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this month’s feature:
CURTIS IPPOLITO
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Saturday, JUNE 13th, 2026 at 11:30AM Tierrasanta branch library
4985 LaCuenta Drive San Diego, CA 92124
Curtis Ippolito is the author of the new novel Waves of Burden. He is an Anthony Award-and-Derringer Award winner, and the author Burying the Newspaper Man, numerous short stories, and the guest editor of the award-winning anthology On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology. Curtis also serves as Vice President of Partners in Crime.
For this special event, Curtis will be in conversation with Carl Vonderau. The two will discuss the inspiration behind Waves of Burden and explore some of its themes including found family, past trauma, and Curtis' unabashed love for San Diego.
The meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m. with light refreshments and time to mingle and network with fellow members. The presentation will begin at noon, and Curtis will have books available for sale and signing afterward. We hope you will join us for this exclusive event.
If you are unable to attend in-person, this event will also be available to view on Zoom. To participate remotely, please register below.https://sistersincrime-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tcA2xl-BSBiLPQS_TkdZaQ
THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 11:30 A.M. WITH LIGHT REFRESHMENTS AND TIME TO MINGLE AND NETWORK WITH FELLOW MEMBERS. WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US FOR THIS ENGAGING EVENT.
new releases
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Drew Jones is trying to scrap a life together. A long-time resident of San Diego County's foster care system, distrust, shock, and danger are all he's ever known. Now married, with a contracting business he's trying to get off the ground and a kid on the way, all he wants is enough for a down payment on a house and to know his family has the kind of security he could never have dreamed of.
But when his foster brother, Jake, a nomad van-lifer who never met a problem he couldn't run from, returns to town, the distrust, shock, and danger return with him.
After witnessing a convenience store robbery gone wrong, Drew assumes his foster brother has done what he's always done: run. But when cops begin poking around, followed by armed men threatening his family, Drew comes to understand what happened in that convenience store wasn't really random, and that his brother hasn't actually run.
Now, caught between his commitment to keep his growing family safe and his oldest bonds, Drew has to navigate a world he has no knowledge of, a world in which one false step could see his body washed up on one of San Diego's picturesque beaches, or lost forever beneath the waves.
In this shocking, mysterious, and deeply-felt novel, Anthony and Derringer Award-winning author Curtis Ippolito probes what, exactly, makes a family, and how much weight they can put on someone before they begin to sink.
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June 24, 2026
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She Buried Her Past. It’s Back to Destroy Her.
Skylar Van Ness has always been a fighter. From her tumultuous childhood in Amsterdam to her rise as the Vice President of Marketing at Donovan Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, she’s faced every challenge head-on.
But when Skylar’s estranged mother, Brit, reappears with a sinister agenda, Skylar’s world is turned upside down. As secrets from her past threaten to unravel her carefully constructed life, Skylar must navigate a treacherous path of deception, blackmail, betrayal and heart-wrenching revelations. With the stakes higher than ever, she must rely on instinct alone — because trust is a luxury she can’t afford.
The eagerly anticipated follow-up to Adele Royce’s nail-biting Summer’s Blood, Slipper Girl is a gripping tale of one woman’s resilience and redemption, and the unbreakable bonds of family.
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