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Small Towns and Big Secrets

In Conversation with Bestselling Author Karin Slaughter
2026-07-14 19:00:00 2026-07-14 20:00:00 America/New_York Small Towns and Big Secrets Join us for a thrilling evening with acclaimed author Karin Slaughter as we chat about her North Falls series. Virtual - Virtual

Tuesday, July 14
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-07-14 19:00:00 2026-07-14 20:00:00 America/New_York Small Towns and Big Secrets Join us for a thrilling evening with acclaimed author Karin Slaughter as we chat about her North Falls series. Virtual - Virtual

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Join us for a thrilling evening with acclaimed author Karin Slaughter as we chat about her North Falls series.

In The Secrets We Hide, Slaughter welcomes readers back to North Falls. A small town with big secrets…

1601 Iris Drive looks like any other house on the quiet, residential street. But rumors are rampant about the Vickery family, and what goes on behind closed doors.

When gunshots ring out, Sheriff Emmy Clifton and her sister, ex-federal agent Jude Archer, discover a devastating crime scene. Allison Vickery has been murdered in her own kitchen, and her teenage daughter is bleeding upstairs, left for dead.

Everyone thinks they know what happened. But secrets are buried everywhere in this small town.

And it’s up to Emmy Clifton to uncover the truth…

Register now to take part in the discussion, and for an exclusive sneak peek of The Secrets We Hide, coming out August 11, 2026!

About the Author:

Karin Slaughter is one of the world’s most popular storytellers. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty-five novels, including the Edgar nominated Cop Town and standalone novels Pretty Girls and False Witness. An international bestseller, Slaughter is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. Pieces of Her, based on her novel, debuted at #1 worldwide on Netflix as an original series in 2022. Her bestselling thriller series, Will Trent, is now a television and streaming sensation in its 4th season. The Good Daughter has been adapted into a limited series starring Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy, and further projects are currently in development for film/TV.  Karin Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project—a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta.

This program is sponsored by the Alexandria Library Foundation.

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AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | Author Talks |

TAGS: | thriller | mystery | fiction | Author talk |

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