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SUMMARY:FINLAY DONOVAN DIGS HER OWN GRAVE: Elle Cosimano in conversation with Hannah Morrissey
DESCRIPTION:From New York Times bestseller and Edgar-Award nominee Elle Cosimano\, comes “Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave”—the hugely anticipated next installment in the fan-favorite Finlay Donovan series. \nFinlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero have not always gotten along with Finlay’s elderly neighbor\, Mrs. Haggerty\, the community busybody and president of the neighborhood watch. But when a simple call to a plumber turns into the discovery of a dead body in her backyard\, Mrs. Haggerty needs their help. \nJoin Elle Cosimano at The Rhode Center for the Arts on Saturday\, March 8th at 6 p.m.! Elle will be discussing her latest book with Wisconsin author Hannah Morrissey (“Hello\, Transcriber”)\, answering questions from the audience\, and signing books!\nThis is a ticketed event\, so make sure to grab your ticket before they run out! https://blue-house-books.com/events/1647920250308 \nABOUT ELLE COSIMANO \nElle Cosimano is a “New York Times” and “USA Today” bestselling author\, an International Thriller Award winner\, a Bram Stoker Award finalist\, and an Edgar® Award nominee. Her acclaimed young adult novels include “Nearly Gone”\, “Holding Smoke”\, “The Suffering Tree”\, and “Seasons of the Storm”. \nElle’s debut novel for adults\, “Finlay Donovan Is Killing It”\, kicked off a witty\, fast-paced contemporary mystery series\, which was a PEOPLE Magazine Pick and was named one of New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2021. In addition to writing novels for teens and adults\, her essays have appeared in The Huffington Post and Time. Elle lives with her husband and two sons in Virginia. \nABOUT “FINLAY DONOVAN DIGS HER OWN GRAVE” \nFinlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero have not always gotten along with Finlay’s elderly neighbor\, Mrs. Haggerty\, the community busybody and president of the neighborhood watch. But when a simple call to a plumber turns into the discovery of a dead body in her backyard\, Mrs. Haggerty needs their help. \nThe police take Mrs. Haggerty in for questioning and\, though she swears she’s innocent\, it’s clear to everyone she’s keeping a secret . . . but whose? With her house now an active crime scene\, she’s released from custody with nowhere to go. Her concerned grandson\, Brendan\, an aspiring politician\, doesn’t have room in his one-bedroom apartment for her and appeals to Finlay to let her stay at her place until the investigation is over. \nFinlay and Vero have no interest in getting involved in another murder case—or sacrificing either of their bedrooms so they’d have to share. After all\, they’ve dealt with enough murders over the last four months to last a lifetime and they both would much rather share their beds with someone else. But when the focus of the investigation widens to include Mrs. Haggerty’s neighbors\, Finn and Vero are left with little choice but to uncover the woman’s secrets before the police start digging up theirs. \nDesperate to clear his grandmother’s name before his upcoming campaign for local office\, Brendan Haggerty makes Finlay and Vero an offer that seems too tempting to refuse give their grandmother a place to stay under their watchful eyes and he’ll help Finlay and Vero find a killer. But who will solve the mystery first? And will the name Brendan turn over to the police exonerate or implicate them? \nABOUT HANNAH MORRISSEY \nHannah Morrissey is the author of the Black Harbor suspense series which includes “Hello\, Transcriber”\, “The Widowmaker”\, and “When I’m Dead”. A three-decade survivor of Wisconsin winters\, Hannah enjoys putting her characters (and readers) in bone-chilling atmospheres that permeate beyond the page. Naturally\, her books have carved out their own sub-genre\nof “Midwestern Noir.” \nBetween roles of bookseller and copywriter\, Hannah was inspired to write her debut novel while transcribing reports for her local police department. Far from home in a grim\, crime-ridden city\, it was her job to sit alone in the dead of night\, listen\, and type as detectives divulged the city’s darkest secrets. There\, she realized that every case was a story\, and every story started with the same two words: “Hello\, Transcriber.” \nHannah graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison where she majored in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing. She grew up in a small northern town and now lives near Milwaukee with her husband\, three pugs\, and a TBR pile that never seems to get any smaller. \nABOUT “HELLO\, TRANSCRIBER” \nEvery night\, while the streetlamps shed the only light on Wisconsin’s most crime-ridden city\, police transcriber Hazel Greenlee listens as detectives divulge Black Harbor’s gruesome secrets. An aspiring novelist\, Hazel believes that writing a book could be her only ticket out of this frozen hellscape\, but her life isn’t exactly brimming with inspiration. Until her neighbor confesses to hiding the corpse of an overdose victim. \nWith an insider’s look at the investigation\, Hazel becomes spellbound by the lead detective\, Nikolai Kole\, and the chilling narrative he shares with her. Through his transcription\, she learns that the suspicious death is linked to Candy Man—a drug dealer notorious for selling illegal substances to children—and when Kole invites her on a covert operation to help take the dealer down\, the promise of a story calls to her. As the investigation unfolds\, Hazel will discover just how far she will go for her story\, even if it means destroying her marriage\, her career\, and any chance she has of getting out of Black Harbor alive. Because if she’s learned one relentless truth about this place\, it’s the fact that everybody lies.
