Omar Hussain presents 'A Thousand Natural Shocks'

Third Place Books is pleased to welcome Omar Hussain to our Ravenna store to celebrate his debut novel, : a thriller that follows a reporter with a dark past as he faces off against a cult and pursues an elusive killer. This event is free and open to the public.

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Dash, a reporter in Monterey, California, is desperate to outrun his past. During the day, he investigates the reemergence of a long-dormant serial killer. At night, he has become entangled with a criminal cult that promises a pill to erase his traumatic memory.

But as Dash begins to lose his memories—and his sense of self—he discovers a dark secret about the cult, one that would horrify its members. And soon he finds himself in a race against time to evade the cult, unveil the killer, and reconcile his past before his own memories fade away ...

Omar Hussain is a writer from the San Francisco Bay Area currently living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He holds an MFA in creative writing from NYU. His debut novel A Thousand Natural Shocks was recently named by the Seattle Times as a thrilling debut to pick up this Spring, by Goodreads as one of and by Criminal Element as one of the Unmissable Mysteries of 2025. His short fiction has been published in over a dozen literary journals including the Jellyfish Review, X-R-A-Y Magazine, and Dream Noir, among others.

Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events.

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