Capitol Crimes upcoming events

El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Tour (Friday, October 09, 2026)

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:30:00 GMT

El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office

200 Industrial Drive, Placerville, CA 95667

Please join us on Friday, October 9th from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. for a tour of the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Public Safety Facility.

The 24 acre facility was completed in 2019. It contains five buildings including:

The Main Building - Includes most operations, gym, locker room, dispatch, and much more.
The Morgue - Includes two autopsy suites and lab.
The Brian Ishmael Shooting Range - 50 yards, 10-lanes all indoor.
The Special Operations/Training building - Classroom, mat room, and more.
The Property Warehouse/CSI Lab - Includes processing and preservation of evidence.

After the tour join us for lunch at a local eatery.

This event is for members only, including a guest. Limited to 15 people.

Registration is now closed as we have reached maximum capacity.

For more information visit ElDoradoCounty.ca.gov

Meet The Author with Kathleen L. Asay (Tuesday, October 13, 2026)

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMT

Please join us on Tuesday, October 13th from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. PT as Kathleen L. Asay discusses her newest novel, Curiosity Kills, with our own, Myra Jolivet.

Kathleen L Asay is a native Californian from the San Fernando Valley. After living in the Sacramento area for 26 years, she recently moved to San Diego. She has been a writer since she learned to write in elementary school, mostly writing mysteries, beginning with her own version of Nancy Drew type mysteries. She continued into college, always with the goal of writing books. She joined Sisters in Crime in 1988, becoming one of the early presidents of Capitol Crimes. She has written and edited short stories for many anthologies, including Capitol Crimes anthologies. Kathleen has published two novels, Flint House and Curiosity Kills, the latest from Camel Press April, 2026. Both books have journalist Liz Cane as narrator and are set in Sacramento. Busy working on her third novel, Kathleen also edits other writers' work.

You can find Kathleen L. Asay at www.kathleenlasay.com.

Catching a Rare Book Thief with Robert Lopresti (Saturday, October 17, 2026)

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMT

Please join us on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. PT with Robert Lopresti as he discusses Catching a Rare Book Thief.

Robert Lopresti was a librarian for 41 years. Twenty years ago the library staff at Western Washington University spent more than a year tracking down the thief who stole hundreds of pages from their collection – and thousands more from over 100 other libraries. Robert will explain the exasperating journey he and his staff took to uncover this thief and how libraries and museums are being robbed of some of their most precious property.

Robert Lopresti has been a published author of mysteries for 45 years and his 130+ short stories have won the Derringer and Black Orchid Novella Awards, and been reprinted in three different Best Of series. He lives in the Pacific Northwest and blogs at SleuthSayers and Little Big Crimes.

You can purchase Robert Lopresti's book here:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Robert-Lopresti/author/B00JLSQOS4?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vu00_taft_p1_i10&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

You can find Robert Lopresti here:

roblopresti.com

https://www.facebook.com/robert.lopresti.3/

https://bsky.app/profile/roblopresti.bsky.social