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May 17, 2025

10am – 6pm

Bohrer Park


Jeffery Deaver

Latest Title: South of Nowhere (A Colter Shaw Novel)
South of Nowhere (A Colter Shaw Novel)

The New York Times bestselling master of suspense returns to his beloved series, adapted for TV featuring Justin Hartley, as reward seeker Colter Shaw races against the clock to save a flooding town from a full-fledged disaster, where the culprit lurks in the plain sight.

A small town in Northern California is at risk of being destroyed by a failing levee, and Coltor Shaw has been hired to locate a family swept away by the raging water, with just mere hours to survive.

But is the levee at risk of failing from natural causes or is someone sabotaging it? With the help of his sister, Dorion, the duo must save the citizens before the old town washes out at the hands of secret conspirer.

About Jeffery Deaver

Jeffery Deaver is an international #1 best-selling author. His novels have appeared on best-seller lists around the world. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into 25 languages. He has served two terms as president of Mystery Writers of America (MWA), and was recently named a Grand Master of MWA, whose ranks include Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Mary Higgins Clark and Walter Mosely.

The author of 50 novels, 100 short stories and a nonfiction law book, and a lyricist of a country-western album, he’s received or been shortlisted for dozens of awards.

His “The Bodies Left Behind” was named Novel of the Year by the International Thriller Writers association, and his Lincoln Rhyme thriller, “The Broken Window,” and a stand-alone, “Edge,” were also nominated for that prize. “The Garden of Beasts” won the Steel Dagger from the Crime Writers Association in England, and he has won the Short Story Dagger from CWA, and another story was shortlisted for the award. He’s also been nominated for eight Edgar Awards by MWA.

Deaver has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, the Strand Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Raymond Chandler Lifetime Achievement Award in Italy.

His book, “A Maiden’s Grave,” was made into an HBO movie starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin, and his novel, “The Bone Collector,” was a feature release from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Lifetime aired an adaptation of his “The Devil’s Teardrop.” NBC television recently aired the nine-episode prime-time series, “Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector.” In 2022, CBS TV aired a series based on his novel, “The Never Game,” featuring his character Colter Shaw and titled Tracker. It was the #1 television show in America the first season. He will be presenting “South of Nowhere (A Colter Shaw Novel).”

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