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About the book: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles comes the final book in the “action-packed, enchantingly fun” (Booklist) Ink & Sigil series, as an ink-slinging wizard pursues the answer to a very personal mystery: Who cast a pair of curses on his head?
Al MacBharrais has a most unusual job: He’s a practitioner of ink-and-sigil magic, tasked with keeping order among the gods and monsters that dwell hidden in the human world. But there’s one supernatural mystery he’s never been able to solve: Years ago, someone cast twin curses on him that killed off his apprentices and drove away loved ones who heard him speak, leaving him bereft and isolated.
Kevin Hearne hugs trees, pets doggies, and rocks out to heavy metal. He also thinks tacos are a pretty nifty idea. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles, the Ink & Sigil series, and the Seven Kennings series, and is co-author of The Tales of Pell with Delilah S. Dawson.
Chuck Wendig is a novelist, screenwriter, and game designer. He's the author of many novels, including Blackbirds, Atlanta Burns, Zer0es, and the YA Heartland series. He is co-writer of the short film Pandemic and the Emmy-nominated digital narrative Collapsus. He currently lives in the forests of Pennsyltucky with wife, son, and red dog.
Delilah S. Dawson is the author of the New York Times bestseller Star Wars: Phasma, Hit, Servants of the Storm, the Blud series, the creator-owned comics Ladycastle and Sparrowhawk, and the Shadow series (written as Lila Bowen). She lives in Florida with her family and a fat mutt named Merle.
About the Book
New York Times bestselling author Danielle Trussoni brings together the best elements of literary and popular fiction in her thrillers— they’re smart and complex, with fascinating characters, intricately plotted storylines, and timely themes that resonate with a wide readership. Her upcoming Fall 2024 release, THE PUZZLE BOX, which Random House will publish in hardcover on October 8, 2024, is no exception. The story centers on a neurodivergent protagonist in a high stakes international adventure, racing against the clock and hidden enemies to solve the world’s most complex puzzle. And at the same time, it’s a multi-layered novel with strong feminist overtones, as it shines a bright light on the true history of female rulers in Japan. In the novel, puzzle genius Mike Brink has been invited to Tokyo to open the legendary Dragon Box, a mysterious nineteenth-century puzzle that has remained unsolved for over 150 years. Mike’s mission to solve the mystery takes him across Japan, from the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to the pristine forests of Hakone to historic Kyoto to an ancient cave in Kyushu, and he becomes caught in the power struggle of two sisters descended from an ancient samurai clan. The secrets of their family are locked in a deadly puzzle box that, when opened, could change the future of the Japanese monarchy and women in Japan.
About the Author
Danielle Trussoni is the New York Times bestselling author of The Ancestor, Angelology and Angelopolis, all New York Times Notable Books, and The Puzzle Master, chosen by The Washington Post as one of their Best Thrillers of 2023. Her memoir, Falling Through the Earth, was selected by The New York Times as one of the Top Ten Books of the Year. Danielle is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and winner of the Michener-Copernicus Society of America Fellowship, and her work has been translated into more than thirty languages.
Roach would rather be listening to the latest episode of her favorite true crime podcast than assisting the boring and predictable customers at her local branch of the bookstore Spines, where she's worked her entire adult life. A serious true crime junkie, Roach looks down her nose at the pumpkin-spice-latte-drinking casual fans who only became interested in the genre once it got trendy. But when Laura, a pretty and charismatic children's bookseller, arrives to help rejuvenate the struggling bookstore branch, Roach recognizes in her an unexpected kindred spirit.
Despite their common interest in true crime, Laura keeps her distance from Roach, resisting the other woman's overtures of friendship. Undeterred, Roach learns everything she can about her new colleague, eventually uncovering Laura's traumatic family history. When Roach realizes that she may have come across her very own true crime story, interest swiftly blooms into a dangerous obsession.
A darkly funny suspense novel, Death of a Bookseller raises ethical questions about the fervor for true crime and how we handle stories that don't belong to us.
Join Em and Christine for a stop on the Haunted Road Atlas Tour!
Grab your beverage of choice, we’re going back on the road! Bringing you A Haunted Road Atlas: Next Stop, from the New York Times Bestselling authors of true crime/supernatural podcast And That’s Why We Drink!
Join E.K. Sathue, Stuart Neville, and Dennis Mahoney for all things horror!
