On Thursday, June 12th at 6:30 PM, The Book Stall (811 Elm Street in Winnetka) welcomes author Karen Dukess. She will be in conversation with Glencoe-based writer Sally Schwartz, discussing her delightfully funny and heartfelt new novel, Welcome to Murder Week. This event is free with registration. To register, please CLICK HERE.  We respectfully ask that you buy your copy of the book at The Book Stall if you attend this event.
More About the Book: When thirty-four-year-old Cath loses her mostly absentee mother, she is ambivalent. With days of quiet, unassuming routine in Buffalo, New York, Cath consciously avoids the impulsive, thrill-seeking lifestyle that her mother once led. But when she’s forced to go through her mother’s things one afternoon, Cath is perplexed to find tickets for an upcoming “murder week” in England’s Peak District: a whole town has come together to stage a fake murder mystery to attract tourism to their quaint hamlet. Baffled but helplessly intrigued by her mother’s secret purchase, Cath decides to go on the trip herself—and begins a journey she never could have anticipated.
More About the Author: Karen Dukess is the author of The Last Book Party and Welcome to Murder Week. She has been a newspaper reporter in Florida, a magazine publisher in Russia, and a speechwriter on gender equality for the United Nations. She has a degree in Russian studies from Brown University and a master’s in journalism from Columbia University. She lives outside of New York City and in Truro on Cape Cod, where she interviews some of today’s most acclaimed writers as host of the Castle Hill Author Talks for the Truro Center for the Arts. Find out more at KarenDukess.com.
The Book Stall is an independent bookstore and cultural institution on Chicago’s North Shore. We’re known for our great selection of books, cards, and gifts, as well as our popular author event series. For more information: 847-446-8880. Or visit us at www.thebookstall.com.