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JUNE 2025

LOVE the Springtime! It’s a perfect time to take our books outdoors for a good read and relaxation!

Check out our current and future events to calendar your faves so you don’t miss out.

This month our Saturday Sleuths Book Club will be joined by our Guest Author, Shaina Steinberg! Book Club is on the third Saturday of each month at 9:30 A.M. Feel free to join us and bring a friend…

And, don’t forget Father’s Day! We have gift cards!

–Anne

Remember, it’s always fun at The Carnival!

 

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BOOK NEWS

These books will be in shortly after their release date and all will be signed, unless noted below. In some cases, quantity will be limited – please preorder!

  • GOING HOME IN THE DARK by DEAN KOONTZ, due May 20, 2025 — in now!
  • Despite rumors you may have heard, we will have signed copies of MICHAEL CONNELLY’S new book NIGHTSHADE, in now!

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If you are looking for something to finish your collection or a special gift, give us a call or email at annesbookends@gmail.com

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Book Carnival In-Person Event
June 7, 3:00 P.M.
Barbara Pronin
WINTER’S END

Luring Nazi officers from smoky taverns to their deaths was not what Evi Strobel bargained for when she agreed to join the Dutch Resistance. But that is what she did until that fateful night she was saved from rape by a downed American Airman.

Nor did Zoe Visser expect to be picking pockets for Dutch ID cards for use by escaping Jews, much less leading frightened enemies of the Reich toward uncertain treks to the Belgian border – nor did Mila Brouwer, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy German collaborator, expect to be passing secrets learned at her father’s dinner table to help Resistance stalwarts blow up Nazi trains and meeting halls.

But four years into German occupation, with the Dutch surviving on boiled tulip bulbs, and Hitler tightening control ahead of advancing Allies, that is what they did. Follow them as Winter’s End traces a harrowing journey from the cobblestoned streets of Nazi-occupied Holland to an astonishing finale seventy years later and a world away.

NOTE NEW DATE & TIME! Book Carnival In-Person Event
June 14, 2:00 P.M.
Darrell Denny
OF LIGHT & LIES

$18.99Add to cart

On an isolated island with nowhere to hide, Helen and Juanita must decide-who can they trust? And what happens when the past won’t stay buried?

Widowed, paraplegic, and isolated in her Mustang Island Casita, Helen Chesterfield is counting down the bitter days of her life. Fueled by hatred and obsessed with revenge, she’s haunted by long- held secrets that threaten to rise from the dead.

Juanita Jiménez, owner of a struggling ambulance transport service, braves a severe storm to take Helen to a legal meeting in Houston. What should have been a routine trip turns into a harrowing chase across the island as they are pursued by those who will stop at nothing to protect an empire built on blackmail, coercion, and deadly deception. Among the secrets is a legendary treasure, steeped in history and violence-a fortune worth killing for.

As the storm rages and danger closes in, Helen and Juanita must confront not only the forces hunting them but also the darkness within themselves. With time running out, their unlikely partnership becomes a test of courage, redemption, and an unbreakable bond forged in the face of unimaginable odds.

Can they uncover the truth and reclaim their lives-or will the sins of the past consume them both?

NOTE NEW TIME! Book Carnival In-Person Event
Eric Beetner & Jim Fusilli
June 14, 5:00 P.M.

REAL BAD, REAL SOON

$16.95Add to cart


Eric Beetner

Carter McCoy is still alive, but not for long.

A man with nothing to lose, he can help the helpless. A reluctant killer, his skills are used by the police now to balance the scales of justice. But killing doesn’t sit well on Carter and he wants to live out his last days in peace.

Detective Brian DeFore is using Carter for his own gain, and almost destroys both of them. When the old man refuses to help any longer, DeFore wonders how hard it can be to kill someone who needs killing.

Then a woman asks Carter for his help to hunt a monster-her husband.

The search for justice will take him deep into the snowy woods with his faithful dog, Chester, at his side. His end is coming soon, but maybe even sooner than he thought.

Jim Fusilli
A SONG FOR KATY SHAYNE

$16.99Add to cart

For the first time in his life, journalist Jack Fiorello is out of work. The sixty-five-year-old music critic is adrift; not even his wife, Molly, can lift him from his funk. Then a reader calls with a tip, and Jack is thrust into a story involving Katy Shayne, a long-dead singer-songwriter, and what might very well be her murder.

Traveling across Greenwich Village and down to Nashville, Jack unravels long-forgotten facts that led to Katy’s death. In doing so, he puts himself at mortal risk for the first time in his career. Is it worth the effort? All this for an unknown singer and her songs? Though beaten and battered, Jack answers with a resounding “yes.”

SATURDAY SLEUTHS BOOK CLUB

Saturday, June 21, 9:30 A.M.

For our next Saturday Sleuths Book Club meeting,

we will be discussing

UNDER THE PAPER MOON

by Guest Author Shaina Steinberg

This is an in-person book club.

Tell your friends, or — better yet — bring a friend with you!

 

Book Carnival In-Person Event
June 28, 2:00 P.M.
David Lewis
BEACON IN THE NIGHT

$27.00Add to cart

London, 1941. Britain has endured the relentless bombing campaign of the Blitz and emerged, scarred but unbroken. Caitrin, too, strives to weather each challenge that comes her way, though her ever-ready banter belies deep heartbreak and loss.

But now the war has entered another phase. Instead of indiscriminate bombing, the Luftwaffe is pinpointing historic targets, including cathedrals and ancestral homes, with the help of homing beacons placed by the enemy. It’s as if Germany plans to erase Britain’s very essence and culture, destroying morale as it does so.

Caitrin is no fan of the landed gentry, even if her fellow operative and friend, Lord Hector Neville-Percy, is one of them. But soon it is not just historical targets under attack, but hospitals and nursing homes too. Tasked with rooting out the saboteurs placing the beacons, she finds that all roads lead to Daniel “Teddy” Baer, a charismatic Whitechapel crook with high aspirations and zero scruples. He will crush anyone who interferes with his dreams—Caitrin included.

As a member of the female-driven 512 counterespionage unit, Caitrin understands how often women are underestimated and overlooked—and how to use it to her advantage. But she is not the only one who knows how to hide in plain sight, how to outwit and effortlessly manipulate. And sometimes, as with a beacon hidden deep within a building, danger only becomes apparent when it flares to life, right before the moment of impact…

 

Book Carnival In-Person Event
July 12, 2:00 P.M.
Caitlin Rother
DOWN TO THE BONE

$29.00Add to cart

 

 

Book Carnival In-Person Event
July 26, 2:00 P.M.
Sarah James
LAST STOP UNION STATION

$17.99Add to cart

 

 

Book Carnival In-Person Event
August 9, 2:00 P.M.
Nolan Knight
THE GORGON OF LOS FELIZ

$21.00Add to cart

 

 

Book Carnival In-Person Event
Jennifer Chow and Lorie Lewis Ham
October 25, 2:00 P.M.

STAR-CROSSED
EGG TARTS
Jennifer Chow


ONE OF YOU
Lori Lewis Ham

 

BOOK CONVENTIONS

SEPTEMBER 3-7, 2025, BOUCHERCON – Blood on the Bayou: Case Closed
Guests of Honor: Michael Connelly, Lifetime Achievement and Contribution to the Genre
Stef Cha: Suspense Guest of Honor
Craig Johnson: Lifetime Achievement
Marriott Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana