Merlin Investigation #3 February 2010 On Sale: February 2, 2010 320 pages ISBN: 042523312X EAN: 9780425233122 Paperback $7.99 Add to Wish List Mystery Historical Buy at Amazon.com The Pendragon Murders by J.M.C. Blair Merlin investigates a royal mystery at Stonehenge. A baron and his sons are found dead at Stonehenge. King Arthur’s potential heirs start to mysteriously die. And only Merlin can prove that the murders are not the work of the plague, but something much more sinister. Arthurian legend with a suspenseful twist Previous Picks

Recently I had a chance to chat with a charming book club in Ohio about my last novel, The Dead Travel Fast. They mentioned that they love to extend their reading experiences by taking field trips that somehow relate to their book club selections. They talked about visiting Washington DC after reading Night, and I jokingly asked them if they were planning a trip to Transylvania after reading my book. (I would not have been at all surprised if they said yes. They were one of the most dynamic groups I’ve chatted with, and if any club organizes a trek to the Carpathians, it will be them!) I also had a lovely tweet this week from a reader who is planning an entire dinner party around the release of my newest book, Dark Road to Darjeeling. She’s inspired by the Himalayan setting, and I made her promise to send details of every course—I only wish I could be there too. (It is always a good idea to feed a writer. We sometimes forget to forage for ourselves.) But my intrepid book group and my gourmet reader got me pondering all the different ways you might celebrate a book. I usually…