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December In-Person Party (with Books!)

Holiday Party & Book Sale – Saturday Dec 2, 1:30 – 3:30 Come join us for the Partners in Crime Holiday Party and Book Sale on Saturday, December 2 at Serpentine Ciders in Miramar. Catch up with friends and fellow members at our first in-person event in a very long time. Seventeen kinds of alcoholic […]

Nov 11 meeting: Carl Vonderau on Creating Emotion in Thrillers

Nov 11 meeting: Carl Vonderau on Creating Emotion in Thrillers

Carl Vonderau will be making a presentation to Partners in Crime San Diego to talk about his new book, Saving Myles, as well as the challenge of creating emotion in thrillers. Curtis Ippolito a member of the San Diego board, will interview him. I hope you can tune in. SAVING MYLES: Wade, a respected commercial […]

Pamela Putnam, Coroner

Pamela Putnam, Coroner

Pamela Putnam, former San Bernardino Sheriff Coroner San Diego Partners in Crime is pleased to welcome Pamela Putnam, a retired San Bernardino County Sheriff Coroner. Lisa Benton, from our board, will be interviewing her. As a coroner investigator, Pamela handled over 2,500 cases during her career, including nearly 200 homicides. What are the different types […]

Sept 9: Editor Lourdes Venard

Sept 9: Editor Lourdes Venard

A primer on self-editing with tips and techniques to improve your writing. A part of our Sizzling Summer Series in cooperation with other chapters of Sisters in Crime. Lourdes Venard is an editor with more than 35 years of writing and editing experience. As a journalist, she worked at The Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Journal […]

Aug 6: Sara Paretsky

Aug 6: Sara Paretsky

August Sizzling Summer Series program will take place on Sunday, August 6, hosted by the LA Chapter of SinC. Join by Zoom for a conversation with mystery fiction icon Sara Paretsky. She’ll share her thoughts on current topics like book banning, the threat of AI, and what we can do in response. Register in advance: […]

July 22: Matthew Quirk (Netflix Show The Night Agent)

Our Sizzling Summer Series is a collaboration between the Sisters in Crime Chapters in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and Northern California. During the months of June through September, each chapter takes a turn hosting a zoom meeting for the four chapters, bringing you great programming, including speakers who aren’t necessarily local. The July meeting, to […]

June 17: Author Matt Coyle

June 17: Author Matt Coyle

As part of our Sizzling Summer Series, in cooperation with three other SinC chapters, we welcome everyone to this FREE, ONLINE talk by one of our local authors, Matt Coyle. Matt Coyle is the author of the best-selling Rick Cahill PI crime novels. His books have won the Anthony Award, the San Diego Book Award, […]

May 13th Mtg: Kellye Garrett

May 13th Mtg: Kellye Garrett

Partners in Crime is pleased to invite you to a free online event with author Kellye Garrett. Kellye Garrett’s first novel, Hollywood Homicide, was released by Midnight Ink in August 2017 and was named one of BookBub’s Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time. In addition to receiving starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, it won the […]

April 15 mtg: Deborah Larkin and A Lovely Girl

April 15 mtg: Deborah Larkin and A Lovely Girl

Join San Diego Partners in Crime as we welcome Deborah Larkin, who will discuss her debut book, A LOVELY GIRL: The Tragedy of Olga Duncan and the Trial of One of California’s Most Notorious Killers, (Pegasus Crime 2022). The book received a Starred Review in Publishers Weekly and was named one of the best nonfiction […]