Lori Rader-Day

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Lori Rader-Day is the Edgar® Award-nominated and Agatha, Anthony, and Mary Higgins Clark award-winning author of The Death of Us, Death at Greenway, The Lucky One, Under a Dark Sky, The Day I Died, Little Pretty Things, and The Black Hour. She lives in Chicago, where she is co-chair of the mystery readers’ festival Midwest Mystery Conference and served as 2019-2020 national president of Sisters in Crime. She teaches creative writing for Northwestern University’s School of Professional Studies.

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The discovery of a submerged car stirs old secrets and a small town’s vengeance.

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“Masterful. Riveting. What a ride!”
Death at Greenway
Agatha Christie’s holiday home is a haven from WWII—and a place of secrets.

The Lucky One
Most people who go missing are never found. But Alice was the lucky one…

Under a Dark Sky
Only in the dark can Eden find the truth. Edgar Award nominee

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The Day I Died
A handwriting expert uses her skills to search for a lost boy—and save her family.

Little Pretty Things
Will an old rivalry finally die? Mary Higgins Clark Award winner

The Black Hour
A survivor of violence faces rumor and shame. Anthony Award Best First Novel

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By Lori|2023-05-04T16:12:09-05:00March 17, 2023|

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Lori Rader-Day is the author of THE BLACK HOUR (forthcoming from Seventh Street Books, July 2014). She lives in Chicago.

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It’s gorgeous in Chicago today FINALLY so I think it’s time to slooooow down and read a book. And grill out, but I have a guy for that. @lesliebudewitz

I'll be interviewing Jo Nesbø about his new book KILLING MOON in St. Louis for @stlouiscountylibrary with @novelneighbor slinging books! June 1. Join us!

When you visit a book club reading the book where you murdered someone with a screwdriver…and you get mini screwdriver-stabbed jelly doughnuts! Also fun to catch up with fellow survivors of a past day-job and see their lovely home by the lake. Thanks, Deb and Jim!

Check out the @sincnational auction to benefit @innocenceproject and immortalize yourself or a loved one in a future book of mine. Victim? Villain? I'll let you know. Not a background character, OK? I also have a tea package up for bid... #tealover ? #agathachristie fan?

And why is there a query from @michrichter1 when you search for my name? Go find out, and also bid on THAT, too, for your query letter and first 15 pages! Lots of great gifts for the writer in your life, and for YOU.

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Really enjoying this book about writing. Gearing up to start my next book, a book that scares me. But that’s a good thing, I think.

Procrastinationnnnnnnnn...

This was a fun one, and a little tricky because sometimes a wrong piece almost fit and I would only discover it was the wrong piece as I progressed. Probably a writing metaphor in there somewhere.

Look at Aggie's little face! #agathachristie
#ampuzzling

I like it when the contestants on Great British Bake Off say “it’s in the lap of the gods now.” And it is. The Death of Us last edits are in!

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