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WORD: Marcus Sakey kicks off ‘The Blade Itself’ book tour Friday

Despite blizzard conditions in the US Midwest, debut author Marcus Sakey announced that he is hitting the road to begin the first of several bookstore signings in support of his novel The Blade Itself, which was recently published by St. Martin’s imprint Minotaur. Beginning today (Friday, February 16), Sakey will hit cities from Indiana to Ohio and Illinois.

"As proof that authors are fairly dense people, I’ll be hitting the road with my friend Sean Chercover (Big City, Bad Blood) for a ten-day tour through the Midwest -- in the middle of February and the biggest snowstorm of the year," Sakey said in the announcement.

Sakey will make appearances at the following bookstores:

Kokomo, IN, Don's Books, February 16, 4:00 - 8:00 pm

Carmel, IN, The Mystery Company, February 17, 2:00 pm

Cincinnati, OH, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, February 19, 7:00 pm

Lexington, KY, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, February 20, 7:00 pm

Pittsburgh, PA, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, February 21, 7:00 pm

Cleveland, OH, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, February 22, 7:00 pm

Niles, IL, Books-A-Million, February 24, 3:00 - 5:00 pm

Skokie, IL, Barnes & Noble, February 26, 7:30 pm

Meanwhile, the Independent Mystery Bookstore Association reported that Sakey’s The Blade Itself, about a former small time hood from Chicago trying to live down a sketchy past, topped its hardcover bestsellers list for January 2007.

Independent Mystery Bookstore Association's bestsellers list for January 2007

Hardcovers:

1) THE BLADE ITSELF by Marcus Sakey... 2) DUST by Martha Grimes... 3) WEB OF EVIL by J.A. Jance... 4) FIND ME by Carol O'Connell... 5) PLUM LOVIN' by Janet Evanovich... 6) FALSE MIRROR by Charles Todd... 7) THE SONG IS YOU by Megan Abbott... 8-9) A DEEPER SLEEP by Dana Stabenow tied with WILD INDIGO by Sandi Ault... 10) SHAPE SHIFTER by Tony Hillerman.

For more information on Marcus Sakey and The Blade Itself, check out his website.

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