LOCAL AUTHOR PUBLISHES CHILLING, UNCONVENTIONAL MYSTERY

What do you get when you smash together two dysfunctional private investigators, a Romanian crime lord's vendetta, & a serial killer for hire? STITCHES, a first-of-its-kind mystery novel with LGBT representation, releasing October 31. Samantha Simard’s first foray into the adult fiction world is a scare fit for the season, with seamless tonal shifts and intriguing, memorable characters you’ll want to read about again.
Join her for a reading/book signing at the library on Wednesday, November 14 at 7pm in the Library's Trustees Room.

STITCHES follows Jim Wolfe, a PTSD-riddled Army Ranger turned private investigator. Between his questionable relationship with a Romanian restaurateur’s son, and investigating the disappearance of a famous musician’s daughter with his partner, Scarlett Vaughn, Wolfe has a lot on his plate. When a string of grisly murders centering on college students grab the city of Boston by the throat, Wolfe finds himself entangled in more than one mystery. While Wolfe and his partner attempt to unravel the threads connecting the killings to their missing rock n’ roll heiress, Sebastian Codreanu discovers how deeply his father is tied to the recent crime spree, and the Mass Art Murderer plots his masterpiece. Everything is not what it first appears to be, and everyone has a secret.

Simard is currently pursuing her Bachelor's degree in English and Creative Writing at Southern New Hampshire University. Her hobbies include writing, reading, archery, video games, and searching for a way to consume coffee intravenously.. STITCHES releases on October 31 on Amazon Kindle ($2.99, free with Kindle Unlimited), and is available as a paperback from Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com for $14.99, and in hardcover from BarnesandNoble.com for $24.99.