Jack McGugart, "The Devil's Work." 7 p.m. March 7. Launch party, refreshments. Free. Eagle Eye Book Shop, 2076 N. Decatur Road, Decatur. 404-486-0307, eagleeyebooks.com. In a future where world leaders control the distribution of food and gas, a credit-card bigwig is suspected of a plan to highjack the system. Participating restaurants: Leon's Full Service, Kimball House and Brick Store Pub.
Kathryn Johnson, "My Time With the Kings." 7 p.m. March 8. Talk, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, jimmycarterlibrary.gov/events. Johnson, one of the few female reporters on the scene during the civil rights movement, was also the only reporter allowed inside the King home in the aftermath of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith, "Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X." 8 p.m. March 8. Talk, signing. $10. Atlanta History Center, 130 W. Paces Ferry Road N.W., Atlanta. 404-814-4150, atlantahistorycenter.com/programs/lectures. In 1962, Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, and Malcolm X, the most famous minister in the Nation of Islam, became friends — a fact they kept secret for fear of jeopardizing Clay's boxing career.
Jeffery Deaver, "The Steel Kiss." 7:15 p.m. March 9. Talk, signing. Free. Decatur Library Auditorium, 215 Sycamore St., Decatur. 404-370-3070, Ext. 2285; georgiacenterforthebook.org/events. Forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme and partner Amelia Sachs return in a story about a brilliant killer who turns common household and industrial devices deadly.
Alexis Pauline Gumbs, "Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines." 7:30 p.m. March 10. Reading, discussion, signing. Suggested donation: $5. Charis Books & More, 1189 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-524-0304, charisbooksandmore.com. A new anthology places marginalized mothers of color at the center of a world of necessary transformation.
Matthew Desmond, "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City." 7 p.m. March 10. Talk, signing. Free. Carter Presidential Library & Museum Theater, 441 Freedom Parkway, Atlanta. 404-865-7100, acappellabooks.com/event. Desmond ("On the Fireline") visits Milwaukee's poorest neighborhoods to tell the story of families on the edge.
Shaka Senghor "Writing My Wrongs." 7 p.m. March 11. Talk, signing. Free. First Baptist Church of Decatur, 308 Clairmont Ave., Decatur. 404-373-1653, georgiacenterforthebook.org/events. A leading voice on criminal justice reform, Senghor makes the case for rethinking our approach to crime, prison and the men and women sent there.
Joanne Bamberger, "Love Her, Love Her Not: The Hillary Paradox." 7:30 p.m. March 11. Reading, discussion, Q&A. Suggested donation: $5. Charis Books & More, 1189 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-524-0304, charisbooksandmore.com. Editor Bamberger and selected contributors will read from their essays and answer questions about Hillary Clinton as an American political figure.
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