An Evening with Shari Lapena

Event Structure (all times subject to change):

6pm - VIP Reception

7pm - Main Event

8pm - Q&A / Book Signing

Join us for a night filled with literary delights as we host the renowned author herself at Lourdes University's beautiful Franciscan Center. Shari Lapena will share insights into her writing process, inspirations, and maybe even a sneak peek into her upcoming projects. This in-person event is a rare opportunity to meet the mastermind behind bestsellers like What Have You Done?, Everyone Here is Lying, and her new release, She Didn’t See It Coming. Don't miss out on this chance to immerse yourself in the world of storytelling with Shari Lapena!

Signed book included with ticket. Author presentation + Q & A will be followed by a book signing. Additional copies available for purchase at the event.

VIP Reception begins at 6pm and is a mix-and-mingle format, with an opportunity to meet the author beforehand. A signed copy of the book and light refreshments are included.

This event is coordinated through a community partnership by Lourdes University, Starlite Theater Group, Finch & Fern Book Co., and Red Bird Sylvania. These events, which build community and cultivate connectivity and understanding through storytelling and celebration of the written word, would not be possible without the generosity of Taylor Automotive Family. Your participation helps support local arts and cultural programming. Thank you!

Bio

Shari Lapena is the internationally bestselling author of eight thrillers, including The Couple Next Door, which have all been New York Times, Sunday Times, and Globe and Mail bestsellers. Lapena’s books have been sold in forty territories around the world. She lives on a farm outside Toronto. She Didn’t See It Coming, her ninth thriller, is forthcoming.

About She Didn’t See It Coming

“No one does suburban paranoia like Shari Lapena.” —Ruth Ware

The new gripping novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door

When a beloved wife and mother disappears, a luxurious condo building transforms into a potential crime scene, and the investigation begins: can the detectives find her before it’s too late?

Bryden and Sam have it all: thriving careers, a smart apartment in a luxury condominium, supportive friends and a cherished daughter. The perfect life for the perfect couple.

Then Sam receives a call at his office. Bryden – working from home that day – has failed to collect their daughter from daycare. Arriving home with their little girl, he finds his wife’s car in the underground garage. Upstairs in their apartment her laptop is open on the table, her cell phone nearby, her keys in their usual place in the hall.

Except Bryden is nowhere to be seen. It’s as if she just walked out.

How can she have disappeared from her own home? And did she even leave the building at all?

With every minute that passes – and as questions swirl around their community – Bryden and Sam’s past seems a little less perfect, their condominium less safe, their friends, neighbors and relatives no longer quite so reliable . . .

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