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LOCATION:Rhode Center for the Arts\, 514 56th Street\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
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SUMMARY:THE SNOWBIRDS: Christina Clancy in conversation with Rowan Beaird
DESCRIPTION:Explore the redemptive power of finding ourselves\, and of being found in “The Snowbirds” by Christina Clancy\, author of “The Second Home” and “Shoulder Season”! \n“The Snowbirds” feature restless people trying to figure out how—and where—they can feel at home in this world. Are they their best\, most authentic selves in a summer house in Cape Cod that holds their secrets and memories? In the small Wisconsin town where they grew up and made mistakes\, swearing never to return? Or maybe they can leave the cold of the Midwest to find themselves—and each other—in Palm Springs. \nJoin Christina at Church & Market (701 56th St) on Sunday\, March 9th at 2 p.m. as part of her book tour for “The Snowbirds”! Christina will be discussing her latest book with fellow women’s fiction author Rowan Beaird\, answering questions from the audience\, and signing books! \nThis is a ticketed event\, so make sure to grab your ticket before they run out! Grab your tickets here: https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/1466220250309 \nABOUT “THE SNOWBIRDS” \nKim and Grant are at a turning point. \nA couple for thirty years\, their “separate but together” partnership is running up against the realities of late middle age: Grant’s mother has died\, the college where he taught philosophy was shuttered\, and their twin girls are grown and gone. Escaping the bitter cold of a Midwestern winter for the hot desert sun of Palm Springs seems as good a solution as any to the more intractable problems they face. \nWhen they arrive at Le Desert\, a quirky condo community where everyone knows everyone’s business\, Kim immediately embraces the opportunity to make new friends and explore a more adventurous side of her personality. Meanwhile\, Grant struggles to find his footing in this unfamiliar landscape\, leaving Kim to wonder if their relationship can survive the snowbird season. But when Grant goes missing on a hike in the Palm Springs mountains\, Kim is forced to consider two terrifying outcomes: either Grant is truly lost\, or this time he’s really left her. \nIs it ever too late to become the person we wanted to be—and is there still time to change into someone better? The exhilarating\, but often confusing transitions of midlife are pitched against the promise and glamour of Palm Springs in this tender\, honest story of what it takes to commit to someone for a lifetime. With compassion and humor\, Clancy explores the redemptive power of finding ourselves\, and of being found. \nABOUT CHRISTINA CLANCY \nChristina Clancy is the author of “The Second Home” and “Shoulder Season”. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The Chicago Tribune\, The Sun magazine\, and in various literary journals. She splits her time between Madison and Palm Springs. \nABOUT “THE DIVORCEES” \nLois Saunders thought that marrying the right man would finally cure her loneliness. But as picture-perfect as her husband is\, she is suffocating in their loveless marriage. In 1951\, though\, unhappiness is hardly grounds for divorce—except in Reno\, Nevada. \nAt the Golden Yarrow\, the most respectable of Reno’s famous “divorce ranches\,” Lois finds herself living with half a dozen other would-be divorcees\, all in Nevada for the six-weeks residency that is the state’s only divorce requirement. They spend their days riding horses and their nights flirting with cowboys\, and it’s as wild and fun as Lake Forest\, Illinois\, is prim and stifling. But it isn’t until Greer Lang arrives that Lois’s world truly cracks open. \nGorgeous\, beguiling\, and completely indifferent to societal convention\, Greer is unlike anyone Lois has ever met—and she sees something in Lois that no one else ever has. Under Greer’s influence\, Lois begins to push against the limits that have always restrained her. But how much can she really trust her mysterious new friend? And how far will she go to forge her independence on her own terms? \nSet in the glamorous\, dizzying world of 1950s Reno\, where housewives and movie stars rubbed shoulders at gin-soaked casinos\, “The Divorcées” is a riveting page-turner and a dazzling exploration of female friendship\, desire\, and freedom. \nABOUT ROWAN BEAIRD \nRowan Beaird is a fiction writer whose work has appeared in The Kenyon Review\, The Southern Review\, and The Common\, among others. She is the recipient of the Ploughshares Emerging Writer Award\, and her work has been nominated for a Pushcart. She has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and StoryStudio\, and she currently works at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her first novel\, “The Divorcées”\, was named a best book of 2024 by Elle\, People\, and the Chicago Review of Books.
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/the-snowbirds-christina-clancy-in-conversation-with-rowan-beaird
LOCATION:Church & Market\, 701 56th Street\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
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SUMMARY:Used Book Exchange
DESCRIPTION:It’s time for another Used Book Exchange! \nBring some of your previously loved books to exchange for something new! Here’s how it works: \n–There are two sessions starting at 6:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. \n–Tickets are $5\, and you can use that $5 toward a purchase that night only. \n–Bring used books from home to trade with other used books. \n–Please bring books that you truly think people will love\, do not use this as an opportunity to get rid of Encyclopedias or 20-year-old novels that no one wants to read. We recommend bringing popular titles published within the last 5 years. \n–Your books will go on the community table\, and when we say “Go\,” grab new-to-you books to bring home! \n–You can take as many books as you bring\, with a limit of five books per person. \n–Stick around to the very end\, because if there are still books left you can take even more! \nThis event is extremely popular\, so be sure to grab your ticket ASAP!
URL:https://godowntownkenosha.com/events/used-book-exchange-2
LOCATION:Blue House Books\, 5915 6th Avenue A\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53142\, United States
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SUMMARY:Books & Beans: A Book and Coffee Pairing
DESCRIPTION:With the popularity of our Books & Beans event on Sunday\, March 16th\, we have decided to open up a second date. Giving the chance for 15 more people to experience our Books & Beans Event on Sunday\, March 23rd! \nWe have partnered with East View Coffe Co to bring you a curated pairing of book & coffee pairings. Enjoy specialty coffee samples and breakfast pastries as we share with you some of our higly anticipated new and upcoming book releases! \nAfter the presentation it’s time to shop! Books from the presentation are 15% during the event only! On top of that\, you can select your favorite coffee sample and get a full 8oz coffee of it to sip while you shop or take with you to go. \nPlease send us an email if you have ANY FOOD/DRINK ALLERGIES OR ACCOMODATIONS NEEDED! Events@shopatbhb.com
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