I've had a couple of requests recently for the list of libraries that own a copy of It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder.  As some of you know, my publisher's business plan relies on the library market more than book stores so it's important for me to get a good response from public libraries.  Much love to those of you who have asked your library to order a copy.  You will never really know just how much I appreciate your support. 

Anyway, to the best of my knowledge, here's the current library list.

Arizona
          Phoenix
               Agave
               Burton Barr Central
               Ironwood
               Juniper
          Scottsdale
          Tempe
          Tucson-Pima County
               Dusenberry-River
               Eckstrom-Columbus
               Joel Valdez Main Library
               Joyner-Green Valley
               Martha Cooper
               Miller-Golf Links
               Nanini
               Oro Valley
               Quincie Douglas
               Wheeler Taft Abbett
          Yuma
California
          Belvedere-Tiburon
          Hemet
          Huntington Beach
          Kern
               Beale Memorial
               Kern River Valley
               Rosamond
               Shafter
          Pasadena
               Central Library
               Santa Catalina
          Pleasonton
          San Diego
               Central Library
               Logan Heights
               Tierrasanta
          San Francisco
          Santa Monica
          Torrance (Katy Geissert Civic Center Library)
          Yolo County
Colorado
          Aurora
          Boulder
          High Plains
               Centennial Park
               Erie Community
               Johnstown
          Rawlings
Connecticut
          Bethel
          Madison/Scranton
          New Haven
          Newington
          Stamford (Ferguson Library)
          Trumbull Library System
               Fairchild Nichols Memorial
               Trumbull
          Wallingford
          Windsor
Florida
          Collier County
               Headquarters
               Naples
               Marco Island
          Delray Beach
          Largo
          Miami-Dade
          Seminole Community
          St. Petersburg
               Main Library
               North Branch
               Mirror Lake
               South Branch
Idaho
          Idaho Falls
Illinois
          Algonquin - Main
          Arlingtom Heights
          Barrington
          Elgin (Gail Borden)
          Elmhurst
          Evanston
          Evergreen Park
          Hayner - Alton Square
          Indian Trails
          Rock Island
          Schaumburg
          St. Charles
Indiana
          Allen County
          Brazil
          Elkhart
          Harrison County
Iowa
          Newton
Kansas
          Great Bend
          Liberal Memorial
Kentucky
          Daviess County
Louisiana
          East Baton Rouge Parish
               Blue Bonnet
               Jones Creek
               Main Library
          West Baton Rouge Parish
Maine
          Bangor
Maryland
          Anne Arundel County
          Baltimore County
               Baltimore County Reserve
               Catonsville
               Cockeysville
               Essex
               North Point
               Parkville-Carney
               Reistertown
               Towson
               White Marsh
          Carroll County
               Mt. Airy
               North Carroll
               Westminster
          Lower Shore Library Consortiium
               Pocomoke
Massachusetts
          Braintree Thayer
          Brookline
          Hingham
          Maynard
          Newton
          Randolph
          Winthrop
Michigan
          Bloomfield
          Bedford
          Dickinson County (Iron Mountain)
          Dorsch
          Grace A. Dow/Midland
          Southgate Veterans Memorial (Wayne County)
Minnesota
          Chanhassan
          Hennepin County
               East Lake
               Edina
               Ridgedale
          Rochester
Mississippi
          Vicksburg
Missouri
          Galena
          St. Louis County
               Headquarters
               Bridegton
               Cliff Cave
               Daniel Boone
               Eureka
               Grand Glaize
               Indian Trails
               Jamestown
               Lewis & Clark
               Mid-County
               Oak Bend
               Prairie Comns
               Rock Road
               Sachs
               Tesson Ferry
               Thornhill
               Weber Road
Nebraska
          North Platte
New Hampshire
          Keene
New Jersey
          Allendale
          Berkeley Heights
          Bound Brook
          Clifton
               Allwood Branch
               Clifton Library
          Hillsboro
          Jefferson
          Livingston
          Monroe
          New Jersey State Library
          Ocean City
          Old Bridge
          Peapack Gladstone
          Princeton University
          Sayreville
          South Brunswick
          South Plainfield
          Tenafly
          Warren
          Westfield
          West Orange
          Woodbridge
New York
          Albany
          Bayport - Bluepoint
          Bethpage
          Chappaqua
          Elmira (Steele Memorial)
          Emma Clark (Setauket)
          Finkelstein Memorial (Spring Valley)
          Garden City
          Harborfields (Greenlawn)
          Irvington
          Longwood (Middle Island)
          Massapequa
          Mattituck-Laurel
          Mineola
          New York Public Library
               Kips Bay
               Mid-Manhattan
          North Bellmore
          North Shore (Shoreham)
          Pittsford
          Plainedge
          Port Jefferson
          Port Washington
          Ramapo-Catskill
          Roslyn
          Saratoga Springs
          Smithtown (Kings Park)
          South Huntington
          Suffern
          Williston Park
North Carolina
          Greensboro
Ohio
          Arlington
          Cleveland
               Eastman
               Main Library
               Memorial - Nottingham
               Rockport
               South Brooklyn
               Walz
               West Park
          Euclid
          Guernsey County (Crossroads Branch)
          Warren-Trumbull (Liberty Branch)
Oregon
          Multnomah
               Central
               Hillsdale
               Hollywood
Pennsylvania
          Adams County - Main Library
South Carolina
          Richland County
Tennessee
          Knoxville
          Nashville
Texas
          Allen
          Amarillo
          Ft. Worth
               Central
               East Regional
               Southwest Regional
Utah
          Davis County (South Branch)
          Salt Lake City
          Salt Lake County
               Bingham Creek
               Holladay
               Hunter
               Riverton
               Sandy
               Whitmore
               West Jordan
Washington
          King County
               Auburn
               Foster
               Lake Hills
               Redmond
               Snoqualmie
          Seattle
               Central
               Green Lake
               Broadview
               Northgate
               Queen Anne
               Mobile Services
Wisconsin
          Juneau
          LaCrosse
          Oshkosh
          Salem 
 

