Private Investigator Hadley Cooper has a knack for finding trouble—and this time, it’s wearing pearls. If you love Kristy Woodson Harvey and Victoria Benton Frank, you do not want to miss Lunch & Lit at Soby’s with Susan Boyer! ABOUT THE BOOK: For private investigator Hadley Cooper, life on Sullivan’s Island is about as close to bliss as it gets—bike rides at sunrise, cases that don’t make headlines, and a romance with SLED agent Cash Reynolds that’s finally on solid ground. They have one ironclad rule: never work the same case. When a wealthy Charleston socialite turns up dead, Cash charges her housekeeper, Bridget Donovan, with murder. But the young single mother has a formidable ally in Carolyn Talbot, a local matriarch who implores Hadley to help. Hadley’s heart overrides her head, and her agreement with Cash is gone like confetti in a hurricane. Soon she’s wading through a tangle of suspects—blue bloods with deadly secrets, her client’s scheming ex-monster-in-law, and the greatest unknown country singer in Nashville. But Hadley’s also grappling with a mystery closer to home—one that will shake everything she thought she knew about her family. To find justice for Bridget, Hadley will have to risk her heart, her life—and maybe her grip on reality. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Susan M. Boyer is the author of the USA TODAY bestselling Liz Talbot mystery series. She was blessed with a quintessential small-town childhood and has had a life-long love affair with books. Susan is grateful to have been gifted with an over-active imagination. She was one of those children whose teachers were always telling her mamma that her talents needed to be “channeled.” She’s been making things up and writing them down her whole life. Susan’s debut novel, Lowcountry Boil, won the 2012 Agatha Award for Best First Novel, the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense, and garnered several other award nominations. The third book in the series, Lowcountry Boneyard, was a Spring 2015 Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Okra Pick, and was short-listed for the 2016 Pat Conroy Beach Music Mystery Prize. Lowcountry Book Club was a Summer 2016 SIBA Okra Pick and was short-listed for the 2017 Southern Book Prize in Mystery & Detective Fiction. There are eleven full-length novels and one novella in the Liz Talbot Series, including book eleven, Lowcountry Getaway, which released on December 20, 2022. The novella, Postcards from Stella Maris, was released September 26, 2022. Big Trouble on Sullivan’s Island, a Carolina Tales novel and the start of a new series, released on April 11, 2023, and won the 2024 Independent Publisher Book Award silver medal in Southeast Regional Fiction. Each of the Carolina Tales can be read as standalones. Never been to Lunch & Lit? Your ticket includes entrance to the event, a three course lunch at Soby’s, and a signed copy of the book.
