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Mystery Author Panel: a Carlsbad City Library Adventure featuring NYT/bestselling authors Christina Baker Kline, Elise Hart Kipness, John Copenhaver and Jon Bassoff in conversation with Anne Burt
About the Live, In-Person, Adventure
“Mystery sparks wonder—and wonder fuels our deepest drive to understand.” – Neil Armstrong
Satisfy that spark by plunging into suspense, intrigue, and the art of the unknown at our captivating Mystery Author Panel, hosted in collaboration with the Carlsbad City Library. This event features four master storytellers:
New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline
bestselling novelist Elise Hart Kipness
award-winning mystery writer John Copenhaver
and critically acclaimed Jon Bassoff
in conversation with debut author Anne Burt, exploring how mystery and suspense ignite our curiosity—and keep us turning the pages.
Registration
Registration for this event is FREE and open to the public, but seating is limited. Make sure to arrive early to receive your seating ticket. For questions about seating, please contact the Carlsbad City Library.
Pre-order your book(s) below to be delivered to you at the event for signing. Online only special: pre-order all four books and receive a $15 discount.
About the Authors and Books
Christina Baker Kline is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including The Exiles, Orphan Train, and A Piece of the World, and the author and/or editor of five nonfiction books.
Her new novel, Please Don’t Lie, which she co-wrote with Anne Burt, is Kline’s first foray into mystery writing. The novel tells the gripping story of Hayley Stone as she moves to the Adirondacks with her husband. But the mountains hold darker secrets than she ever imagined. As winter edges closer, Hayley discovers that her sanctuary is anything but safe. Trapped and isolated, she faces a terrifying truth: in trying to escape her past, she may have run straight into something far more dangerous…
Elise Hart Kipness is a television sports reporter turned crime fiction writer. Her first two books of the Kate Green series are Lights Out and Dangerous Play.
Close Call is the third installment of the Kate Green series. Kate courts danger once again, as the famous subject of her next story is kidnapped during the US Open. An investigation leads to the victim’s hometown—and a growing list of suspects. The kidnapper threatens to spill secrets that could destroy lives. Tangled up in a deadly web of deceit, Kate races to connect the dots and find the missing player…before it’s too late.
John Copenhaver is an award-winning author of several novels. His earlier books include Dodging and Burning and The Savage Kind, and he co-edited Crime Ink: Iconic and serves on the board of International Thriller Writers and is a founding member of Queer Crime Writers.
His latest novel, Hall of Mirrors, was named a New York Times Crime Novel of the Year and won the Left Coast Crime Award for Best Historical Mystery. Set in 1950s McCarthy-era Washington, DC., when a popular mystery novelist dies suspiciously, his writing partner must untangle the author’s connection to a serial killer.
Jon Bassoff is the author of ten novels. His mountain gothic novel, Corrosion was nominated for the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, France’s biggest crime fiction award. His psycho-noir novel, The Disassembled Man, has been adapted for the big screen with a filming date set to begin within the next hundred years.
His new novel, The Memory Ward, is a disquieting page-turner that examines the nature of identity, trauma, and what it means to be human. They say it’s always beautiful in Bethlam, Nevada. No place you’d rather live. The people are friendly, if a little nosy, and there’s no crime to speak of. Life is pretty perfect. But postal worker Hank Davies has started to suspect something is off in this idyllic little town. And he’s certain of that when he realizes the letters he’s been delivering are just blank pages.
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About the Moderator
Anne Burt’s debut novel, The Dig, was a March 2023 American Booksellers’ Association Indie Next pick and the Strand Bookstore’s mystery selection of the month.
Her newest novel, Please Don’t Lie, was co-written with Christina Baker Kline. The novel tells the gripping story of Hayley Stone as she moves to the Adirondacks with her husband. But the mountains hold darker secrets than she ever imagined. As winter edges closer, Hayley discovers that her sanctuary is anything but safe. Trapped and isolated, she faces a terrifying truth: in trying to escape her past, she may have run straight into something far more dangerous…
About the Carlsbad City Library
The mission of the Carlsbad City Library is to “provide community members of all ages with convenient access to high quality resources and services to inform and enrich individual and community life.”
