Wednesday
November 11, 2009
6 p.m.
Romano’s Macaroni Grill
93rd and Metcalf
Overland Park, Kansas
Friends, food and books—arguably the best things in life! Please join the board of Partners in Crime at 6 p.m. at Romano’s Macaroni Grill (93rd and Metcalf ) to discuss the proposed evolution of the chapter into an informal mystery discussion group that would meet without [...]
November Dinner—No Program
September Meeting
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 [...]
August Meeting
Wednesday
August 12, 2009
7 p.m.
Borders Books and Music
91st & Metcalf
Overland Park, Kansas
Speaker: Stan Hamilton
Stan Hamilton will speak on his book, Machine Gun Kelly’s Last Stand. Stan has a degree in Journalism from KU. He worked for The Kansas City Star for seven years as a reporter and copy editor and then moved to Washington, D.C., [...]
July Meeting
Wednesday
July 8, 2009
7 p.m.
Borders Books and Music
91st & Metcalf
Overland Park, Kansas
Speaker: Pepper Jaso
Investigator Pepper Jaso will talk about Scams and How to Protect Yourself. Pepper is an investigator for the Economic Crimes Unit and was Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe‘s Trial Assistant when he was an Assistant District Attorney building the unit. She [...]
June Meeting
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, [...]
May Meeting
Wednesday
May 13, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Borders Books and Music
91st and Metcalf
Overland Park, Kansas
Speaker: Mary Stephenson
Visitors Welcome. Please join us!
Mary Stephenson has been practicing criminal law for the past 14 years, including 8 years as an assistant district attorney in Johnson County and the past 6 years as a criminal defense attorney in Miami County. She’ll talk on [...]
April Meeting
Wednesday
April 8, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Borders Books and Music
91st and Metcalf
Overland Park, Kansas
Speaker: Thomas Fox Averill
Visitors Welcome. Please join us!
Tom Averill, award-winning author and Writer-in-residence and Professor of English at Washburn University in Topeka, will talk about his novel, The Slow Air of Ewan McPherson, with an additional discussion on plots and plotting.
Tom won the O. Henry Award for [...]
March Meeting
Wednesday
March 11, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Borders Books and Music
91st and Metcalf
Overland Park, Kansas
Speaker: Suzanne Lieurance
Visitors Welcome. Please join us!
Kansas City author and writing coach Suzanne Lieurance will present “Taking the Mystery Out of Freelance Writing.” Suzanne is the author of over twenty books, both fiction and nonfiction, including Shoeslaces, School Projects for Pennies, The Space Shuttle [...]
February Meeting
Wednesday
February 11, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Borders Books and Music
91st and Metcalf
Overland Park, Kansas
Speaker: Nicolette Bennett
Visitors Welcome. Please join us!
Attorney Nicolette Bennett will speak on Deadbeat Parents. She’ll talk about legal requirements and how offenders are apprehended. Ms. Bennett works for the Kansas Department of Social Services and Rehabilitation Services. She is the manager of twenty-seven [...]
January Meeting
Wednesday
January 14, 2009
7:00 p.m
Borders Books and Music
91st & Metcalf
Overland Park, KS
Speaker: Norm Ledgin
Visitors Welcome—please join us!
Norm Ledgin will speak about his bestselling book, Diagnosing Jefferson: Evidence of a Condition that Guided His Beliefs, Behavior, and Personal Associations. Described as a “forensic biography,” Diagnosing Jefferson examines Thomas Jefferson, one of the United States’ most brilliant presidents [...]
