Benjamin Bradley | The Devil You Know

ABOUT THE EVENT

Tickets include a copy of The Devil You Know, guaranteed entry to the event, and a seat in the reserved section. Benjamin will be in conversation with J.G. Hetherton and will sign books after the program.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Two brothers on opposite sides of the law. Sometimes blood is shared. And Sometimes it's spilled.

In the quiet town of Maynard, North Carolina, Police Chief Clay Finley is used to handling small crimes and familiar faces. But when a local robbery turns personal, that order begins to collapse.

One of the masked suspects is his estranged brother, Tyson.

Before Clay can gather evidence, the case escalates. A wife disappears. A bank is robbed. What first looks like a string of unrelated crimes begins to feel deliberate-and deeply personal.

As Clay digs deeper, he uncovers disturbing links: a hidden weapons cache, a missing photograph, and two murders that might just suggest something far larger is unfolding beneath the surface of Maynard.

Then federal agents arrive.

Suddenly, Clay is no longer just solving a case-he's questioning everything he thought he knew about his town, his department, and the people closest to him. In such a small town, the secrets run deep. Everyone seems to be hiding something..

With pressure mounting from every side, Clay must navigate loyalty, betrayal, and a town quietly coming apart-while racing to stop a killer who always seems one step ahead.

But the deeper he goes, the clearer the truth becomes: And Clay Finley might not be ready to face the truth when he finds it.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

BENJAMIN BRADLEY is the author of the mystery novels What He Left Behind and the forthcoming The Devil You Know. His short fiction has appeared in literary magazines including Reckon Review and Flash Fiction Magazine. A member of Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers, Bradley works in homelessness and lives in Raleigh with his family and their pets.

J.G. HETHERTON is the bestselling author of Last Girl Gone, a Sun-Sentinel Top Debut Mystery of 2018, and What Lies Beneath, nominated for the 2023 Beltie Prize for Best Mystery. He was raised in rural Wisconsin, graduated from Northwestern University, and now lives in Durham with his family. He is hard at work on his next book.