Official VBC announcements and updates.

Come in, pull up a chair and introduce yourself to the VBC!

A Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes Celebration with LRK and friends.

A place for feedback, help and questions for LRK.

Sub-Forums: Got Feedback?, Help Desk, The Author's Study

Join LRK and her readers in discussing the ninth Mary Russell novel.

A place to plan VBC meet-ups. (Please use caution and common sense)

A place to discuss LRK's work.

A room for discussions that don't fit elsewhere.

A place to post images you want to share with the VBC

Got books to trade or lend out? Looking for a book? Here's the place! (Note: only send expendable items--exchanging parties bear the risks of non-delivery).

Check out the VBC's monthly discussions for 2009. All are still open for comments and continuing discussion, so come join in!

Sub-Forums: The Game - VBC January 2009, Night Work - VBC February 2009, The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett - VBC March 2009, Locked Rooms - VBC April 2009, The Art of Detection - VBC May 2009, The Queen Must Die and Other Affairs of Bees and Men by William Longgood - VBC June 2009

Check out the VBC's monthly discussions for 2008. All are still open for comments and continuing discussion, so come join in!

Sub-Forums: Kim by Rudyard Kipling - VBC December 2008, Keeping Watch - VBC November 2008, The Things They Carried - VBC October 2008, Folly - VBC September 2008, An Unquiet Mind - VBC August 2008, Justice Hall - VBC July 2008, With Child - VBC June 2008, O Jerusalem - VBC May 2008, The Moor - VBC April 2008, Touchstone - VBC March 2008, Testament of Youth/The Long Week-End - VBC Feb. 2008, Califia's Daughters - VBC January 2008

Check out the VBC's monthly discussions for 2007. All are still open for comments and continuing discussion, so come join in!

Sub-Forums: The Handmaid's Tale - VBC December 2007, A Letter of Mary - VBC November 2007, A Darker Place - VBC October 2007, To Play the Fool - VBC September 2007, A Monstrous Regiment of Women - VBC August 2007, The Beekeeper's Apprentice - VBC July 2007, A Grave Talent - VBC June 2007

Welcome, friends of Bouchercon 2008 - Charmed to Death! Ask questions, organize meetups, and prepare for one of the most eagerly awaited mystery events of the year.

Sub-Forums: Announcements, Say hello, Reports from Bouchercon 2008!, Questions and Feedback, Travel and Accommodations, Plan a meet-up, In and Around Baltimore, Beyond Bouchercon