Thriller author to speak at library

AUTHORSPEAK

The Leisure World Library will hold its final Author-Speak event of 2023 on Friday, Sept. 8, at 11 a.m. next to the Library at Veterans Plaza.

New York Times best-selling author Rachel Howzell Hall will discuss her latest thriller novel, “What Never Happened.”

The novel follows Colette Weber, who has relocated to her Catalina Island home where, 20 years before, she was the sole survivor of a deadly home invasion. All Colette wants is to get back to her craft: writing obituaries.

Her college best friend, Maddy, owns the local paper and has a job sure to keep Colette busy, considering the number of elderly folks who are dying on the island.

But as Colette learns more about these deaths, she realizes that the circumstances surrounding them are remarkably similr, and not natural. As she begins to draw connections between a serial killer’s crimes and her own family tragedy, she fears that the secrets on Catalina Island might be too deep to survive.

The presentation begins promptly at 11 a.m. People can arrive as early as 10:30 to enjoy refreshments provided by the library.