Author: Paula McLain in Conversation with Lisa Gardner
Darien Library and Barrett Bookstore are excited to welcome two New York Times bestselling authors in an evening of conversation. Paula McLain will introduce her latest title, When the Stars Go Dark, and will be joined by thriller novelist Lisa Gardner, who recently released Before She Disappeared. This virtual event will take place on Tuesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. Register on Darien Library’s website at darienlibrary.org/event/4922.
When the Stars Go Dark is the story of Anna Hart, a seasoned missing persons detective in San Francisco with far too much knowledge of the darkest side of human nature. When overwhelming tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna, desperate and numb, flees to the Northern California village of Mendocino to grieve. Yet, she is thrown into a case the day she arrives when she learns of a local teenage girl that has gone missing. The crime feels frighteningly reminiscent of the most crucial time in Anna’s childhood, and as past and present collide, Anna realizes that she has been led to this moment.
Weaving together actual cases of missing persons, trauma theory, and a hint of the metaphysical, this propulsive and deeply affecting novel tells a story of fate, necessary redemption, and what it takes, when the worst happens, to reclaim our lives–and our faith in one another.
About Paula McLain
Paula McLain is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Love and Ruin, Circling the Sun, The Paris Wife, and A Ticket to Ride, the memoir, Like Family: Growing Up in Other People’s Houses, and two collections of poetry. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, O: The Oprah Magazine, Town & Country, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, and elsewhere. She lives in Ohio with her family.
About Lisa Gardner
Lisa Gardner is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty suspense novels, including Neighbor, which won Thriller of the Year from the International Thriller Writers and most recently, Before She Disappeared, an instant New York Times bestseller. An avid hiker, traveler, and cribbage player, she lives in the mountains of New Hampshire with her family.