May 20, 2015 Samantha Owens, the protagonist of What Lies Behind, J.T. Ellison’s latest thriller, has left crime-scene investigation to take a plum job in academia. Then a brutal crime pulls her back in. Ellison will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on May 26, 2015; at Reading Rock Books in Dickson on May 28, 2015; and at Books-A-Million at Nashville on May 29, 2015. All events are free and open to the public.
May 19, 2015 Betsy Phillips’s new book, The Wolf’s Bane, is the inaugural project of the Nashville Limited Edition Club. Founded by Jennifer Knowles of Brown Dog Bindery and Chuck Beard of East Side Story, the club will connect authors, artists, and bookbinders to create one-of-a-kind books published by Knowles and distributed by Beard. Phillips will launch The Wolf’s Bane with a reading at East Side Story in Nashville on May 22, 2015, at 6 p.m.
May 15, 2015 In The Fatal Flame, Lyndsay Faye continues her popular Edgar-nominated series with a thriller in which Timothy Wilde is forced to confront his intense fear of fire to pursue an arsonist. Faye will discuss The Fatal Flame at The Booksellers at Laurelwood in Memphis on May 17, 2015, at 3 p.m.
May 13, 2015 In The Book of Life, Deborah Harkness completes her bestselling All Souls trilogy that began with A Discovery of Witches. Harkness will read from and sign copies of The Book of Life at Salon@615 at the Nashville Public Library on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at 6:15 p.m.
May 12, 2015 In his new novel, Five Night Stand, Memphis author Richard J. Alley weaves the lives of three characters into a bop symphony that’s driven by hopes, dreams, doubt, and the redemptive power of music. Alley will appear at Burke’s Book Store in Memphis on May 21, 2015, at 5:30 p.m.
May 6, 2015 What Remains, the new novel by Nashville YA author Helene Dunbar, is the story of a teenager who’s had the same best friends since first grade. When a tragic car accident upends his life, he is forced to reckon with his grief, guilt, and a new existence he’s not convinced he even wants. Dunbar will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on May 11, 2015, at 6:30 p.m.
