &lt;b style=""&gt;Thriller 2 Stories You Just Cant. ($24 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Pattison, Eliot . &lt;b style=""&gt;Lord of Death ($26 Signed).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;May Picks&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Bradley, Alan. &lt;b style=""&gt;Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie ($23 Signed)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Larsen, Reif. &lt;b style=""&gt;Selected Works of T.S. Spivet ($30 Signed)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Pears, Ian. &lt;b style=""&gt;Stones Fall ($28 Signed)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;April Picks&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Humphreys, C.C. &lt;b style=""&gt;Vlad the Last Confession.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Johanson, Donald. &lt;b style=""&gt;Lucy’s Legacy&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Nelson, Deborah. &lt;b style=""&gt;War Behind Me&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;March Picks&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Simon Beckett, &lt;b style=""&gt;Whispers of the Dead&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Joe Gores, &lt;b style=""&gt;Spade and Archer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Spencer Quinn, &lt;b style=""&gt;Dog on It&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9161410281198761318-8832300730079526008?l=ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/feeds/8832300730079526008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9161410281198761318&amp;postID=8832300730079526008' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/8832300730079526008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9161410281198761318/posts/default/8832300730079526008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ppstaffpicks.blogspot.com/2009/04/john-goodwin.html' title='John Goodwin'/><author><name>Poisoned Pen Staff Picks</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05882991863966439054</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RvJSTZfQUOE/SlTWrdiertI/AAAAAAAAAIM/xpSptzFGDzQ/s72-c/john.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9161410281198761318.post-5491927568705694657</id><published>2009-04-02T14:54:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-08T10:38:56.520-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='John Nadeau'/><title type='text'>John Nadeau</title><content type='html'>&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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