{"id":29863,"date":"2017-04-03T19:23:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T23:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=29863"},"modified":"2017-04-03T19:25:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T23:25:48","slug":"meet-local-author-karen-katchur-april-6th-moravian-book-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=29863","title":{"rendered":"Meet local author Karen Katchur April 6th at the Moravian Book Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Don’t miss your chance to meet Karen Katchur this Thusrday, April 6, 2017 at the Moravian Book Shop, 6 PM in Bethlehem. She will be there for the “The Sisters of Blue Mountain” <\/i><\/b>launch event: talk, Q&A,\u00a0and book\u00a0signing.<\/p>\n

The Sisters of Blue Mountain Karen Katchur<\/span><\/h2>\n

\"\"Both of Karen Katchur\u2019s novels \u2013 her debut, The Secrets of Lake Road, and her forthcoming, The Sisters of Blue Mountain (Published by St. Martin\u2019s Press; On-sale April 4, 2017) \u2013 were inspired by tragedies she witnessed as a young woman vacationing in the Poconos: the drowning of a young boy and the death of a man by car accident on a dark mountain road. Katchur says they <\/span>were two events she never could shake, and the setting \u2013 the juxtaposition of the lake and the mountains and their inherent dangers \u2013 irresistible. She knew she would one day build her fiction around them.<\/span><\/p>\n

In The Sisters of Blue Mountain, we meet two sisters: Linnet, whose bed and breakfast, the Snow Goose, is threatened after hundreds of snow geese turn up dead in a nearby dam, and her estranged sister, Myrna. Their father, a retired ornithology professor suffering from dementia, is tasked with investigating the incident. When his failing memory becomes apparent, a younger professor is called upon to aid in the investigation. But then that professor turns up dead on the B&B\u2019s property, and the sisters\u2019 father is named the prime suspect.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jake, a journalist, arrives in town on the pretense of covering the recent events, but his true motivations are personal. Twenty years ago, his father was killed in a car accident on the mountain road <\/span>not far from the B&B. His investigation into the young professor\u2019s death and the circumstances surrounding his own father\u2019s death forces the sisters to finally face the secrets and lies that have long plagued them and their family.<\/span><\/p>\n

About Karen Katchur\u2026<\/u><\/h2>\n

Karen Katchur holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from West Chester University and a Masters of Education degree from East Stroudsburg University. She lives in Eastern Pennsylvania with her husband and two children. The Secrets of Lake Road <\/em>is her first novel. Connect with Karen online at www.karenkatchur.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/u><\/p>\n

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Meet Karen Katchur\u2026<\/strong><\/u><\/h2>\n

When<\/strong>: Thursday, April 6, 2017
\nWhere<\/strong>: Moravian Book Shop, 6 PM Bethlehem, PA
\nDetails<\/strong>: The Sisters of Blue Mountain <\/em><\/strong>launch event: talk, Q&A, + signing<\/p>\n