Invite an Author to your Store Book Club

Are you in a mystery or general book club? For clubs all across the country, I offer half-hour phone or Skype/Facetime calls. For the moderator, I’ll also send along a list of fascinating facts that never made it into the book. To book a talk, have your moderator contact me.

Author Talks/Presentations

If you’re with an independent bookstore, an historic organization, writing organization, or even a class of Holmesian-minded medical students, I am available for talks, panel discussions, or presentations. While I also customize a presentation for your group, one of my two pre-made presentations might just be of the utmost interest to mystery-lovers and Jack-the-Ripper enthusiasts. To book me for a presentation, contact me.

~ TOPIC No. 1: Beyond the Fog of Fiction: The tales and truths of 19th Century Whitechapel

Matchstick girls with Phossy jaw. Rags covering broken windows. An influx of Jewish families from Prussia. A staggering 800 souls per acre compared to 50 per acre in London’s wealthy districts less than two miles away. In a 30-minute presentation, I’ll take you down the alley-ways and cobblestoned streets I literally wandered in my research for A Knife in the Fog, my first in a series of novels.

~ TOPIC NO. 2: A Knife in the Fog: More than Just a Ripping Yarn

Did Jack the Ripper really write letters in the blood of his victims? Did Margaret Harkness really don men’s clothing and carry a Derringer? Was Arthur Conan Doyle really on the case? You’ll learn the answers to these questions and more as we explore the locations, motives, and the complexities of one of history’s greatest unsolved cases. How the fate of the prostitutes of Whitechapel informed the pathos of my writing A Knife in the Fog, the first in a series of novels.