An Evening with Dwyer Murphy in conversation with Patricia Engel

BOOKS & BOOKS AND THE BOOKS & BOOKS LITERARY FOUNDATION ARE PROUD TO PRESENT AN EVENING WITH DWYER MURPHY DISCUSSING THE HOUSE ON BUZZARDS BAY (VIKING, $30). WHEN A GROUP OF OLD COLLEGE FRIENDS REUNITES FOR A SUMMER VACATION AT A BEACH HOUSE IN COASTAL MASSACHUSETTS, A SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE AND THE ARRIVAL OF A SEDUCTIVE STRANGER THREATEN TO UNEARTH THE DARKEST SECRETS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS. HE WILL BE IN CONVERSATION WITH PATRICIA ENGEL, AUTHOR OF THE FARAWAY WORLD. ***Please note: This event will take place at the Books & Books in Coral Gables at 265 Aragon Ave. Tickets are FREE and books will be available for purchase at the event. Can't make the event or want your copy early? Buy the book here. [https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9780593833179] ABOUT THE BOOK: A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2025 When a group of old college friends reunites for a summer vacation at a beach house in coastal Massachusetts, a sudden disappearance and the arrival of a seductive stranger threaten to unearth the darkest secrets of their relationships. As they hurtle into midlife, Jim and his closest college friends get together to rekindle the bonds of their friendship in his family’s beautiful, generations-old vacation home along Buzzards Bay, the demands of work and family having caused them to drift apart over recent years. But what begins as a quiet and restorative seaside escape takes a darker turn when Bruce, an aloof but successful writer, disappears from the house without a trace, sending the group into an uneasy tension. Meanwhile, a series of mysterious break-ins besets the town, which is the site of an old Spiritualist campground turned idyllic fishing village. After a series of uncanny disturbances at the house, Jim can’t help but feel that someone—or something—is watching them from the other side of the marsh. And with the arrival of a strange, seductive guest at their home, the group begins to question the very nature of their experiences—along with their already precarious ties with one other. In The House on Buzzards Bay, Dwyer Murphy returns with a chilling, atmospheric page-turner that explores the bonds of friendship, the growing accumulation of life's responsibilities, and whether our youthful dreams can endure the complexities of adulthood. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dwyer Murphy is the author of An Honest Living and The Stolen Coast, both of which were New York Times Editors' Choice selections. He is the editor in chief of Literary Hub's CrimeReads vertical, the world’s most popular destination for thriller readers, and was previously an Emerging Writer Fellow at the Center for Fiction. ABOUT THE MODERATOR: Patricia Engel is the author of five works of fiction. Her most recent book, a short story collection titled The Faraway World, was a finalist for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, longlisted for The Story Prize and the Chautauqua Prize, and named a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year, and a Boston Globe Best Book of the Year. Her novel Infinite Country, a New York Times bestseller, won the New American Voices Award, a Florida Book Award, was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Patricia has been awarded the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and an O. Henry Award. She is a Professor in the English and Creative Writing Program at the University of Miami.