Author Event: Elle Cosimano (FINLAY DONOVAN CROSSES THE LINE)

Schedule

Mon Mar 23 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum | Alexandria, VA

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Join us as we host Elle Cosimano to celebrate the newest book in her Finlay Donovan series, FINLAY DONOVAN CROSSES THE LINE!
About this Event

Join us as we host author Elle Cosimano for a fun night at The Lyceum to celebrate the release of FINLAY DONOVAN CROSSES THE LINE, the sixth book of the beloved Finlay Donovan series.

Tickets are $35.00 and include a physical copy of FINLAY DONOVAN CROSSES THE LINE.

Doors will open at 6:00 pm, and the event will start at 6:30 pm.

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About the author:

Elle Cosimano is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, an International Thriller Writers Award winner, and an Edgar Award nominee. Elle’s debut novel for adults, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, kicked off a witty, fast-paced contemporary mystery series, which was a People magazine pick and was named one of the New York Public Library's Best Books of 2021. The third book in the series, Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun, was an instant New York Times bestseller. In addition to writing novels for teens and adults, her essays have appeared in HuffPost and Time. Cosimano lives with her husband and two sons in Virginia.

About the book:

From New York Times bestseller Elle Cosimano comes Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line—the highly anticipated next installment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series.
Life hasn’t been easy for Finlay Donovan lately, but it just got a whole lot harder. Her nanny and partner-in-crime, Vero, has been extradited from Virginia to Maryland, where she’s facing criminal charges for a theft she swears she didn’t commit. A prisoner to an ankle bracelet as she awaits her trial, Vero is forced to live with her overbearing mother and nosy aunt. Threatening messages keep arriving on her mother’s door, demanding Vero “turn over the money . . . or else.” And if she doesn’t figure out who really stole her former sorority’s treasury funds, her next home might be a Pr*son cell.
But proving her innocence might be an impossible feat. Vero was the treasurer of her sorority when the money went missing—one of the only people who had access to the cash. And her alibi is a date who ghosted her. With her court date quickly approaching, and her mysterious stalker on her tail, Vero needs to clear her name fast.
Finlay decides a trip to Maryland is in order. After all, Vero stood by her through her darkest moments, and Finlay will be damned if she lets her best friend and children’s nanny be convicted for something she didn’t do. She sets off on a mission to sus out the real thief and bring Vero home.

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Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum, 201 South Washington Street, Alexandria, United States

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