Tuesday, September 6, 2005, we held a super launch party for the birth of the Crime Wave's first publishing project. The affair, held at that stellar mystery bookstore, ONCE UPON A CRIME, and attended by hundreds of fans, was a rousing success. The successful launch party was due largely to the outstanding efforts of Gary and Pat who own and run the store, Sobas which provided some great crudités, a fine Minnesota publisher, Nodin Press, owned by Norton Stillman, and fourteen phenomenal authors who contributed the stories and the introduction. Here are a few pictures from the launch party for The Silence of the Loons.

Back row: R.D. Zimmerman, Lori Lake, K.J. Erickson, Norton Stillman, Ellen Hart, M.D. Lake, Pat Dennis. Front: Carl Brookins, David Houseright, Kent Krueger, Mary Logue, Monica Ferris.

Andrea Scisco, Kerri and Carl at Loons launch

Evan McNamara, Carl, Pat and Gary

Norton, Kent and Carl

Pat Dennis, Kent Krueger, Norton Stillman, Ellen Hart, and in front, David Houseright

Bobbye Johnson and Carl Brookins

R.D. Zimmerman, Pete Hautman and Mary Logue

Mary Ann Grossmann, publisher Norton Stillman and author R.D. Zimmerman

A few of the many fans, and Carl.

Authors M.D. Lake, Ellen Hart, Carl Brookins, William Kent Krueger and David Houseright sign books

A fan with author Faith Sullivan

Gary Shulze helps customers

The cake!

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