BookPeople Presents: Kelsey Cox - Pretty Dead Things

Please welcome Kelsey Cox and Erin Quinn-Kong to celebrate Pretty Dead Things! This event is free and open to the public. * Start time: 7:00 P.M. * Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a signing line. * Location: The second floor of BookPeople. The author will be signing and personalizing copies of the book after the speaking portion of the event. * To get a book signed, a copy of the event book or an item of equal value must be purchased from BookPeople. * For high volume events, post-talk signing lines can become very long. For such events, we recommend arriving and checking in to the event early as that will get you into an earlier signing group. Guidelines: * Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis and is not guaranteed. * If you have any accessibility concerns regarding seating, please contact online@bookpeople.com * If you have any other questions, please visit our Eventbrite FAQ. If your question isn't covered in the FAQ, feel free to email us at online@bookpeople.com. * All event guidelines are subject to change. * BookPeople reserves the right to cancel or postpone this event if necessary. * There will not be a live stream or recording available. About the book: Secrets emerge as a Texas beauty pageant turns deadly in this rich and addictive novel with a jaw-dropping twist from psychological suspense author Kelsey Cox. 2000: Isabelle Whitmore vanishes at Sherman Ranch in Anhalt, Texas, without a trace. 2025: The Lone Star Princess Pageant is about to begin, but this year it’s offering more than an annual dose of rhinestone heels and plunging necklines. Competition is stiffer than ever —and long standing grudges are about to resurface. Ingrid fled Anhalt in the wake of her sister Isabelle’s disappearance and has now returned, just in time for a construction crew to start digging up Sherman Ranch; the pageant brings up past traumas that Melanie can't forget; Cat, newly sober, starts to feel threatened in ways that bring back old demons; and Sarah Lynn, who comes from a long line of pageant winners, knows that losing is not an option. When old resentments and new confrontations reach their boiling point, temperatures drop to deadly degrees as a record-setting storm brings down the state’s power grid. With everyone trapped under one roof, scores will be settled, and more than one person will end up dead. Beauty dies. Secrets never do. About the author: KELSEY COX received her MFA in fiction from Purdue University and works from home in the Texas Hill Country. You can often find her writing at Mammen Family Public Library, chasing around her two young daughters, or watching British mysteries with her mom and aunts. On nights when bedtime goes as planned, she enjoys curling up on the sofa, glass of wine in hand, and a book with complicated characters and a killer twist in her lap. She is also the author of Party of Liars. About the moderator: Erin Quinn-Kong is an author and magazine editor. Her debut novel, Hate Follow (October 2024, William Morrow) was a Gen Padalecki Book Club Pick and was selected to be featured in Hudson News stores in airports across the country. It also published in Taiwan in January 2025. Currently managing editor of Texas Highways, Erin was previously editor-in-chief of Austin Monthly and an editor at Allure and Us Weekly. She lives in Austin, TX, with her husband and two children. By purchasing a book from BookPeople, you are not only supporting a local, independent business – you’re showing publishers that they should continue sending authors to BookPeople. Thank you for supporting Kelsey Cox, Erin Quinn-Kong, and your local independent bookstore!