Wednesday 06/25/2025 at 11:00 AM
Emily & John Carter aka Chick N Biscuit
(A Spork in the Road) at Quigley's Next Door
What a hoot! Join us for a "variety show" with Chick N Biscuit, a husband and wife team packed with talent. Emily Carter, a lifelong North Carolinian, writes creative non-fiction, prose poetry, and country songs. She performs her work, often as the duo Chick N Biscuit with her guitar and harmonica playing spouse, John, aka Smokin' Hot Love Biscuit. John also performs solo and as part of the acoustic duo, Old Age & Treachery, with Dave Livesay in a robust schedule across the Carolinas and Virginia, covering classic rock, country, and some original tunes. Emily’s writing has appeared in numerous Southern literary magazines and "A Spork in the Road," just released this April, will make you laugh, cry, ponder, and remember. The stories are real and relatable. The writing is honest and rich in the Southern way of collard greens and corn bread. It's a comfort book and at the end, you will feel satiated. It will cure what ails you, a salve for your soul and a balm for your heart.
$35

Tuesday 07/01/2025 at 11:00 AM
Michael Vecchione
(Fallen Angels) at Pawleys Tap House & Grill
Michael Vecchione is the former Chief of the Rackets Division in the Brooklyn (NY) District Attorney's Office. His career as a prosecutor spanned four decades. He has co-authored four true crime books "Friends of the Family," "Crooked Brooklyn," "Behind The Murder Curtain," "Homicide Is My Business," and two true crime Kindle Singles, "Hand of the Killer" and "Murder on the Bridge." His first novel "Fallen Angel – A True Crime Fantasy," was followed by "Fallen Angel II – The War for the Soul of Brooklyn" and, in 2024, Book 3 in the Fallen Angel series, "Fallen Angel – Anarchy, Chaos…Peace?" A seasoned professional with experience in law enforcement, prosecution, and writing, Vecchione is the author of the bestselling crime book series, which combines his expertise in crime and investigation with his passion for storytelling. As a prosecutor and law enforcement expert, Vecchione brings a unique perspective to his writing, crafting compelling stories that blend crime, suspense, and supernatural elements. His experience in the courtroom and on the streets has given him a deep understanding of the human psyche, which he uses to create complex and believable characters. Michael's writing style is engaging, and his ability to weave together intricate plots and unexpected twists has garnered praise from readers and critics alike.
$35

Wednesday 07/16/2025 at 11:00 AM
Lori Roy
(The Final Episode) at Litchfield Country Club
When a true crime series chronicles the tragic childhood summer that changed her life forever, a young woman must grapple with the truth about her father...and herself. Jennifer Jones and her best friends spend every summer at Big Cypress Swamp, and this summer, Jennifer will finally turn eleven. She hopes to gain the "second sight" foretold by family legend and fulfill her destiny. Instead, the swamp serves up dangers greater than the gators lurking on Halfway Creek. Little Francie Farrow vanishes - and Jennifer's father goes to prison.Twenty years later, Jennifer has almost shed the label of Paul Jones's daughter when her past comes barreling back. Inspired by True Events, a TV series that solves the unsolvable, is recreating that fateful summer. As the series plays out, Jennifer wonders: Did the show finally find Francie Farrow? And is Jennifer's father truly guilty? Lori Roy's debut novel, "Bent Road," was awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. Her work has been twice named a New York Times Notable Crime Book and has been included on various "best of" and summer reading lists. "Until She Comes Home" was a New York Times Editors; Choice and a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel. "Let Me Die in His Footsteps" was included among the top fiction books of 2015 by Books-A-Million and named one of the best fifteen mystery novels of 2015 by Oline Cogdill. The novel also received the 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, making Roy the first woman to receive an Edgar Award for both Best First Novel and Best Novel—and only the third person ever to have done so.
$35

