BEAST OF THE NORTH WOODS: Annelise Ryan in Kenosha
Morgan Carter is back in the latest Monster Hunter Mystery series, “Beast of the North Woods”! When a local fisherman is mauled to death, it seems like the only possible cause is a mythical creature in the latest puzzling entry in this USA Today bestselling series.
Join Annelise Ryan at Blue House Books on Thursday, January 30th at 7 p.m. as part of her book tour for “Beast of the North Woods”! Annelise will be discussing her latest book with fellow Wisconsin author Amy Pease (“Northwoods”), answering questions from the audience, and signing books!
This is a ticketed event, so make sure to grab your ticket before they run out!
ABOUT ANNELISE RYAN:
Annelise Ryan is a pseudonym for the Wisconsin-based author of the Monster Hunter Mystery series, the first of which, “A Death in Door County”, was released in September 2022. The second book in the series, “Death in the Dark Woods”, came out in December of 2023 and book #3, “Beast of the North Woods” is set for release on January 28, 2025.
Annelise also penned the rib-tickling 12- book Mattie Winston Mystery series featuring the adventures of a wryly cynical nurse-turned-coroner in a small Wisconsin town and the spin-off Helping Hands Mysteries.
As Allyson K. Abbott, she authored a 6-book series known as the Mack’s Bar Mysteries (a bit of cheeky fun there with the initials on that nom de plume!)
And as Beth Amos, she has written more than 200 published articles, worked as a book reviewer for Barnes & Noble, and written five thrillers, three of which were published by HarperCollins in the late ’90s. She is an active member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers.
She is a registered nurse whose past work experience has included everything from birth (obstetrics) to death (hospice). She recently retired after spending her last 20 years working in the ER.
ABOUT BEAST OF THE NORTH WOODS:
An ice fisherman is savagely mauled to death in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, and an eyewitness claims the man was attacked by a hodag. There’s just one problem with that: it’s well known that the creature is not real and was created by a local hoaxer. So how could an imaginary creature be chomping on local sportsmen?
The suggestion that a hodag killed someone isn’t well received by the townsfolk because of its beloved ties to the town and the money it generates from tourist dollars. Due to this, people begin to suspect the witness is the real killer, especially when it’s discovered he has a tangled past with the victim.
The witness to the attack happens to be the nephew of Morgan Carter’s bookstore employee, Rita Bosworth, who convinces the professional cryptozoologist to travel to Wisconsin to prove that a hodag not only exists but killed the victim.
Clues may be hard to come by, but one thing’s for sure: something killed that man, and that something now has its eyes focused on Morgan.
ABOUT AMY PEASE:
Amy Pease is an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin and the Madison Writer’s Studio, and works as a nurse practitioner, where she is a nationally recognized HIV specialist. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband and two children. “Northwoods” is her first novel.
“Northwoods” is a tale of the dark underbelly of an idyllic Midwestern resort town is revealed in the aftermath of a murder with ties to America’s opioid epidemic in this unputdownable and thrilling debut that is perfect for fans of James Lee Burke, William Kent Krueger, and Mindy Mejia.
