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The Odyssey Bookshop is one of five independent
bookstores participating in WAMC's Roundtable on Tuesday mornings,
just after the 10:00 news. People from the Odyssey will be on about once a
month, talking about our favorite books. The Odyssey Bookshop 413-534-7307 email odysseybks@aol.com
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Mysterious Times at the Odyssey Bookshop The Odyssey Bookshop has a thing for mysteries. On this page you can read about upcoming mystery authors, see the books chosen by our Mystery Book Discussion Group for review and dissection in the coming months, and get a list of the recent awards given out in the world of mysteries. Sign up for our special Mystery Email List. You will receive special notices of mystery events at the Odyssey. Author Events | Odyssey Crime Club | Awards Reserve a seat online. Please take a moment to
reserve your seat for any of these events online. Reserving helps us
better plan for the event, and helps you by assuring that if there are any
changes or cancellations, you will be contacted immediately. Crime at the Odyssey September 30 • Thursday • 7 pm Scott Spencer Man in the Woods “A smart, haunting thriller with bass reverb and a pounding heart.” —Jayne Anne Phillips, author of the National Book Award finalist Lark and Termite __________________________________________________________________________________________ October 7 • Thursday • 7 pm Archer Mayor Red Herring: A Joe Gunther Novel
__________________________________________________________________________________________ November 11 • Thursday • 7 pm S.J. Rozan On the Line: A Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novel
"All the twists you'd expect from Rozan, but speeded up within an inch of their lives, just like the summer movie this yarn ought to spawn." -- Kirkus Reviews
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November 16 • Tuesday • 7 pm (Tentative) Dennis Lehane Moonlight Mile
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Scott
Spencer, the acclaimed author of Endless Love and A Ship Made
of Paper, reaffirms his storytelling mastery with Man in the
Woods—a gripping psychological thriller about a carpenter at loose
ends and the crime of passion that radically reorders his world. Rudy
Wurlitzer lauds Man in the Woods as a stunning work that offers
“heartbreaking insights into the dark frailties of human nature,”
and which he calls, “a page turner from beginning to end.” And New
York Times bestselling author Francine Prose hails its achievement,
writing, “In this brilliant novel, Scott Spencer further expands his
range.”
VBI
(Vermont Bureau of Investigation) head Joe Gunther and his team are
called in to investigate a series of violent deaths that appear
unrelated until telltale clues reveal a linkage between them and that
all of the deaths are, in fact, murders. However, apart from a single
drop of unexplained blood left at each crime scene, there are no obvious
connections between the victims or the cases. The police are faced with
more questions than answers including what do the mysterious deposits of
blood mean, coming as they do from three additional unknown people. In
their search for the elusive truth, the VBI must plumb the depths of
every suspect's past, every victim's most intimate details, and examine
each piece of evidence down to the smallest detail--an examination which
includes a trip to the Brookhaven National Lab on Long Island and an
exploration of cutting edge forensic technology.
P.I.
Bill Smith is sent on a high stakes chase when an electronically
modified voice on his cell phone informs him that Lydia Chin, his
occasional partner, has been kidnapped. Now if Bill wants to keep
Lydia alive, he’ll have to play an elaborate game of the
kidnapper’s devising. The first move sends him to an abandoned
building where Bill finds the corpse of a small Chinese woman dressed
like Lydia and the building being rapidly surrounded by police. Now
Bill is on the run from the cops and in the worst trouble of his very
troubled life. With the help of Lydia’s hacker cousin Linus, and
Linus’s cohort Trella, Bill has to not only stay one step ahead of
the cops, he has to uncover the secret behind the kidnapper’s
identity and the reason he’s come after Bill, if he’s to reach
Lydia before it’s too late.
We
don't have any info in Dennis' new book yet, but, well, it's Dennis
Lehane, what more do you need to know. (Seriously, we will post more
information w\hen we get it.)