Louise Ure, Hailey Lind, and Helen Sandoval at the MWA/Sisters in Crime holiday party at M is for Mystery on Dec. 9, 2007.

Tim Maleeny and Keith Raffel at M is for Mystery.

Cornelia Read, bookstore owner Ed Kaufman, and Daisy James at M is for Mystery.

Simon Wood and Terry Shames at M is for Mystery.

At Left Coast Crime 2007: Rhys Bowen, Twist Phelan, Dan Hale, and Margery Flax

At the Seattle Mystery Bookshop: Theresa Schwegel, Cara Black, Naomi Hirahara, and bookstore founder Bill Farley