Laura Lippman’s detective fiction includes the popular Tess Monaghan series of novels, the New York Times bestselling What the Dead Know, and Every Secret Thing. Her books have won a plethora of crime and mystery book awards, including the Agatha, Edgar, and Nero. A former Baltimore Sun reporter, she now teaches writing at Goucher College. In Hush Hush, Tess Monaghan investigates a murderer who has returned to her uneasy family after a long absence. 

Duane Swierczynski is the author of numerous crime novels, including the Edgar-nominated Expiration Date, Secret Dead Men, and the Charlie Hardy trilogy. He has also written dozens of comics for both Marvel and D.C., and has published six works of nonfiction. In Canary, Swierczynski tells the story of a college student-turned-drug informant who must outsmart the criminals—and cops—who hold her life in the balance.