Program - VABook! 2006

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Crime Wave

Friday, March 24 - 2:00 pm

Gathering Evidence: Solving True Crimes

With Diane Fanning (Gone Forever: A True Story of Marriage, Betrayal and Murder), Noreen Renier (A Mind for Murder: The Real-Life Files of a Psychic Investigator), and Jefferson Bass (Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab / The Body Farm).
City Council Chambers

American Assassins: Murder and the Search for Justice

With Thomas Wolf and Patricia Bryan (Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America's Heartland) and James L. Swanson (Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer)
The Student Bookstore (on the Corner)

Friday, March 24 - 6:00 pm

Strange Worlds: Exploring Fantasy and Horror

With Paul Witcover (Tumbling After), Kevin Brockmeier (Brief History of the Dead), Brandon Massey (Within the Shadows), and River Jordan (The Messenger of Magnolia Street).
McIntire Room, Central Library

Friday, March 24 - 8:00 pm

Murder and Mayhem: An Evening with Mystery Writers

Michael Connelly (The Lincoln Lawyer), Jeffery Deaver (The Twelfth Card), Karin Slaughter (Faithless), and Paula Woods (Strange Bedfellows). Moderated by Willetta Heising (Detecting Men, Detecting Women).
Culbreth Theatre

Saturday March 25 - 10:00 am

Keeping Up Appearances: Cozy Mysteries

With Nancy Martin (Have Your Cake and Kill Him, Too), Laura Durham (For Better or Hearse), Susan McBride (The Lone Star Lonely Hearts Club), Emyl Jenkins (Stealing with Style), and Ellen Byerrum (Hostile Makeover). Moderated by book reviewer David Montgomery.
Omni Hotel, James Monroe Room

Turning Up Dead: Crime Wave Panel

Investigating homicides with Ian Smith (The Blackbird Papers), Bob Morris (Jamaica Me Dead), Andy Straka (Cold Quarry) and Marcia Talley (In Death’s Shadow). Moderated by Willetta Heising.
Omni Hotel, Preston Room

Saturday March 25 - 2:00 pm

In the Details: Crime and Forensics

Jeffery Deaver (The Twelfth Card), Jon Jefferson and William Bass (Carved in Bone), John J. Lamb (Echoes of the Lost Order), with Benjamin Schutz (Mary, Mary, Shut the Door and Other Stories)
Omni Hotel, Ballroom A

Murderous Times, Murderous Settings

With Joseph Kanon (Alibi), Peter Quinn (Hour of the Cat), Steve Berry (The Third Secret), andKatherine Neville (The Eight). Moderated by Tom Nolan.
Omni Hotel, James Monroe Room

Saturday March 25 - 4:00 pm

The Investigator Next Door: Crime Wave

With John Lescroart (The Hunt Club), M.J. Rose (The Delilah Complex), J. M. Redmann (Lost Daughters), Austin Camacho (Damaged Goods), and Greg Herren (Mardi Gras Mambo). Moderated by Tom Nolan.
Omni Hotel, Ballroom A

Pressing Charges: Crime Wave Panel

Official investigations with Paula L. Woods (Strange Bedfellows), Pat MacEnulty (Time to Say Goodbye), Michele Martinez (The Finishing School), and Karin Slaughter (Faithless). Moderated by book reviewer David Montgomery.
Omni Hotel, James Monroe Room

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