The East
Coast (& Hurricane) Tour: In Brief
No prolix tour diary this year! Just a
whirlwind of pix and succinct descriptions. If the meaning is lost in some
cases, that may be intentional. So fasten your seatbelts and scroll down.
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Boston: Kate’s Mystery Books Big wine and
cheese event |
Hicksville, New York: Dead End Books The Friendly Owners and Staff |
The Slide Show |
A Unscheduled Stop: Taxidermy Contest, Williamsburg, Brooklyn The Venue: Pete’s Candy (but mostly booze) Store |
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| First Place: A Rump Ape | Brian with Clamrat (4th Place) and Liz French of Romantic Times with (5th Place) |
Baltimore, Maryland: Mystery Loves Company The Friendly Owner and Staff |
The Maryland Mecca of Mystery |
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| A Two-Headed Giant, who resides at a local antique store |
Tampa, Florida: Inkwood Books Brian and his pal Bonnie |
Vero Beach, Florida: Vero Beach Book Center Wayne Newton Who? |
The Hard Sell: “I’m the author, buy the book or be embarrassed.” |
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Brian talks to Americas Youth, owner Cynthia wheeling in a truck load of
books to sign |
Post Slide Signing |
An Interlude to Fish for Snook Fred Rea: The Mighty Guide, photographer, media escort and all around good egg, |
Ahhhhhhh.... |
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Delray Beach, Florida: Murder on the Beach Fresh from the surf, el Snook |
The Clam Rat Revealed | Eegads! | Brian choking on a pen cap) and the self-styled Book Bitch (she’s very nice for a bitch) |
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| With Pam and Bev, both of whom almost got kicked out of the signing for rowdy behavior |
Coral Gables, Florida: Books & Books New Taxidermy Enthusiasts in the making |
Octavio, the manager: his shoes, business-like |
Other shoes: whimsical |
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| And still others: sensible |
Sarasota, Florida: Circle Books Driving toward hurricane Dennis, through Alligator Alley I-75 |
Hey, that’s what we like to see! | STUFFED proudly displayed with a penguin in the shop window… |
 ….and plenty of exercise for the wrist within! |
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And so
another tour — this one speedy — draws to an end! Be with us next year
for the Deep Space Tour!  |
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