You are hereErin Kelly, author of The Poison Tree

Erin Kelly, author of The Poison Tree

Start: 01/24/2011 7:00 pm

Fans of psychological thrillers shouldn't miss this visit by Erin Kelly. Her debut novel, The Poison Tree--which Next Chapter Bookshop owner Lanora loved, calling it "atmospheric and beautifully written"--centers on straight-A student Karen who has just finished her final year at university. It's mid-nineties London, and her world of studious discipline is about to fall away when she meets the mysterious, free-spirited Biba. Biba's dilapidated mansion is a place where alcohol flows freely and the parties rage until dawn. It's where Karen enjoys a world of bohemian excess, it's where she meets Biba's brooding older brother, Rex, and it's where her newly discovered sense of freedom will come crashing down in violence. Ten years later, as Karen and her nine-year-old daughter wait to pick Rex up from prison, she knows it's up to her to protect her newly reunited family from the threats and secrets that threaten the life it took her a decade to create.