Authors Visits:
An Evening with Karin Slaughter: Suspense, Crime Fiction and Libraries
Room: Jewel Box Theater
6/28/2011 • 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Author: Karin Slaughter6/28/2011 • 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
New York Times and international #1 bestselling author Karin Slaughter visits the Clark County Library to talk about her latest novel, Fallen. An electrifying thriller that follows Special Agent Faith Mitchell as her home life and her life as a cop collide in a terrifying instant when she finds a bloody handprint on the door of her childhood home. Mitchell’s partner Will Trent and trama doctor Sara Linton, the beloved characters from Slaughter's two acclaimed series (and the 2010 bestseller Broken) are on the case, going up against a ticking clock and a baffling set of clues.
Slaughter has wowed readers and critics alike with the gritty forensic detailing, all-too-human characters, and stark rendering of crime found in her lacerating thrillers. A long-time resident of Atlanta, she splits her time between the kitchen and the living room.
Book signing and reception to follow the talk. Presented in conjunction with Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House, In
An Evening with Tess Gerritsen: Rizzoli, Isles and the Monkey King
Room: Main Theater
7/6/2011, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Author: Tess Gerritsen7/6/2011, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Tess Gerritsen returns to the stage of the Clark County Library to talk about The Silent Girl, in which she weaves together the threads of mythology and folklore with a gripping suspense narrative for a Rizzoli & Isles novel that explores the very darkest corners of the human heart and the deepest fears about those we love. Gripping and unputdownable, the new novel is sure to be a mainstay in summer beach bags and the bestseller lists.
Gerritsen’s books have been top-5 bestsellers in the United States and abroad, translated into 37 languages, and more than 20 million copies have been sold around the world. Last summer, her profile rose to a whole new level when TNT launched their television series Rizzoli & Isles starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander. The premiere became a record-breaker for cable television and pulled in nearly eight million viewers. Now retired from medicine, Gerritsen writes full time and lives in Maine.
Book signing and reception to follow the talk. Presented in conjunction with Ballentine, an imprint of Random House, Inc.
Author's Speakeasy - Featured Author: Leedell W. Neyland and his book Unquenchable Black Fires
Room: Theatre Lobby
7/23/2011, Saturday, 2 p.m.
Author: Leedell W. Neyland, book Unquenchable Black Fires7/23/2011, Saturday, 2 p.m.
Author’s Speakeasy
Featured Author: Leedell W. Neyland and his book Unquenchable Black Fires
July 23, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
West Las Vegas Theatre Lobby
Special guest author Leedell W. Neyland shares his book Unquenchable Black Fires in a communal in-gathering. This race relations novel recounts the Natchez, Mississippi Fire of 1940, a tragic event where a black-operated club was burned down in a fire, killing more than 200 people. Students were at that dance, and the author was one of them.
A book signing and sales event will follow the program. For more information, please call 507-3989.
