after-words
bookstore is thrilled to host a book release party for Kelsey Rae Dimberg and
her first novel, a crime thriller, Girl
in the Rearview Mirror.
They
are Phoenix’s First Family: handsome Philip Martin, son of the sitting Senator,
an ex-football player who carries himself with an easy grace and appears
destined to step into his father’s seat when the time is right; his wife
Marina, the stylish and elegant director of Phoenix’s fine arts museum; and
their four-year-old daughter Amabel, beautiful and precocious and beloved.
Finn
Hunt is working a dull office job to pay off her college debt when she meets
Philip and charms Amabel. She eagerly agrees to nanny, thinking she’s lucked
into the job of a lifetime. Though the glamour of the Martins’ lifestyle
undeniably dazzles Finn, her real pleasure comes from being part of the family:
sharing quick jokes with Philip in the kitchen before he leaves for work;
staying late when Marina needs a last-minute sitter; and spending long days
with Amabel, who is often treated more like a photo op than a child.
But
behind every façade lurks a less attractive truth. When a young woman
approaches Finn, claiming a connection with Philip and asking Finn to pass on a
message, Finn becomes caught up in a web of deceit with the senate seat at its
center. And Finn isn’t exactly innocent herself: she too has a background she
has kept hidden, and under the hot Phoenix sun, everything is about to be laid
bare…
Kelsey
Rae Dimberg received an MFA from the University of San Francisco and studied at
Barrett Honors College of Arizona State University, where she was
editor-in-chief of the literary magazine, Lux, and received the
Swarthout Award in Fiction. Girl in the Rearview Mirror is her
first novel. Born in Seattle, Kelsey has lived in eight states, and currently
resides in Milwaukee.
Join
us for a reading and signing. Food and
drink provided.
