Author J.A. Jance has added yet another suspenseful New York Times bestseller to the Ali Reynolds series. Her new book, "Left for Dead," went on sale Feb. 7 and has already received raving reviews. (293 pages, $25.99 hardcover)

"Engaging...Ali charms the locals into giving valuable if inadvertent clues." - Publishers Weekly

"A truly thrilling case with red herrings, characters coming out of the woodwork, back stories that will make you gasp, and a conclusion that you will not see coming!" - Suspense Magazine

Here is a brief summary of "Left for Dead" from Touchstone Books:

When Santa Cruz deputy Jose Reyes, one of Ali's classmates fromt he Arizona Police Academy, is gunned down during a seemingly routine traffic stop, he fights to cling to life. As the crime scene investigation unfolds, shocking evidence suggests ties to the seamy underworld of the drug trade and casts a sudden shadow of suspicion over Jose and his pregnant wife, Teresa, who realize that their battle has only just begun.

Author biography from Touchstone Books:

J.A. Jance is the New York Times bestselling author of the Ali Reynolds series, the J.P. Beaumont series, the Joanna Brady series, and four interrelated southwestern thrillers featuring the Walker family. Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.

The good news: Borderlands Brewing will be open from 4 to 7 pm tonight, with MaFooCo serving Korean tacos and such, beer on tap, and live music.

The not so good news: The previously announced Project White House Beer Summit is not happening in an official sense this evening. Some presidential candidates will still be in attendance and probably some Tucson Weekly staffers as well, so it's still worth stopping by (mostly for the beer), but there won't be a full-on campaign event.

Sorry for the late notice and possible inconvenience.

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If you're interested in meeting CD8/CD2 Republican candidate Martha McSally, on Sunday you'll have an opportunity to do so in an unlikely place: the Drinking Liberally gathering at The Shanty. The event kicks off at 6 pm and, at very least, McSally is finding a way to separate herself from her competitors, specifically Jesse Kelly and Frank Antenori, who wouldn't be terribly likely to show up at such an event.

Sure, they talk about comics at some point, but what's really important is that Eric and Arnie discuss their store's very cool comic book charity event this month, where they take comics (and money that they use to buy comics) to the kids down at Diamond Children's Hospital. Sick kids would certainly be cheered up by an awesome comic book to read and plus you can win something cool if you donate. More information is available on Facebook.

And they mention the Misfits.

It's a little strange setting up posts today knowing that no one will likely care about anything I do today because our readership is still gripped with Martha Vasquez fever, but if you happen to see this, take a moment to watch this quite good music video for Laura Marling's "All My Rage". Marling comes from the same music scene that produced Mumford and Sons, so if their record was something you enjoyed, you'll likely want to see Marling open for Andrew Bird at the Rialto on April 20th. Plus, the song features an autoharpist.

The Environmental Protection Agency has let the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers know that it has a problem with the impact of the Rosemont Mine on local waterways.

"At this time, we respectfully reaffirm our objections on the basis that permit approval will have substantial and unacceptable impacts to 'aquatic resources of national importance' (ARNI), including Cienega Creek and Davidson Canyon," Jared Blumenfeld of the EPA's Region IX wrote to Col. R. Mark Toy of the Corps of Engineers on Monday, Feb. 13.

This could be significant trouble for Rosemont; without a Section 404 permit, there's no mine.

Here's the letter in its entirety:

In order to encourage our annuals and blooming perennials to provide us with an abundant show through May, it is a good idea to do some selective pruning in Mid-February and March. You are free to prune back alyssum and lobelia but be warned that if we get a freeze before they fill back out they might not make it. When you cut back you want to make sure you leave some green to promote growth. I prefer to weave my hand (sort of like a chunky hair weave) through the top 1/3 of the plant and cut back all the under growth. This leaves plenty of plant to initiate new growth and allow for protection.

• Petunias Will Benefit from Selective Pruning

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Esquire's Charles P. Pierce doesn't think too highly of Lori Klein and her Republican comrades in the Arizona Legislature:

Our last stop is in Arizona, which seems bound and determined to vote itself back to the Stone Age, one law at a time. Not only would this bill get dozens of books chucked out of the curriculum, it apparently is so badly written that it would make a criminal out of any teachers who went home and said to a friend, "This fucking new law about what I can teach belongs in North Fucking Korea." One of its sponsors is a state representative named Lori Klein, who previously became famous for pulling a gun on a reporter in the middle of an interview, and for defending Herman Cain from charges of horndoggery by stating that he'd never dogged her, "and I am an attractive woman." (No jokes. Remember, she's packing.) You would think that cooler heads might prevail, and Arizona would be tired of being the national poster child for bad laws and wingnut overreach. You, of course, would be extremely wrong about this.

I hate to keep harping on this, but what you're seeing in the state legislatures is the activity of the Republican farm team. The people voting for laws springing from the mushy brains of people like Bob Marshall and Lori Klein are the young Republicans who, a few cycles from now, will be running for Congress, probably from safe Republican districts that they've helped draw up, and aided immeasurably by voter-suppression laws that they've helped pass. Most of them will be the products of the vast conservative candidate manufacturing base — the kids at CPAC, the College Republicans, the various Christianist organization. They will not equivocate. They will not moderate. And they are the future of the party.

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• The product.

This Valentine's Day, you can not only tell your special someone how much you "heart" them, but how much you "tart" them. (Please excuse my attempt at punnery.)

On Monday evening, Pinkberry held a two-hour "soft" opening for its new location at the University of Arizona's Student Union Memorial Center. Guests waiting in line got free fro-yo, prizes, and Martinelli's sparkling apple cider. The company's president, Ron Groves, stopped by to make sure everything ran smoothly.

Pinkberry is officially open for business today, Feb. 14, although the freebies are probably gone for good.

More photos below the cut.

Tiger Woods made it official on Tuesday when he announced on his personal website that he would be playing next week in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Marana's Dove Mountain enclave.

Woods' presence at the event will likely mean local TV stations and daily newspapers will have to double their staff coverage in order to keep track of every move the world's most famous sex-addicted golfer makes. Whether that includes any forays into the seedier parts of Tucson is unclear.

Woods has played in four of the previous five Match Play events held in Marana, winning it all in 2008. Since then, though, he's one only one of three matches, and missed the 2010 event while, um, marital issues.

No word on whether any of the local gentlemen's clubs will be offering any Tiger-themed specials next week, but considering we'll have both a cadre of pro golfers (and their band of affluent fans) and the rodeo participants in town, it's bound to be a business week for Tucson's sin trade.