Patrick Millikin - Crime Readers Caught Reading Crime...

...at an indie bookstore.

Patrick Millikin is not only a crime reader, he is also a crime seller! Even though he's supposed to be managing The Poisoned Pen, he seems to have found some time to sneak away and work on Craig McDonald's latest in the Hector Lassiter series, ONE TRUE SENTENCE.

The Poisoned Pen is pretty important to Patrick. According to his staff profile he was a "literary snob" before his position at this renowned indie introduced him to crime fiction. He says, "I devoured these books...like the flea that found its dog, and I've never looked back since." See the difference an indie bookstore can make?

Check in tomorrow for our final fan of The Poisoned Pen Bookstore!

Caught! - Ace Atkins

That Edgar nomination isn't keeping him so busy he can't find time to read. Keith Rawson found Ace Atkins enjoying some PHOENIX NOIR, edited by Patrick Millikin who we caught this past weekend.

Ace of course was recently nominated for the Best Short Story Edgar for his "Last Fair Deal Gone Down" published in his Busted Flush CROSSROAD BLUES reprint. In addition, Ace's newest novel is INFAMOUS, released last month from Putnam.

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Caught - Patrick Millikin

Is Patrick slacking on the job? He's supposed to be selling the books at Poisoned Pen, not reading them! But here Keith Rawson caught Patrick checking out Ace Atkins' INFAMOUS.

In addition to his duties at Poisoned Pen, Patrick Millikin is a freelance writer and the editor of PHOENIX NOIR.

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