Author events at Third Place Books June 17-20

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Third Place Books Author Events

June 17-20, 2013

17171 Bothell Way NE

Lake Forest Park, WA  98155

Shannon Polson

North of Hope: A Daughter's Arctic Journey (Zondervan)

Monday, June 17 at 7pm

When Polson's parents are killed by a wild grizzly bear in Alaska's Arctic, her quest for healing is recounted with heartbreaking candor, as she retraces her parents' final days along an Arctic river while searching for her own sense of peace and meaning. North of Hope is her personal memoir.

Gerard Lasalle

Widow Walk (Greenleaf Book Group)

Tuesday, June 18 at 7pm

In the early days of the American Pacific Northwest, small settlements dot the wilds of streams and dense woods. Lasalle's novel charts the adventures of Isaac Evers, a community leader and former militiaman, as he and his wife establish a small colony on Whidbey Island.

Kevin O’Brien

Unspeakable (Kensington)

Wednesday, June 19 at 7pm

A new thriller by a New York Times bestselling, local author takes readers into the darkest corners of the human mind, where a therapist unwittingly uncovers a tangled web of deception, corruption, and murder.

Jason Matthews

Red Sparrow (Scribner)

Thursday, June 20 at 7pm

Matthews's exceptional first novel will please fans of classic spy fiction. In today's Russia, a state intelligence officer begins a fatal double life, recruited by the CIA to ferret out a high-level traitor in Washington. The author's 33-year career in the CIA allows him to showcase all the trade-craft and authenticity that readers in this genre demand.