Join us as historian and author Marion Gibson discusses her book “Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials” via Zoom on March 7th. This book is a fascinating, vivid global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate the pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history. So grab your morning tea (or afternoon tea, depending on where you are) and join us for this fascinating conversation.
A tale about family–family secrets and vengeance, but also family love–All That Is Mine I Carry With Me masterfully grapples with a primal question: When does loyalty reach its limit?
William Landay is the author of three previous novels: Defending Jacob, which won the Strand Critics Award for best mystery novel; The Strangler, listed as a best crime novel of the year by the L.A. Times, Daily Telegraph and others; and Mission Flats, winner of the Dagger Award for best first crime novel. A former assistant district attorney, he lives in Boston.
Books will be available for purchase and signing, thanks to our friends at Haley Booksellers.
Virtual Author Event: The Family Roe: An American Story with Joshua Prager
Monday September 19, 2022 at 7:00 PM via Zoom
Join us for a virtual author talk on Investigative Journalist Joshua Prager’s deeply researched book, The Family Roe: An American Story. The Family Roe, which was named a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize, offers extraordinary insight into the Supreme Court’s most divisive case and its plaintiff, Norma McCorvey.
The Family Roe is an engrossing family saga that confronts a half-century of propaganda and myth. Prager spent years with Norma; discovered her personal papers, a previously unseen trove; and witnessed her final moments. He also found the unknown Roe baby, Shelley Thornton, whose conception occasioned the lawsuit. Prager’s profile of Thornton for The Atlantic, adapted from the book, made worldwide front-page news. Hailed by critics on both sides of the debate, Prager’s astonishing book helps us to look with honest eyes at the five decades of struggle that brought us to where we are today.
Joshua Prager has written for the Atlantic, Vanity Fair, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. A former Nieman Fellow at Harvard, he is the author of The Echoing Green, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year.
Nevins Library is happy to partner with other MA libraries to bring you “Liv Constantine”
with Hank Phillippi Ryan!
Wednesday July 7th, 2021 at 7pm via Crowdcast
Join writing duo Lynne and Valerie Constantine, aka Liv Constantine, for a thrilling conversation about their new book The Stranger in the Mirror.
About the Authors: The Constantine sisters are the bestselling author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick The Last Mrs. Parrish, along with The Last Time I Saw You and The Wife Stalker. Their critically acclaimed books have been praised by USA Today, The Sunday Times, People Magazine, and Good Morning America, among many others. Lynne and Valerie are national and international bestselling authors and their books have been translated into 28 languages, are available in 33 countries, and are in development for both television and film.
About the Facilitator: Hank Phillippi Ryan is the USA Today bestselling author of 12 thrillers, winning five Agathas and the Mary Higgins Clark Award, and 37 EMMYs for TV investigative reporting. The Murder List (2019) won the Anthony Award for Best Novel, and is an Agatha, Macavity and Mary Higgins Clark Award nominee. Her newest psychological standalone is The First to Lie. The Publishers Weekly starred review says “Stellar. Ryan could win her sixth Agatha with this one.”
Would you like to purchase copies of the book? Check out Haley Booksellers, a local independent bookseller.
Virtual Author Event: Pam Jenoff in Conversation with Jane Healey
Monday June 21st at 7pm
Join New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff, in conversation with Jane Healey, around her latest novel The Woman with the Blue Star. Inspired by harrowing true stories, this novel is an emotional testament to the power of friendship and the extraordinary strength of the human will to survive.
Join us for this exclusive conversation with Elin Hilderbrand where she will discuss her new book Troubles in Paradise with author Jane Healey.
“Travel to the bright Caribbean one last time in the satisfying conclusion to the nationally bestselling Winter in Paradise trilogy by Elin Hilderbrand, ‘Queen of the Summer Novel.’” —People Magazine
Elin Hilderbrand is a mother of three, an avid runner, reader, and traveler, and the author of twenty-three novels. She grew up outside Philadelphia, and has lived on Nantucket for more than twenty years.
Jane Healey shares a home north of Boston with her husband, two daughters, and two cats. When she’s not writing historical fiction, she enjoys running, reading, cooking and going to the beach.
Virtual harassment or discriminatory behavior of any kind or nature is strictly prohibited and any attendee engaging in such behavior, in the sole discretion of the event organizer or host, will be immediately removed from this event.
