Join us on Thursday, August 7 from 6:30-7:30 pm for a thrilling evening with best-selling author Sarah Pekkanen as she discusses her newest novel, The Locked Ward, with fellow author Alex Finlay. This suspenseful story centers around two estranged twin sisters: one suspected of murder and held in an institution, the other struggling to figure out if she can trust her own sister. Following the discussion, Sarah will answer questions and sign books.
This event will be held at C. Burr Artz Public Library in partnership with Frederick County Public Libraries, and it is free and open to the public. For accessibility requests, email info@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event.
About the book: The Locked Ward is the latest twisty thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Tonight and House of Glass, Sarah Pekkanen.
It was the Crime of the Decade. Pathological sibling rivalry. Bitter, all- consuming envy. Whatever the cause – and everyone has an opinion – it led Georgia Cartwright who was adopted as a newborn, to kill the younger, biological daughter of her wealthy, socially prominent family.
Georgia is being kept at an institution where the most violent offenders are held while she waits to see if she is ruled not guilty by reason of insanity. When her estranged twin sister, Amanda, visits her, Georgia’s first words are, “You’ve got to get me out of here. I didn’t do it.” Her sister can’t walk away. There has always been a part of her that feels missing a strange hollowness that she has hidden from everyone.
Does it exist because of the absence of her twin sister? Can Amanda really trust Georgia? Or is she being led down a path of madness and into the web of a master manipulator. Nothing is as it seems in Sarah Pekkanen’s new psychological thriller, The Locked Ward.
About the author: Sarah Pekkanen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fifteen solo and co-authored novels. Her books are sold in thirty-six countries, with several optioned for TV and film. Sarah also co-wrote the screenplay for The Wife Between Us for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. She serves on the board of directors of International Thriller Writers, and is the founder of the nonprofit 
About the moderator: Alex Finlay is the bestselling author of several acclaimed novels, including the 2024 national bestseller, If Something Happens to Me. His work regularly appears on best-of-the-year lists and has been translated into twenty-five languages and sold around the world. Nearly all of Alex’s books have been optioned or are in development for film and television. Alex lives in Washington, D.C. and Virginia.
