Phoenix Public Library, Phoenix, AZ. -- October 01, 2009 -- Mesquite Library will host a free reading with author Deborah Crombie from 2 - 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9 at 4525 Paradise Village Parkway North.

Crombie is the author of the Duncan Kinkaid/Gemma James mystery series set in the United Kingdom. A signing of her thirteenth novel, "Necessary as Blood," will follow the program.

The author reading is sponsored by the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library, Mesquite Chapter and The Poisoned Pen.

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