M**der & Margaritas with Lisa Scottoline

Join Bookmarks for a thrilling evening with Lisa Scottoline on Monday, July 21 at 6:30 pm! The author will be discussing her new book, The Unraveling of Julia, which releases 7/15. Tickets are $35 (plus taxes & fees) and include admission to the event, one copy of the book, and one drink. Additional copies of Lisa Scottoline's books will be for sale at the event, and there will be a book signing following the talk.

What could be better than a good mystery paired with some alcohol? M**der & Margaritas is a reader favorite that occurs a few times a year. It is held at a mid-size venue (usually on the Arts Council campus), and the ticket price includes a copy of the featured book along with a drink. In recent years, we've hosted M**der & Margaritas with Harlan Coben, Alex Michaelides, and Lisa Jewell. Learn more about other event series here!

In “a delicious escape that blends suspense, atmosphere, and heart" (Danielle Trussoni), #1 international bestselling author Lisa Scottoline crafts a sweeping gothic tale in which a young widow, emotionally distraught after the shocking death of her husband, inherits a Tuscan estate from a mysterious benefactor and finds herself thrust into the crosshairs of a dangerous conspiracy. Twisty, transportive, and haunting—this is suspense with a passport.

Lately, Julia Pritzker is beginning to think she’s cursed. She’s lost her adoptive parents, then her husband is murdered. When she realizes that her horoscope essentially foretold his death, she begins to spiral. She fears her fate is written in the stars, not held in her own hands.

Then a letter arrives out of the blue, informing her that she has inherited a Tuscan villa and vineyard —but her benefactor is a total stranger named Emilia Rossi. Julia has no information about her biological family, so she wonders if Rossi could be a blood relative. Bewildered, she heads to Tuscany for answers.

There, Julia is horrified to discover that Rossi was a paranoid recluse with delusions of grandeur, who believed herself to be a descendent of Duchess Caterina Sforza, a legendary Renaissance ruler. Julia is stunned by her uncanny resemblance to Rossi, and even to Caterina. Then she unearths eerie parallels between them, including an obsession with astrology.

Before long, Julia suspects she’s being followed, and strange things begin to happen. Not even a chance meeting with a handsome Florentine can ease her disturbed mind. When events turn deadly, she breaks with reality. Julia’s harrowing struggle becomes a search for her identity, a race to save her sanity, and ultimately, a question of her very survival.

Lisa Scottoline is a #1 bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author of 37 novels. She also wrote and a series of humorous memoirs, co-authored with her daughter, novelist Francesca Serritella. Lisa is President of Mystery Writers of America and she reviews fiction for the New York Times, Washington Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. A former trial lawyer, she graduated magna cum laude in three years from the University of Pennsylvania and cum laude from its law school, where she taught Justice & Fiction. There are 30 million copies of her books in print, and she is published in 35 countries. She lives on a Pennsylvania farm with an array of disobedient pets, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

Shannon Smith is a News Anchor and Reporter at FOX8 WGHP, based in High Point, North Carolina. She hosts “Zoo Filez,” a series offering a behind-the-scenes look at the North Carolina Zoo. She is also the resident FOX8 Foodie, reporting on — and often trying — unique foods across the Piedmont Triad and North Carolina. You’ll also regularly see Shannon on the anchor desk for the FOX8 Morning News. In her free time, Shannon loves to exercise, read, and bake.

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