Terry Shames' THE TROUBLING DEATH OF MADDY BENSON In-Store Event & Signing

Join us at Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore on Tuesday, October 29th when author Terry Shames returns to the store to present the latest in her Samuel Craddock Mystery series, The Troubling Death of Maddy Benson. Terry will read from and discuss her book, joined by Michelle Chouinard. She will sign copies after the presentation.

Was Maddy Benson asking for trouble?

Everyone knows everyone in a small town like Jarrett Creek. So Chief of Police Samuel Craddock is perplexed when he receives a call from a woman asking the police to rescue her sister. Who is Maddy Benson?

Maddy said she had to get away, but she didn't get far. When Craddock finds her just off the highway, she's already dead, shot in the head. And as he learns more about the mysterious Maddy and the real reason behind her recent move to Jarrett Creek, his career is plunged into jeopardy. Can he unravel a terrible knot of lies, threats, dangerous politics and shocking secrets to reveal the truth behind the troubling death of Maddy Benson?

TERRY SHAMES writes the popular, award-winning Samuel Craddock series. The eleventh in the series, The Troubling Death of Maddy Benson, comes out October 1. The tenth in the series, Guilt Strikes at Granger’s Store, was one of Library Journal’s top mysteries of 2023. Perilous Waters, the first in her Jessie Madison thriller series, was published in April, 2024. Booklist calls it, “The perfect escapist caper . . .” Terry lives in Los Angeles and is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. For more, see https://linktr.ee/terryshames.

MICHELLE CHOUINARD (M.M. Chouinard) is the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author behind The Detective Jo Fournier thrillers, the standalone psychological thriller The Vacation, and the amateur-sleuth series The Serial-Killer Guide to San Francisco, debuting September 24th. She has a Ph.D in developmental psychology from Stanford and was a founding faculty member at U.C. Merced; she loves animals, coffee, amateur genealogy, and anything to do with Halloween, Serial Killers, or the zombie apocalypse.

THIS EVENT is free but pre-registration is requested. Registration ends at 5:00 pm on October 29th.

BECAUSE SEATING is limited, please register only if you plan to attend.

DUE TO SPACE limitations, we may not be able to accommodate every person at an event, so early registration is encouraged.

WALK-INS will be accommodated only if space allows.

WE ASK that attendees arrive between 5:45 and 6:00 PM for the event.

PLEASE leave your non-support companion animals at home.

OUR shared restrooms are not accessible after 6:30 PM, please plan accordingly.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Mrs Dalloway's, 2904 College Avenue, Berkeley, United States