About this item
October 17 is an "Open Book" night. share any book (mystery or other) you've read and loved. Want an idea for a book? Try Girl Waits with Gun by Community Reads author Amy Stewart. First book in Stewart's acclaimed crime fiction, based on the life of one of America's first female deputy sheriffs, Constance Kopp. "Stewart crafts a solid, absorbing novel based on real-life events--though they're unusal enough to seem invented. Stewart defly tangles and then unwinds a complicated plot with nice period detail." ~Kirkusstarred review Meet Amy Stewart October 15 at the library. Details at https://wcdpl.org
About the Author
Amy Stewart is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen books, including the new Kopp Sisters series, which began with Girl Waits With Gun. The series is based on the true story of three remarkable sisters who lived in New Jersey a hundred years ago.Amy has also written six nonfiction books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world, including the New York Times bestsellers The Drunken Botanist, Wicked Bugs, Wicked Plants, and Flower Confidential. She lives in Portland with her husband Scott Brown, a rare book dealer. When she isn't writing, she's making art, which you can see on Instagram, or teaching art and writing classes online.