Black Friday, in my world, means poker.  An annual event for the men in the neighborhood, a poker marathon, whiskey and cigars, chips flowing back and forth across the table, and by the end of the night (we've done this so many times; we know each others game so well) no one up too terribly much or down too terribly much.

In perhaps the clearest indication that I am committed to my book tour, I will miss the poker game in order to do a book signing Friday at 5:30 at Bogart's Books, in Millville NJ.  Bogart's is a small, independent book store, located on High Street in the Glasstown Arts District.  And on Friday, thousands of people will be hanging out on High Street, there for the annual Holiday Parade, which begins at 7:30 and passes right in front of Bogart's.

Come for the book signing.  Stay for the parade.

Yesterday began with a visit to The Town Book Store, an independent bookstore celebrating 75 years of bookselling in Westfield NJ.  At a time when so many independent book stores are struggling to keep their doors open, The Town Book Store succeeds by meeting the needs of its community.  And today, apparently, the community "needed" to meet an up-and-coming mystery writer signing copies of his latest murder mystery.  My thanks to the staff and to the patrons at the Town Book Store for making the visit so much fun.

And then, when I got home, I stopped at the semi-annual warehouse sale at JR Trading Company.  JR Trading Company is a dealer in remaindered books.  Their warehouse is just down the road a bit.  And twice a year, they open up the warehouse to the general public.  I avoided the urge to buy one of everything, coming home with The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century, edited by Tony Hillerman and Otto Penzler, Shipwrecks, "a thrilling tale of murder and retribution set on the wild seacoast of medieval Japan" by Akira Yoshimura and Depraved and Insulting English, a book of "words to offend and amuse" by Peter Novobatsky and Ammon Shea.  Words like ankyloproctia.  Bdelloid.  Caprylic.

A whole alphabet of offense and amusement awaits.  I've got me some reading to do.

EDIT:  In case you're curious, Novobatsky and Shea offer up the following definitions -

ankyloproctia - a severe constriction of the anus
bdelloid - resembling a leech
caprylic - evocative of a rank and fetid goat

Beginning Monday, watch for a week of offensive and amusing word games.