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Best-selling author Carla Neggers will be visiting the Nevins Library to talk about her new book, IMPOSTOR’S LURE, the latest in the popular series featuring FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan.
About the book:
Newlyweds Emma and Colin are suspicious when prosecutor Tamara McDermott is a no-show at a Boston dinner party. Matt Yankowski, head of HIT, Emma and Colin’s small, elite Boston-based team, is a friend of Tamara’s, and he needs them to find her. In London, a woman who was supposed to meet Emma’s art-detective grandfather to talk about forgeries is discovered near death. Her husband, who stayed behind in Boston, has vanished. The couple’s connection to Tamara adds to the puzzle. As the search for Tamara intensifies, a seemingly unrelated murder leads Emma, Colin and HIT deep into a maze of misdirection created by a clever, lethal criminal who stays one step ahead of them. As Emma draws on her expertise in art crimes and Colin on his experience as a deep-cover agent, the investigation takes a devastating turn that tests the strengths of their families and friendships as well as their FBI colleagues as never before.Impostor’s Lure is full of clever twists that will keep readers guessing right to the stunning conclusion!
Carla is the author of more than 75 novels, which have been translated into dozens of languages and sold in over 35 countries. Copies of this book and others will be available for purchase and signing. Refreshments will be served.
Best Selling author Peter Swanson is returning to the Nevins Library with his latest thriller ALL THE BEAUTIFUL LIES.
A bit about this page-turner, which has been called “a diabolically clever tale of obsession, revenge, and cold-blooded murder”:
Harry Ackerson has always considered his stepmother Alice to be sexy and beautiful, in an “otherworldly” way. She has always been kind and attentive, if a little aloof in the last few years. Days before his college graduation, Alice calls with shocking news. His father is dead and the police think it’s suicide. Devastated, Harry returns to his father’s home in Maine. There, he and Alice will help each other pick up of the pieces of their lives and uncover what happened to his father.
Shortly after he arrives, Harry meets a mysterious young woman named Grace McGowan. Though she claims to be new to the area, Harry begins to suspect that Grace may not be a complete stranger to his family. But she isn’t the only attractive woman taking an interest in Harry. The sensual Alice is also growing closer, coming on to him in an enticing, clearly sexual way.
Mesmerized by these two women, Harry finds himself falling deeper under their spell. Yet the closer he gets to them, the more isolated he feels, disoriented by a growing fear that both women are hiding dangerous—even deadly—secrets . . . and that neither one is telling the truth.
Books will be available for purchase and signing. Refreshments will be served.
To register for this event, CLICK HERE. For further information, contact Sarah at 978-686-4080 x20 or ssullivan@nevinslibrary.org
Hank Phillippi Ryan is coming back! Our last scheduled event was upended by the winter weather, but we should not have that problem this time!
Hank will be here to talk about her latest novel, now available in paperback: SAY NO MORE.
A little about the book:
When Boston reporter Jane Ryland reports a hit and run, she soon learns she saw more than a car crash–she witnessed the collapse of an alibi, and now she’s under pressure to tell all to the police. She’s also digging up the inside scoop for an expose of sexual assaults on Boston’s college campuses for the station’s new documentary unit, and is working with a victim to reveal her heartbreaking experience on camera. But, a disturbing anonymous message–SAY NO MORE–has Jane really and truly scared.
Homicide detective Jake Brogan is on the hunt for the murderer of Avery Morgan, a hot-shot Hollywood screenwriter. As Jake chips his way through a code of silence as shatterproof as any street gang, he’ll learn that one newcomer to the neighborhood may have a secret of her own.
A young woman faces a life-changing decision–should she go public about her assault? What’s really going on behind closed doors at a prestigious Boston college? And when will the killer strike again? Jane and Jake–now semi-secretly engaged and beginning to reveal their relationship to the world–are both on a high-stakes quest for answers. Can they handle the consequences of the truth?
Books will be available for purchase & signing. Refreshements will be served.
To register online for this event, click here. For more information or to reserve a spot, call/email Sarah at 978.686.4080 x20/ ssullivan@nevinslibrary.org
Join writing duo Lynne and Valerie Constantine, aka Liv Constantine, for a thrilling conversation about their new book The Stranger in the Mirror.
Best-selling author Carla Neggers will be visiting the Nevins Library to talk about her new book, 
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