Third Place Books: Murder, Magic, and War

This week at Third Place Books, authors speak about their books and sign copies (which can be purchased at the store). Murder in Paris, fantasy and suspense, and doctor dramas in war zones are on the menu. Third Place Books is in Lake Forest Park Town Center at the intersection of Ballinger and Bothell Way.

Cara Black

Murder on the Champ de Mars (Soho Crime)

Monday, March 2 at 7pm

Cara Black's well-loved, Paris-born, modern, female investigator, Aimee Leduc, takes readers to Paris's elegant, old-gold seventh arrondissement. Black is the author of fifteen books in the New York Times bestselling Aimee Leduc series. She lives in San Francisco and visits Paris frequently. 

Randy Henderson

Finn Fancy Necromancy  (Tor)

Tuesday, March 3 at 7pm

Writers of the Future grand prize winner, Randy Henderson, presents a dark and quirky debut in Finn Fancy Necromancy, a novel blending fantasy and suspense. His fiction has appeared in Penumbra, Escape Pod, and Realms of Fantasy, and has been included in several anthologies. 

Lloyd Johnson

Cry of Hope (Koehler Books)

Saturday, March 7 at 6:30pm

With special interest in the current Middle East, retired surgeon Lloyd Johnson, M.D., turned to fiction writing. Cry of Hope is the sequel to Living Stone, and follows Ashley Wells, an American graduate student and her fiance Najid, a Palestinian Christian, as they become involved with injured enemies thrown together in a Jerusalem hospital following a demonstration that turns violent.