Sat 8/9 2pm – 3pm Karen Pullen & contributors: Carolina Crimes
Sat 8/9 2pm –
3pm
Karen Pullen, Ann
Mitchell, Bonnie Wisler, Joanie Conwell, Judith Stanton, Linda Johnson, Ruth
Moose, Toni Brown and Toni Goodyear discuss Carolina Crimes: 19 Tales of Lust,
Love, and Longing
What goes together like tea & sympathy, rock & roll, or a skull
& crossbones? Sex & crime. Nineteen members of Sisters in Crime
living in the Carolinas serve up stories around the universal themes of
lust, love, and longing, and the criminal consequences of thwarting
these human desires. Some stories are laugh-out-loud funny, others are
evilly dark, but each packs a delicious read. Whether set in an ice
cream parlor or an equestrian center, from World War II Washington DC to
the high-tech playing fields of Research Triangle Park, furious,
desperate, and betrayed characters step into crime with barely a twinge
of misgiving. Frisky seniors, a psychic PI, a jealous mother-in-law, a
manipulative stripper—all occupy a universe where, as Margaret Maron
writes in the Introduction, “Love can liberate, love can suffocate, and
sometimes love can even lead to murder.”