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Meet Author Tracy Clark

2023-02-16 19:00:00 2023-02-16 20:00:00 America/New_York Meet Author Tracy Clark Join us when author Tracy Clark visits to discuss her new mystery, <i>Hide</i>. Middleburg Heights Branch - Meeting Room A/B (120)

Thursday, February 16
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-02-16 19:00:00 2023-02-16 20:00:00 America/New_York Meet Author Tracy Clark Join us when author Tracy Clark visits to discuss her new mystery, <i>Hide</i>. Middleburg Heights Branch - Meeting Room A/B (120)

Middleburg Heights Branch

Meeting Room A/B (120)

Join us when author Tracy Clark visits to discuss her new mystery, Hide.

About the author:

Tracy Clark is the author of the highly acclaimed Cass Raines Chicago Mystery series, featuring Cassandra Raines, a hard-driving African American PI who works the mean streets of the Windy City dodging cops, cons, and killers. Clark received an Anthony Award and Lefty Award nominations for her series debut, Broken Places, which was shortlisted for the American Library Association's RUSA Reading List and named a CrimeReads Best New PI Book of 2018, a Midwest Connections Pick, and a Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Broken Places has since been optioned by Sony Pictures Television. Tracy's short story "For Services Rendered" appears in the anthology Shades of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African-American Authors. She is the winner of the 2020 and 2022 G.P. Putnam's Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award, also receiving a 2022 nomination for the Edgar Award for best short story for "Lucky Thirteen," which appears in the crime fiction anthology Midnight Hour. A Chicago native, she works as an editor in the challenging newspaper business and roots for all Chicago sports teams equally. She's a proud member of Crime Writers of Color, Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime, and she sits on the boards of Bouchercon National and the Midwest Mystery Conference.

 

Her latest mystery, Hide, features hard-boiled Chicago detective Harriet Foster, who’s on the hunt for a serial killer with a deadly affinity for redheads.

When a young red-haired woman is found brutally murdered in downtown Chicago, one detail stands out: the red lipstick encircling her wrists and ankles.

Detective Harriet Foster is on the case, even though she’s still grieving the sudden death of her partner. As a Black woman in a male-dominated department, Foster anticipates a rocky road ahead acclimating to a new team—and building trust with her new partner isn’t coming easily.

After another victim turns up with the same lipstick markings, Foster suspects she’s looking for a serial killer. Through a tip from a psychiatrist, Foster learns about Bodie Morgan: a troubled man with a twisted past and a penchant for pretty young redheads with the bluest eyes. As Foster wades into Morgan’s sinister history, the killer continues their gruesome assault on Chicago’s streets. In her desperate race to catch the murderer before they strike again, Foster will have to confront the darkest of secrets—including her own.

Books will be available for purchase courtesy of Mac's Backs - Books on Coventry.

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Middleburg Heights Branch

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Phone: 440.234.3600
Fax: 440.234.0849
Branch manager
Ronald Block

Hours
We're closed Sunday March 31 due to Library CLOSED in observance of Easter Sunday
Mon, Mar 25 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Mar 26 9:00AM to 9:00PM
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Thu, Mar 28 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Mar 29 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Mar 30 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Mar 31 Closed
(Library CLOSED in observance of Easter Sunday)

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Tue, Apr 02, 10:30am - 11:00am
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Tue, Apr 02, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Wed, Apr 03, 10:00am - 10:25am
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Fri, Apr 05, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Sat, Apr 06, 11:00am - 11:30am
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Mon, Apr 08, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Mon, Apr 08, 7:00pm - 7:30pm
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Mon, Apr 08, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
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Read and then come to discuss Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead. Copies of the book are available at the Circulation Desk one month in advance. Registration requested.

Tue, Apr 09, 10:30am - 11:00am
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Tue, Apr 09, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Wed, Apr 10, 10:00am - 10:25am
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Wed, Apr 10, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Wed, Apr 10, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Thu, Apr 11, 6:30pm - 6:50pm
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Fri, Apr 12, 10:30am - 11:30am
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Sat, Apr 13, 11:00am - 11:30am
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Sat, Apr 13, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Mon, Apr 15, 7:00pm - 7:30pm
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Tue, Apr 16, 10:30am - 11:00am
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Tue, Apr 16, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Wed, Apr 17, 10:00am - 10:25am
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Wed, Apr 17, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Thu, Apr 18, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
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Thu, Apr 18, 6:30pm - 6:50pm
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Thu, Apr 18, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Fri, Apr 19, 10:30am - 11:30am
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Sat, Apr 20, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Mon, Apr 22, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Mon, Apr 22, 7:00pm - 7:30pm
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Tue, Apr 23, 10:30am - 11:00am
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Tue, Apr 23, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Wed, Apr 24, 10:00am - 10:25am
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Thu, Apr 25, 6:30pm - 6:50pm
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Fri, Apr 26, 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Sat, Apr 27, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
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