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Wendy Webb will sign and discuss her new novel, The Fate of Mercy Alban (Hyperion; $15.99).

Wendy Webb’s first novel, The Tale of Halcyon Crane, was the 2011 winner of the Minnesota Book Award for genre fiction, an Indie Next Pick from the American Booksellers Association, a Midwest Connections Pick from the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association, and a Great Lakes, Great Reads Pick from the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. She splits her time between Minneapolis, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, and Duluth, Minnesota, where she is editor-in-chief of Duluth Superior Magazine, a lifestyle monthly.

“A perfect read for a dark and stormy night.”

—Philip Margolin, author of Proof

“If Sarah Waters and Stephen King had a love child, it would be Wendy Webb.”

—M.J. Rose, author of The Book of Lost Fragrances

Author Photo Credit: Steve Burmeister

Location: Street: 2342 Bissonnet St Additional: City: Houston, Province: Texas Postal Code: 77005 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Books & Company is pleased to welcome Wendy Webb - author of The Fate of Mercy Alban Wednesday, March 13 - 7:00 p.m. Books & Company It is rare that you come across a novel that makes you keep turning pages deep into the night while scrunching deeper under the covers, but Wendy Webb's The Fate of Mercy Alban casts such a spell. Spooky, unsettling, and yes, fun, it is just the sort of novel you want to curl up with on a blustery winter night. The Fate of Mercy Alban is a spine-tingling modern-day haunted house story set on Lake Superior. Webb has woven a suspenseful mystery that skillfully skirts the boundary between what is paranormal and what is psychological.

Location: Street: 1039 Summit Ave City: Oconomowoc, Province: Wisconsin Postal Code: 53066-4457 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Common Good Books presents an evening of mystery and suspense, featuring two Minnesota writers.

Wendy Webb’s new novel The Fate of Mercy Alban (available February 5) is a chilling tale from the North Shore. Grace Alban has spent more than twenty years avoiding her childhood home, the stately Alban House on the shores of Lake Superior, for reasons she would rather forget. But when her mother’s unexpected death brings Grace and her teenage daughter back, she finds more is haunting the halls and passageways of Alban House than her own personal demons. With the help of the disarmingly kind--and attractive--Reverend Matthew Parker, Grace must uncover the truth about her home and its curse before she and her daughter become the next victims.

Wendy Webb is the author of The Tale of Halcyon Crane, the 2011 winner of the Minnesota Book Award for genre fiction, an Indie Next Pick from the Independent Booksellers Association, a Midwest Connections Pick from the Midwest Booksellers Association, and a Great Lakes, Great Reads Pick from the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota.

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Erin Hart takes readers to the Emerald Isle in The book of Killowen (available March 5), a haunting, lyrical novel of forensics, archeology, and history--the fourth in her acclaimed suspense series.

After a year away from working in the field, archaeologist Cormac Maguire and pathologist Nora Gavin are back in the bogs, investigating a ninth-century body found buried in the trunk of a car. They discover that the ancient corpse is not alone; beneath it is the body of Benedict Kavanagh, familiar to television viewers as a philosopher who enjoyed destroying his opponents in debate. Both men were viciously murdered, but centuries apart—so how did they end up buried together in the bog?

Erin Hart is the author four novels featuring Nora Gavin and Cormac Maguire, set mostly in Ireland, revolving around archaeology, forensics, history, traditional music and folklore. : Haunted Ground has been translated into ten foreign languages, as has the second novel in the series, Lake of Sorrows. The third novel in the series is False Mermaid. Erin lives in Minnesota with her husband, Irish button accordion player Paddy O'Brien. They make frequent visits to Ireland, going to music sessions, and carrying out essential research in bogs and cow pastures and castles and pubs.

Location: Street: 38 S Snelling Ave City: Saint Paul, Province: Minnesota Postal Code: 55105 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Wendy Webb discusses The Tale of Halcyon Crane: A Novel.

Wendy Webb, Minnesota author and editor in chief of Duluth Superior magazine, will discuss her book, “The Tale of Halcyon Crane,” on Wednesday, September 22 at 4:00 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave. S.E. Minneapolis. This chilling and imaginative gothic tale is set on a Great Lakes island with a heroine who is forced to confront the disturbing secrets of her past while surviving the realty of the future. “The Tale of Halcyon Crane” opens with an unexpected letter in which Hallie James learns that her long-dead mother had been very much alive, and that it was Hallie who had been thought dead for thirty-odd years. Her search to uncover her family secrets finds Hallie fearing for her life, doubting her sanity and hoping she’ll discover the truth in time. Webb will sign copies of her book following the discussion. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, or to order a signed copy visit www.bookstore.umn.edu/genref/authors.html. (UMNBookstore)… (more)