I won’t be able to make this, but Paul Malmont, author of The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril, will be reading in the Bay Area on the following dates:

Tuesday, July 18th @ 12:30 pm
Stacey’s Bookstore
581 Market St near Montgomery, San Francisco
www.staceys.com

Tuesday, July 18th @ 7:00 pm
M is for Mystery
86 East Third Avenue, San Mateo
http://www.mformystery.com/events.html

Malmont also claims (first come first served, one presumes) that he’ll be offering rides to those heading down to San Mateo from the City. San Francisco literati may want to take him up on the offer if they’re interested in an in-vehicle chat with the man himself. But I suspect this is an elaborate attempt on Malmont’s part to collect some gas money.