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SUMMARY:Laura Zigman: The Author Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Join Curious Iguana on Thursday\, May 28 at Frederick Book Arts Center from 6:00-7:00 pm for an exciting event with author Laura Zigman to celebrate her latest release\, The Author Weekend. This fresh murder mystery focuses on Faye Wader\, an author hosting a weekend retreat on a secluded island for her most loyal fans; what could go wrong? Laura will discuss her novel\, then answer questions and sign books. Copies of The Author Weekend will be available for purchase at the event.  \nThis event is free and open to the public. For accessibility requests\, email info@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: The Devil Wears Prada meets White Lotus in a story of colliding egos and shocking betrayal\, as intoxicatingly ice-cold as the pink Prosecco that flows all weekend. \nEverything needs to be just right for bestselling mystery writer Faye Wader’s first ever fan weekend. Her sales might be slipping—only a little!—but her readers still love her enough to pony up for three days and two nights on Great Misery Island. The retreat is precisely planned\, from the small batch artisanal donuts to the perimenopausal Mermaid Meditation\, by Faye and her beleaguered assistant Jade—an aspiring author who can’t seem to finish her own novel. \nFaye’s long-time agent and editor will be there\, as well as Faye’s number one fan\, Peggy Mercer\, who has been first in line at every one of Faye’s events. When news comes that the weekend will be crashed by glamorous\, charismatic\, rival novelist Abby Schuss\, Faye thinks things can’t get worse … until one of the attendees is found dead in her room\, setting off an unexpectedly murderous chain of events that make pre-pub anxiety seem like a day at the beach. How far is Faye willing to go to get exactly what she wants from her author weekend? \nThe Author Weekend is a thrilling and hilarious dive into the dark heart of envy\, and a glorious exploration of a woman of a certain age desperate to survive the dog-eat-dog world of publishing and control her own narrative. \nAbout the author: Laura Zigman is the author of Small World (a New York Times Group Text pick and Editor’s Choice)\, Separation Anxiety\, Animal Husbandry (which was made into the movie “Someone Like You\,” starring Hugh Jackman and Ashley Judd)\, Dating Big Bird\, Her\, and Piece of Work. She has collaborated on several works of non-fiction–including Eddie Izzard’s New York Times bestseller\, Believe Me–and has been a contributor to the New York Times and other publications. She lives in Cambridge\, Massachusetts.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/laura-zigman-the-author-weekend/
LOCATION:Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S Carroll St\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Michelle L. Cullen:  A Field Guide to Murder
DESCRIPTION:Join Curious Iguana on Thursday\, June 25 at Frederick Book Arts Center from 6:00-7:00 pm for an evening of mystery with author Michelle L. Cullen and her new release\, A Field Guide to Murder. The story follows Harry Lancaster\, a retired anthropologist who now spends his days as a nosy neighbor with his binoculars and young caretaker Emma in tow. Michelle will be joined in conversation by fellow mystery writer Melinda Mullet\, author of A Ghostwriter’s Guide to Murder. Following their discussion\, Michelle will answer questions and sign books. \nThis event is free and open to the public. For accessibility requests\, email info@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: A cranky widower and his spirited caregiver team up to solve his neighbor’s murder in this charming and original mystery\, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Benjamin Stevenson. \nOnce a globe-trotting anthropologist\, Harry Lancaster is now certain that all his grand adventures are behind him. Recently widowed and suffering from a fractured hip\, Harry spends his days and nights behind a pair of binoculars\, nose-deep in his neighbors’ affairs. His millennial caregiver\, Emma\, is determined to get him out of his armchair and back into the world. \nFate intervenes when Harry’s mysterious neighbor\, Sue\, phones\, pleading for help. But instead of rescuing her\, Harry and Emma find Sue dead: poisoned\, days after a break-in at Sue’s house. Harry resolves to find out what happened\, and Emma insists on going along for the ride. Together\, they discover motives and suspects abound in Harry’s quaint condominium community—putting them both in the crosshairs of a cold-blooded killer. \nAbout the author: Michelle L. Cullen has lived and traveled all over