If you are from the South, you likely have heard of “haint blue,” a color that adorns the ceilings of porches to keep spirits at bay, especially in the South Carolina Low Country.

In Steven Cooper’s mystery, Desert Remains: A Gus Parker and Alex Mills Novel, someone is filling the desert caves around Phoenix with bodies – a madman who, in a taunting ritual, also leaves behind a record of his crimes etched into the stone.

Georgia Writers Museum (GWM) proudly announces that novelist Steven Cooper will be its “Meet the Author” presenter next month with his latest mystery: Desert Remains: A Gus Parker and Alex Mills Novel. The Sept. 12 event at GWM in Eatonton will also feature heavy hors d'oeuvres and a full bar. Following his presentation, Cooper will be signing copies of his books.

The challenges of civil rights continue to top the interests of book lovers, especially here in the Deep South. And when murder is in the mix, it becomes even more captivating.

A single page into Wanda Morris’ sophomore novel was enough for me to understand why the Georgia Writers Association dubbed her “Mystery Author of the Year.”

Georgia Writers Museum is proud to host 2023 Georgia Author of the Year Wanda Morris as its “Meet the Author” presenter next month on her new mystery novel, Anywhere You Run. The book was hailed as one of the best crime novels of the year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Library Journal.

Spy novel writing combines the best of historical research with a love of intrigue. Katherine Reay will be Georgia Writers Museum’s Meet the Author presenter on July 18, with doors open at 10:30 a.m., followed by a floating brunch at three downtown Eatonton locations catered by Yelena Bonduryanskaya, owner of Le Bon Cake.

employs a unique approach that intersects two usually exclusive styles. With rich character development melding with a compelling page-turner, A Shadow in Moscow alternates between two timeframes to realistically convey a story that could be right out of Cold War history.

Investigator Clay Bryant will be Georgia Writers Museum’s Crime & Wine presenter of his new book, The Cold Case Murder of Fred Wilkerson, beginning at 7 p.m. June 25, with doors open a half hour earlier.

“If I had a bookstore,” comedian Demetri Martin wrote, “I would make all the mystery novels hard to find!” His comical view captures the essence of why we love a mystery read – we must hunt for a solution, always guaranteeing an element of surprise.