Wednesday
October 14, 2009
7 p.m.
Borders Books and Music
91st & Metcalf
Overland Park, Kansas
Speaker: Giles Fowler
Giles Fowler will discuss his new book Deaths on Pleasant Street: The Ghastly Enigma of Colonel Swope and Dr. Hyde. The book is based on the 1909 true crime story about the wealthy Swope family of Independence, Missouri, which captured national headlines 100 [...]
Wednesday
September 9, 2009
7 p.m.
Borders Books and Music
91st & Metcalf
Overland Park, Kansas
Speaker: Judge Robert Berger
Judge Robert Berger of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Kansas, will talk about Bankruptcy and Bankruptcy Crimes. Judge Berger says bankruptcy filings increased nationwide more than 35% last fiscal year and were up a comparable percentage the year before.
The meeting is free and open to the public.
Dinner
We [...]
Wednesday
June 10, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Borders Books & Music
91st & Metcalf
Overland Park, Kansas
Speaker: Suzanne Arruda
Visitors Welcome. Please join us!
Every crime story needs a bad guy! Our June speaker will be Suzanne Arruda, president of the Border Crimes chapter of Sisters in Crime and author of five mysteries set in 1920s Kenya, featuring main character Jade del Cameron, [...]
Wednesday
August 13, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Borders Books & Music
91st & Metcalf
Overland Park, Kansas
Speaker: Marie Gerules
Marie Gerules, one of the founders and first presidents of Partner in Crime, is a former skip tracer and debt collector. Marie will discuss Elderly Fraud.
Dinner
Join us for dinner at the Macaroni Grill at 5:30 PM before the meeting. Reservations are not required. Ask for [...]
Tuesday, January 22
7:30 pm
Lawrence Arts Center
940 New Hampshire
Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence native Sara Paretsky, creator of fictional Chicago private eye V. I. Warshawski, will talk about her writing career in this program, “Why I Write the Books I Do,” co-sponsored by the Hall Center for the Humanities, the Lawrence Public Library and The Raven [...]