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Join E.K. Sathue, Stuart Neville, and Dennis Mahoney for all things horror!
Watch the Livestream here!
Join E.K. Sathue, Stuart Neville, and Dennis Mahoney for all things horror!
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About the Book:
The Devil Wears Prada meets The Thursday Murder Club in this mystery featuring sassy seniors, ghosts—and plenty of cheese!
Former fashion model Mel Tower confronts the unfashionable parts of her former career in this October mystery at a senior resort in her hometown of Cinnamon, Wisconsin. During Boo Bash, a week of spooky fun that includes a "Golden Bachelor-type" dating competition, a designer is murdered at a charity fashion show. Mel's cousin is accused of the crime, so she must investigate to find the real killer. Like a dressmaker ripping out a hem, Mel discovers "unseemly" motives among fashionistas while solving the mystery.
Model Ghost is the third book in the Backyard Model Mysteries. Model Suspect, Model Wave, and Model Ghost are award-winning, Midwest-based books that are stories served with brandy old-fashioned and cheese curds. Readers who enjoy novels by Jeff Nania or Annelise Ryan may enjoy these crime stories. No foul language, politics, sex, or violence.
About the Author:
TK Sheffield, MA, writes stories for readers to laugh and escape. Her comic cozy mysteries, The Backyard Model Mysteries, are funny whodunnits, mysteries served with a brandy old-fashioned and side of cheese curds. The stories feature Mel Tower, a former fashion model who opened a craft mall in her touristy small town and uses her skill at spotting "posers" to solve crimes.
About the Book: After being sentenced to a minimum-security prison in eastern Kentucky, former southern revival preacher and confidence man, Frank Russet, escapes. Taking only a cat named Buffalo and a desire to outrun his former life, he journeys to the fringes of society. As he struggles to survive, Frank confronts his past, seeking redemption amidst the wilderness. As Frank traverses the shadowy edges of society, he encounters remnants of his former self, forcing him to confront his deepest regrets and desires. Blake's haunting prose captures the essence of a man on the brink of transformation, urging readers to ponder the thin line between redemption and damnation.
Wes Blake's fiction and essays have appeared in Louisiana Literature Journal, Blood & Bourbon, Book of Matches, Jelly Bucket, White Wall Review, and elsewhere. His novella, Pineville Trace, won the Etchings Press Book Prize at the University of Indianapolis. Lee Martin, author of the Pulitzer Prize Finalist, The Bright Forever, described him as "a writer to watch." His novel, Antenna, was a semifinalist for the UNO Press Lab Prize. He holds an MFA from the Bluegrass Writers Studio. He lives in Kentucky.
Christopher Chambers is the author of three books: Delta 88 and Kind of Blue (fiction), and Inter/views (poetry), and the co-editor of the anthology, Ice Fishing for Alligators. His work has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, Short Fiction (UK), and The Southern Review. He's lived in North Carolina, Michigan, Minnesota, Florida, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana, and currently works as an editor and teaches writing in a prison in Wisconsin.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
In January 1947, Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt, well-known acting couple, invite six theater people–writers, actors, spouses–to Ten Chimneys, their rural Wisconsin estate, to work on a play. Once there, a blizzard strands them far from town without telephone service, though heat and electricity are still working. All goes well until the second night, when one of their guests is murdered. As more and more secrets emerge, Lynn and Alfred realize that one of their company must be the murderer. Everyone has means. Everyone has opportunity. And everyone seems to have motive. Before the storm lessens enough for the snowplow and the authorities to arrive, Lynn and Alfred must keep everyone calm, even as they work to ferret out the killer. Mistaken identity, multiple motives by multiple people, darkness and weather, to say nothing of numerous twists and turns, serve to lead characters, and readers, on a wild romp through a house containing plenty of places for a murderer to play hide-and-seek. Will time run out and the killer escape or, worse, kill again?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Mary Ann Noe is the author of the novels A Handful of Pearls, Water The Color of Slate and To Know Her, as well as the children's fantasy book Hannah's Eyes. Mary Ann is a Pushcart Prize nominee and has also published short fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Dash Literary Journal, Choeofplerin Press, and Pure Slush. Now retired from teaching high school English and psychology, Mary Ann has more time to write and lives in happy communion with nature in Wisconsin.
