Join two contemporary mystery writers at the top of their game as they discuss their newest novels with local crime writer Connie Hambley. In Blood Sisters, Vanessa Lillie introduces us to a Cherokee archeologist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs who is summoned to rural Oklahoma to investigate the disappearance of two women—one of whom is her sister. In The Kind Worth Saving, Peter Swanson brings us a private eye who starts to follow a possibly adulterous husband, but little does he know that the twisted trail will lead back to the woman who hired him. How do the authors’ visions of the perfect murder inform each mystery they write?

Presenters: Vanessa Lillie and Peter Swanson

Moderator: Connie Hambley

The Newburyport Public Library will also host the following programs:

9:30 AM: Celebrations of the Season: A Conversation with Nina MacLaughlin

11 AM: Colonialism, Racism, and the Cosmos: A Conversation With Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

1 PM: Enlightened Transsexual Comix with Sam Szabo and Nikole Beckwith

Learn more about the Newburyport Literary Festival and other events here: https://newburyportliteraryfestival.org/2024-schedule-of-events/.