Steven F. Havill will read from and sign copies of “Perfect Opportunity” at Treasure House Books & Gifts

AT TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS & GIFTS

Steven F. Havill will read from and sign copies of “Perfect Opportunity,” his latest “Posadas County Mystery,” from noon-2 p.m. Sunday, April 14.

In the latest novel, it’s the morning after the 87th birthday party for former Posadas County Sheriff Bill Gastner. He drives by a couple of vehicles on the shoulder of a road and he sees a sheriff’s patrol car, its emergency lights flashing, pulled in behind a pickup truck. The deputy hasn’t radioed back up, but there’s something about the roadside scene that makes Gastner uneasy …

Havill lives in Datil.

Treasure House Books & Gifts is located at 2012 South Plaza St. NW, Old Town.

Steven F. Havill will read from and sign copies of “Perfect Opportunity” at Treasure House Books & Gifts

AT BOOKWORKS

D.J. Green of Placitas will discuss and sign copies of her new book “No More Empty Spaces” at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 13.

In the novel, Will Ross, a divorced American geologist, is working on a troubled dam in a remote area of Turkey. He’s brought along his children, thinking it will just be a two-week stint; he doesn’t plan to live there. But Will encounters struggles — for control of his work, with the landscape the dam is on, with his family, and with himself.

Besides being a writer, Green is also a geologist, a sailor, a bookseller and a partner in Bookworks.

The bookstore is located at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW.

AT COLLECTED WORKS IN SANTA FE

Steven Reigns will talk about his new book “A Quilt for David” at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at Collected Works.

The book blends poetry, nonfiction writing and reportage in reexamining the story of David Acer, a gay man whose life and death were turned into tabloid fodder.

Reigns will be in conversation with Marshal Martinez, executive director of Equality New Mexico.

The bookstore is located at 202 Galisteo St. in Santa Fe.

AT SOMOS IN TAOS

Terese Svoboda talks about her 2023 novel “Dog on Fire” at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 7, at SOMOS Salon, 108 Civic Plaza Drive in Taos.

The book reveals past loves, a mysterious death and a family’s turmoil. Among Svoboda’s many awards have been a Guggenheim Fellowship, an O. Henry Award for a short story and a Pushcart Prize for an essay.

— By David Steinberg/For the Journal