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In conversation with Hannah Mary McKinnon
Two internationally bestselling authors of suspense novels take the stage for an engaging book talk for book lovers! UK-based author of the runaway hit, The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins discusses her spellbinding new novel, The Blue Hour, with Hannah Mary MacKinnon, Only One Survives.
Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day, Eris Island was once home to Vanessa, a famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. The island's solitary inhabitant is now Grace who is content in her own isolation. But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery far away in London, a visitor comes calling and the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge. The Blue Hour is a masterful and propulsive novel that asks searing questions of ambition, power, gender, and perception.
A Different Drummer Books will be on site with books for sale and signing after the talk.
Presented in partnership with Penguin Random House Canada and A Different Drummer Books
Paula Hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before writing her first novel. Her first thriller, The Girl on the Train, was a global phenomenon. Published in over fifty languages and selling over 23 million copies, it was a #1 bestseller and became a hit film starring Emily Blunt. Paula’s recent thrillers, Into the Water and A Slow Fire Burning, also topped bestseller lists. In 2021, A Slow Fire Burning was nominated for Thriller of the Year at the British Book Awards.
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Hannah Mary McKinnon was born in the UK, grew up in Switzerland and now lives in Oakville, Ontario with her husband and sons. Only One Survives is her ninth novel. This internationally bestselling author of crime and psychological thrillers also writes romantic comedies as Holly Cassidy.
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If you need an accessibility accommodation during this program, please register early so we can confirm arrangements a few days before your visit.
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