the world\, from working as a bilingual secretary in Paris to backpacking around Europe\, Central America\, and Southern Africa to helping rebuild communities after war throughout Africa\, East Asia\, South Asia\, and the Pacific. She obtained her PhD from the London School of Economics’ Sociology Department and her master’s degree in anthropology from Melbourne University in Australia. A fan of adventure\, she has a black belt in Taekwondo\, has summited 900 feet rock climbing\, snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef\, and hiked up an active volcano. She currently lives in Annapolis\, Maryland\, where she’s either doing yoga\, playing outside\, or plotting murder. \nAbout the moderator: Melinda Mullet is the author of the Whisky Business Mysteries\, a six-part series of traditional mysteries set in and around a boutique single malt whisky distillery in Scotland. Her new traditional series begins with\, A Ghostwriter’s Guide to Murder\, set on a houseboat along the Regent’s Canal in London. Melinda is a travel junkie and a life-long advocate for children’s literacy causes both domestic and international. When she is not in the UK\, she lives just outside of Washington\, DC with her whisky-collecting husband and two wild Covid canines named Bailey and Captain Jack. Find her at http://MelindaMullet.com or on Facebook and Insta @‌melindamullet.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/michelle-l-cullen/
LOCATION:Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S Carroll St\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Talk / Signing,Author Talk / Signing|Join Us!,Join Us!
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SUMMARY:Aggie Blum Thompson: The Neighbors Are Watching
DESCRIPTION:Join Curious Iguana on Friday\, July 31 at Frederick Book Arts Center from 6:00-7:00 pm for a thrilling evening with author Aggie Blum Thompson to celebrate her latest release\, The Neighbors Are Watching. This story focuses on the “perfect” neighbors in the idyllic suburb of Eastbrook\, Bethesda as they work together to expose a killer in their midst. Aggie will be joined in conversation by fellow thriller writer K.T. Nguyen. Following their discussion\, Aggie will answer questions and sign books. Copies of The Neighbors Are Watching will be available for purchase at the event. \nThis event is free and open to the public. For accessibility requests\, email info@curiousiguana.com at least two (2) weeks prior to the event. \nAbout the book: From the “master of suburban scandal” (Samantha M. Bailey) comes a scandalous twisty thriller about obsession\, betrayal\, and the price of perfection. \nJust outside Washington\, DC\, sits Eastbrook\, Bethesda—a leafy suburb with top schools\, pristine landscapes\, and perfect neighbors. It’s not the kind of place where nannies are shot during robberies gone wrong. And in this picture-perfect neighborhood\, someone is desperate to plaster over the cracks in that façade. \nA year after the unsolved neighborhood murder\, Caren\, nearing fifty and staring down an empty nest\, has one too many drinks at a graduation party and blacks out on her way home. At least\, that’s what everyone says happened. Caren suspects she was drugged by someone. But who? \nWhen Caren teams up with a new neighbor who is desperate to figure out who murdered his best friend last year\, they start to uncover what Eastbrook has tried to forget. But in a place where appearances are everything\, their search for the truth means not only shattering carefully curated perfection — but putting themselves squarely in the crosshairs of a killer. \nAbout the author: Before turning to fiction\, Aggie Blum Thompson covered real-life crime as a newspaper reporter for a number of papers\, including The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. Aggie is a member of Mystery Writers of America. She lives with her husband and two children in the suburbs of Washington DC. \nAbout the moderator: K.T. Nguyen is a former editor at Glamour magazine. Her psychological thriller YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID received the Agatha Award and the Anthony Award for Best First Novel. In a starred review\, Booklist described Nguyen’s novel as “a twisty horror-filled thriller” and an “incredibly compelling debut.” When she’s not writing\, you’ll find K.T. practicing Krav Maga\, watching the Mets\, or playing with her terrier Alice. A graduate of Brown University\, K.T. lives just outside Washington\, D.C.
URL:https://curiousiguana.com/event/aggie-blum-thompson/
LOCATION:Frederick Book Arts Center\, 127 S Carroll St\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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