There was a nice little buzzing crowd around the table when I stopped by to see Deryn Collier at Chapters yesterday. I also got to meet her crime-writing friends, Hilary Davidson, Robin Spano, and Ian Hamilton.

Min took this picture, after getting heartily mocked for his reading habits (Diablo hint books, mainly) by people he’d just met. He’s a good guy to still hold the camera steady, no?

If you want to meet the crime gang in person, they have one more event in the ‘hood this week. It’s called Triple Threat: Chicks Who Solve Crime! and it’s Thursday, 7:00-8:30 p.m., at the Burnaby Public Library, McGill Branch.