Wednesday 07/23/2025 at 11:00 AM
Lindy Ryan
(Another Fine Mess) at Caffe Piccolo
Award-winning Sunset Beach, NC-based writer, anthologist, and short-film director Lindy Ryan was declared a "champion for women’s voices in horror" by Shelf Awareness. She was named a Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree in 2020, and in 2022, was named one of horror's most masterful anthology curators. She is the current author-in-residence at Rue Morgue and a professor at Rutgers University. Her cozy paranormal mystery "Bless Your Heart" was named a Best Horror Novel of 2024 by Esquire and Betches, and she follows it up with the sequel "Another Fine Mess." These are charming (gentle horror!) books featuring an intergenerational trio of Southern women – daughter, mother, and the especially popular grandmother – whose family business running a funeral home involves ensuring the dead stay dead.
$35

Wednesday 07/30/2025 at 11:00 AM
Mandi Casey
(Mangia, Y'All) at Kimbel's, Wachesaw
Following the success of her first travel-cookbook, "Low Country Bella," author Mandi Casey returns to locations and a few familiar recipes that have become her go-to favorites and the ones she's most often asked to share. While some of the "travel" destinations are repeated (like that favorite spot in Sorrento), the experiences and recipes are new, because it’s through travel that her culinary inspiration is piqued. A new element is the section dedicated to family contributions. Traditions are everything to Mandi and her family, and these recipes are the ones they look forward to year after year, gathering around the table with the people most loved. To Mandi, food has always been about more than just taste … it's about connection, memories, and the moments we share. Come share a meal, a moment, and a memory with your neighbor, the Lowcountry Bella.
$40

Wednesday 08/13/2025 at 11:00 AM
Susan Boyer
(Trouble's Turn to Lose) at Pawleys Tap House & Grill
We've galloped through the Lowcountry B's (Boil, Bombshell, Boneyard, Book Club, Bonfire, Book Shop, Boomerang, and Boondoggle) with Boyer's award-winning private investigator Liz Talbot. And now we're joining Susan's sleuth Hadley Cooper on Sullivan's Island for a fourth thrilling Lowcountry adventure as she tackles her next case with her quirky brand of wit, a whole lot of gumption, and a little help from her girlfriends. We all need a little help from our girlfriends!
$35

Wednesday 08/20/2025 at 11:00 AM
Deb Richardson-Moore
(The Last Beach Town) at Caffe Piccolo
Sloane Cheney has no intention of ever returning to the South Carolina island town where she grew up. She enjoys her life in the big city and teaching at the college there. The thought of revisiting the place where her mother deserted her family is too painful. But when Aunt Millicent, town matriarch and owner of the family's beachfront property, is murdered, Sloane must go back to sign off on the sale of the grand family home to developers. She soon finds that old friendships have shifted, as townspeople disagree over the development that would reshape their sleepy village. Sloane is directly in the line of fire, under suspicion by the police chief because of her inheritance and by her former neighbors who question her long absence. With family members and old friends swirling treacherously around her, she digs into her family's history, uncovering new information about her mother's disappearance. What she discovers raises questions: Was her aunt's murder a simple case of greed? Or was it related to her mother's long-ago vanishing?
$35

Wednesday 08/27/2025 at 11:00 AM
Valerie Fraser Luesse
(The Light on Horn Island) at Wahoo’s Fish House
Just when her life comes crumbling down, she discovers secrets that could shape her future—and heal her past. When Edie Gardner's life in New York falls apart, her grandmother Adele "Punk" Cheramie coaxes her back to tiny Bayou du Chene, Mississippi. Edie spent many happy summers there, a stone's throw from untamed Horn Island, where she once found love. Can she now demystify the island's strange new light? Punk and her colorful friends introduce Edie to The Trove, a fascinating gallery and antique shop. Like Horn Island's light, The Trove has appeared out of nowhere. Its proprietor, with a gift for discerning his customers' needs, gives Edie a Victorian parlor game that asks players a series of personal questions, which is harmless fun at first. But Edie and her grandmother's circle find that the game has a way of uncovering secrets, including a heartbreak that has haunted one of the women for decades. Banding together, this Southern sisterhood is determined to find answers that will bring healing, hope, and happiness — and maybe explain the transcendent illumination of a wild and windswept barrier island.
$35