Debra Goldstein, "Should Have Played Poker." 2 p.m. June 5. Talk, signing. Free. Tall Tales Book Shop, 2105 LaVista Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-636-2498, talltalesatlanta.com/events.html. In the latest Carrie Martin and the Mah Jongg Players mystery, Carrie finds out her long-absent mother once considered killing Carrie's father.
John Hart, "Redemption Road." 7:15 p.m. June 7. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/events. Hart's Southern gothic thriller involves a police officer with a tragic past, two children in peril, a wrongly accused man and a serial killer.
Mary Kay Andrews, "The Weekenders." 7 p.m. June 7. Signing. $5 or free with purchase of the book. 4651 Sandy Plains Road, Roswell. 770-993-1555, bookmiser.net. Also appearing: 7:15 p.m. June 8. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/events. A vacationer on an idyllic North Carolina island finds her summer home under foreclosure and her about-to-be ex-husband missing.
Dorothea Benton Frank, "All Summer Long." 11:30 a.m. June 9. Signing. $60, includes signed book and brunch. Magnolia Hall, 108 Arnold Mill Road, Building C, Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com. Also appearing: 7 p.m. June 9. Talk, signing. $10. Margaret Mitchell House, 979 Crescent Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-249-7015, atlantahistorycenter.com/visit/event. A New York couple is swept up in the world of the ultra-rich, traveling the globe with a cast of zany eccentrics.
Brad Meltzer, "The House of Secrets." 7 p.m. June 9. Signing. $32, includes copy of the book, reserved seating plus one. Elm Street Cultural Arts Village, Performing Arts Theater, 8534 Main St., Woodstock. 770-516-9989, foxtalebookshoppe.com/events. A priceless book hidden in a corpse, a family secret handed down through generations and a woman with no memory of her past figure in this mystery.
Terri McMillan, "I Almost Forgot About You." 7 p.m. June 9. Signing. Free. Barnes & Noble Buckhead, 2900 Peachtree Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-261-7747, stores.barnesandnoble.com/event. After a tragedy befalls someone from her past, a woman decides to make amends with the men she's loved.
Sebastian Junger, "Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging." 7 p.m. June 9. Signing. $24, or free with purchase of the book; additional $6 for plus one. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, acappellabooks.com/event. Junger ("Perfect Storm") theorizes that returning veterans experience deep withdrawals from the sense of belonging that soldiers have when living and working together at war.
Open mic poetry night. 8 p.m. June 9. Readings. $5. Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, 980 Briarcliff Road N.E., Atlanta. 404-872-5338, Ext. 228; callanwolde.org/calendar. Opportunity to read your original poetry is open to the first 10 poets — amateur or professional — who call.
Colin Campbell, "Free Days With George." 6 p.m. June 10. Signing. Free. A Cappella Books, 208 Haralson Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-681-5128, acappellabooks.com/event. Campbell, who fell into a deep depression following the end of his marriage, found his life turned around by a 140-pound Newfoundland Landseer rescue.
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