Hybrid Event: The Princess and the P.I., Nikki Payne

Mon Sep 15 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-04:00

East City Bookshop | Washington

East City Bookshop
Publisher/HostEast City Bookshop
Hybrid Event: The Princess and the P.I., Nikki Payne
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East City Bookshop welcomes back Nikki Payne to discuss her next novel, The Princess and the P.I.
About this Event

East City Bookshop welcomes back Nikki Payne to discuss her next novel, The Princess and the P.I.

Note on Format: This hybrid event will have both an in-person component with limited seating as well as a virtual broadcast via Zoom Webinar. Both in-person and virtual attendees will be able to pose questions to the author during audience Q&A.


Pre-order your copy of The Princess and the P.I. for the event in Eventbrite check-out as an add-on to your ticket.


ABOUT THE PRINCESS AND THE PI

An amateur online sleuth must enlist the help of a jaded PI to clear her name while taking down a shady tech start-up in this exhilarating romantic suspense novel.

Fiona Addai is ready to set her plan in motion. To honor the anniversary of her brother’s death, she’s going to steal back his brilliant invention from the ruthless corporation that stole and claimed it as their own. As a famed Reddit detective known as @Princess_PI, Fiona has used her online connections and sleuthing skills to time every step down to the minute. But with one disastrous misstep, instead of getting justice, Fiona finds herself accused of M**der.

Maurice Bennett is no stranger to insomnia. These days, he’s not losing sleep over the cases he’s solving—but running from the one he couldn’t. Instead, he’s been settling for small-time scandals that don’t stir up the guilt he’s buried. But when he spots Fiona Addai at the center of a M**der investigation, something clicks. And for the first time in a long while, Maurice feels that old spark of intrigue.

However, Fiona is not the helpless damsel she appears to be. Sure, she needs Maurice’s help to clear her name, but she’s got conditions of her own: she wants a crash course in real-world detective work. Maurice isn’t exactly thrilled. With every late-night stakeout and tension-filled interrogation, their partnership, rife with tension and unexpected chemistry, unravels a dangerous web of corporate crime and familial secrets. To bring the real killer to light, they'll need to trust each other and that might be the most dangerous gamble of all.


By day, Nikki Payne is a curious tech anthropologist asking the right questions to deliver better digital services. By night, she dreams of ways to subvert canon literature. She’s a member of Smut U, a premium feminist writing collective, and a cat lady with no cats.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

East City Bookshop, 645 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, Washington, United States

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