Northshire Bookstore Event: Julia Spencer-Fleming and Paula Munier – “At Midnight Comes the Cry” and “The Snow Lies Deep”

(Manchester Center, VT) On Friday, January 16 at 6 pm, two bestselling mystery authors will
return to Northshire by popular demand to discuss their latest books, new installments in their
award-winning series.
In At Midnight Comes the Cry, it’s Christmas time in Millers Kill, and Reverend Clare Fergusson
and her husband Russ van Alstyne – newly resigned from his position as chief of police – plan to
enjoy it with their baby boy. On their list: visiting Santa, decorating the tree, and attending the
church Christmas pageant. But when a beloved holiday parade is crashed by white supremacists,
Clare and Russ find themselves sucked into a parallel world of militias, machinations and
murder.
“Spencer-Fleming, in her most masterly turn yet, mixes heart-stopping action with deep empathy
for her characters.” — Sarah Weinman, New York Times Book Review
In The Snow Lies Deep, Mercy and Troy are looking forward to baby Felicity’s first holiday
season, and they’re determined to make it a Christmas to remember. At Northshire’s annual
Solstice Soirée, hosted by Northshire’s finest and funded by Mercy’s billionaire pal Feinberg,
Amy’s little girl Helena is sitting on Santa Claus’s lap. She’s telling him she’d like a Bitty Baby
doll just like little Felicity when the bearded man leaps up, thrusts the toddler at her mother
Amy, and staggers away from the festivities. He disappears into the woods. By the time Elvis
and Mercy find him, Santa Claus, aka the town mayor, is lying on his back, dead.
“Captivating.. Munier begins by hitting familiar small-town mystery beats, then ups the stakes
with unexpected twists and hints of international intrigue. The results will keep even longtime
fans of the author on their toes.” — Publishers Weekly
JULIA SPENCER-FLEMING is the New York Times bestselling author of One Was a Soldier,
and an Agatha, Anthony, Dilys, Barry, Macavity, and Gumshoe Award winner. Her books have
been shortlisted for the Edgar, Nero Wolfe, and Romantic Times RC awards.
PAULA MUNIER is the USA TODAY bestselling author of the Mercy Carr mysteries. A
Borrowing of Bones, the first in the series, was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award
and named the Dogwise Book of the Year.

For more information on this or other events, email events@northshire.com, or visit the
Northshire Bookstore website at www.northshire.com.
Northshire Bookstore, originally founded in 1976, has locations in Manchester, Vermont and
Saratoga Springs, NY as well as at Northshire.com. Our large but intimate general bookstores
carry the largest selection of categories and genres including new and used fiction, history,
cooking, arts and rare author-signed editions. We also have entire floors devoted to Children’s
Books and toys, a full line of stationery, magazines, music, cards, calendars, locally-sourced
foods and many fine gifts from clothing to jewelry. Open to the public daily from 10:00 AM to
7:00 PM and 24/7 online with free shipping at www.northshire.com