Join us on Saturday, August 15 for another entry in our Murder & Margaritas series. Karin Slaughter will be discussing her new book, The Secrets We Hide, in a conversation moderated by Shannon Smith of Fox8 WGHP.

Tickets are $37 (plus taxes & fees) and include admission to the event, a copy of the featured book, margarita wine, and access to the signing line after the talk.

Have any questions? Check out our Event FAQs page and email [email protected] for further inquiries.

About the Event Series

What could be a better pairing? Murder & Margaritas is a reader favorite that occurs a few times a year. It is held at a mid-size venue (usually on the Arts Council campus), and the ticket price includes a copy of the featured book along with a special drink. In recent years, we've hosted Murder & Margaritas with Harlan Coben, Alex Michaelides, Nic Stone, and Lisa Jewell.

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.

About the Book

Welcome to North Falls. A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth.

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…