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• Meet The Author with Ellen Byron

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    Tuesday, November 10, 2026
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    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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  Please join us on Tuesday, November 10th from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. PT as Ellen Byron discusses her newest novels, All Aboard For Murder and The Murderer's Guide to Mardi Gras, with our own, Jennifer K. Morita.

  Ellen Byron is a bestselling author, Anthony nominee, and recipient of multiple Agatha and Lefty awards for her Cajun Country Mysteries, Vintage Cookbook Mysteries,  Catering Hall Mysteries (as Maria DiRico), and Golden Motel Mysteries. She is also an award-winning playwright and non-award-winning writer of TV hits like Wings, Just Shoot Me, and Fairly OddParents, but considers her most impressive achievement working as a cater-waiter for Martha Stewart. Visit her at http://www.ellenbyron.com/.
  

  

  

  You can purchase Ellen's books here:

  For physical copies:

  All Aboard for Murder a book by Ellen Byron - Bookshop.org US

  A Murderer's Guide to Mardi Gras a book by Ellen Byron - Bookshop.org US

  For E-COPIES: 

  https://www.amazon.com/Aboard-Murder-Golden-Motel-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0G23HXVT7/ref=sr_1_1?

  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H3TD242P/?

  You can find Ellen here:

  Cozy Mysteries | Ellen Byron | Author

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  http://www.ellenbyron.com/.

  Please join us on Tuesday, November 10th from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. PT as Ellen Byron discusses her newest novels, All Aboard For Murder and The Murderer's Guide to Mardi Gras, with our own, Jennifer K. Morita.

  Ellen Byron is a bestselling author, Anthony nominee, and recipient of multiple Agatha and Lefty awards for her Cajun Country Mysteries, Vintage Cookbook Mysteries,  Catering Hall Mysteries (as Maria DiRico), and Golden Motel Mysteries. She is also an award-winning playwright and non-award-winning writer of TV hits like Wings, Just Shoot Me, and Fairly OddParents, but considers her most impressive achievement working as a cater-waiter for Martha Stewart. Visit her at http://www.ellenbyron.com/.

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• L.A. Coroner: Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood with Anne Soon Choi

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    Saturday, November 21, 2026
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    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
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  Please join us on Saturday, November 21st from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. PT as Anne Soon Choi discusses her newest book, L.A. Coroner; Thomas Noguchi and Death in Hollywood with our own, Jennifer K. Morita.

  Anne Soon Choi is a historian and professor of Asian American Studies and university administrator at California State University, Northridge. Choi has previously served on the faculty of Swarthmore College and the University of Kansas. She is an Andrew Mellon Fellow and an American Council of Learned Societies Digital Ethnic Studies Fellow. Choi lives and writes in Los Angeles, California. 

  L.A. Coroner won the Rollins Book Award which recognizes significant contributions to the study of American culture from the Southwest Popular Culture Association in 2026. Also, L.A. Coroner was nominated for the 2026 Anthony Award for Best Critical Nonfiction.

  

  L.A. Coroner is a gripping, first-ever, true crime biography of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the controversial "Coroner to the Stars" who performed the autopsies of Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy, Natalie Wood, and hundreds of other notable personalities. Dr. Noguchi, the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner of Los Angeles County from 1967 to 1982, was the inspiration for the popular 1970-80s television drama Quincy, M.E. starring Jack Klugman.

  You can purchase Anne's book here.

  You can contact Anne here: annesoonchoi.com

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• Fa La La Holiday Party 2026

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    Saturday, December 19, 2026
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    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Old Spaghetti Factory, 1625 Watt Ave., Sacramento, CA 95864

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  Capitol Crimes Face-to-Face Fa La La Holiday Party 2026

  Lunch, Book Donation, and Merrymaking!

  
  

  Bring your whole self to our in-person holiday celebration!
  

  Show up with your best Festive Apparel: holiday sweater, t-shirt, head adornment or all of the aforementioned.

  Instead of a book exchange this year, we are asking you to bring a new Children's or YA book to be donated to a worthy organization (to be determined soon!). 

  There are three options for lunch. Cost is $35. Registration closes on Monday, December 8th and tickets are non-refundable.

  When you register, you'll choose from three pasta entree items (Sicilian meatball, mushroom, or chicken marsala). The meal will include a salad (balsamic dressing), spumoni, and choice of soft drink or iced tea.

  Saturday, Dec. 19, 2026 • 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

  Old Spaghetti Factory

  1625 Watt Ave.

  Sacramento, CA 95864

  *Please note this is the Watt Ave. location (not the Hazel location).

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