This event premieres on November 8, 2021 at 6pm PDT/9pm EDT
— $28 ticket includes a book with signed book plate (shipping included).
(* we only ship to US addresses).
— ASL interpreter available upon request.
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“Tana French is… like a poet. She writes beautifully…If you haven’t read her yet, I really highly recommend that you do.” —Harlan Coben
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Tana French is the author of seven previous books, including In the Woods, The Likeness, and The Witch Elm. Her novels have sold over three million copies and won numerous awards, including the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and Barry Awards, the Los Angeles Times Award for Best Mystery/Thriller, and the Irish Book Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Dublin with her family.
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“This hushed suspense tale about thwarted dreams of escape may be her best one yet…its own kind of masterpiece.” –Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post
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Her first novel to feature an American protagonist, THE SEARCHER is a Western-inspired mystery rich with Tana French’s powerhouse characterizations and atmospherics. It’s why The New York Times proclaimed, “she is in a class by herself.”
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Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But when a local kid whose brother has gone missing arm-twists him into investigating, Cal uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat, and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets.
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“One of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (Vox) weaves a masterful, atmospheric tale of suspense, asking what we sacrifice in our search for truth and justice, and what we risk if we don’t.
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Jamie Lee Curtis has demonstrated her versatility as a film actress, starring in acclaimed films such as the blockbuster True Lies, for which she won a Golden Globe Award; Trading Places, for which she earned a BAFTA (British Film Academy Award) for Best Supporting Actress; A Fish Called Wanda, for which she received duel Best Actress nominations from BAFTA and the Golden Globes; and the Disney feature film Freaky Friday, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. It was her portrayal of Laurie Strode in Halloween, which was her film debut and brought her to the attention of audiences worldwide. 40 years later, in 2018, Curtis reprieved that signature role in David Gordon Green’s record-breaking horror feature, Halloween, produced by horror guru Jason Blum. Halloween’s opening weekend was the biggest debut ever, for any movie in any genre, to feature a female lead character over 55 years of age. The second film in the trilogy Halloween Kills will be released in October. In 2015, Curtis returned to her horror roots, starring in two seasons of the Ryan Murphy-created TV series Scream Queens, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. In 2019 Curtis appeared in the smash hit Knives Out.
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Most recently, Curtis completed filming Borderlands alongside Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart. This highly anticipated feature is based on the best-selling video game. Curtis is also a New York Times best-selling children’s book author having written 13 books. In addition, Curtis launched 3 major projects in 2020: the website myhandinyours.com, which offers items of comfort and celebration with 100% of the sales proceeds benefiting Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the Audible podcast Letters From Camp, which Curtis both co created, produces and appears in and returned for a second season June 24 and the iHeart Radio podcast Good Friend which Jamie hosts and features unscripted and relatable conversations about the good, bad and ugly of friendships. This podcast debuted on July 15.