Internationally celebrated author Lee Child is best known for his thriller series starring Jack Reacher, “one of this century’s most original, tantalizing pop-fiction heroes” (Washington Post). Ten of these 20 books have become no. 1 New York Times bestsellers. Child’s debut novel, Killing Floor, won Anthony and Barry Awards for Best First Mystery, and he has also published short stories in a panoply of publications and produced a 17-part Audible.com serial thriller. An eponymously titled Jack Reacher film starring Tom Cruise premiered in 2012, a sequel to which is now in development. In his newest adventure, Child’s resourceful protagonist finds intrigue in the tiny town of Mother’s Rest. 

“The Queen of Intelligent Suspense” (Lee Child), Linda Fairstein was chief of the Sex Crimes Unit of the district attorney’s office in Manhattan for more than two decades. She is the author of 17 internationally best-selling books featuring Alexandra Cooper, a “fascinating heroine...based on the equally fascinating life of her creator” (O, The Oprah Magazine). Devil’s Bridge, her most recent novel, features a mysterious disappearance fraught with terrifying complications along the George Washington Bridge.