Book Signing: Saturday, July 21st, 2018, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Galveston Bookshop will host a book signing on Saturday, July 21st from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. with Linda Pirtle author of the mystery novel, The Mah Jongg Murders.

Lillian Prestridge and her husband Bill discover the scene of a heinous murder in their quiet East Texas community with the help of a standard poodle named Eli. Lillian’s keen sleuthing instincts assist her son Jake, the County Sheriff, as they attempt to solve not one murder, but two. The Mah Jongg Murders is the exciting and charming first installment in Linda Pirtle’s novel series, “The Games We Play.”

The Mah Jongg Murders, is book one of the series. ‘Deadly Dominoes,’ published in 2017 is book two. Book three ‘Taro Terrors’ will be released in the summer of 2018.


Linda Pirtle was nominated for Top Female Author 2017 by The Author’s Show; Author of the Month by KC Books and Music; and selected as a Readers Favorite for Deadly Dominoes. In 2018, Linda was awarded first place in the Texas Authors Book Competition in the cozy mystery genre for Deadly Dominoes.