Mimi Montgomery | M**der Bites

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Tickets include a copy of M**der Bites, guaranteed entry to the event, and a seat in the reserved section. Mimi will be in conversation with Mary Helen Moore and will sign books after the program.

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ABOUT THE BOOK

A city transplant in a dog-obsessed small town becomes the prime suspect when the local dog walker is murdered in this delightfully quirky cozy mystery.

Margot Cartwright is not exactly blending in with the residents of Glenville, South Carolina. An unwilling transplant from Washington, D.C., Margot feels like a fish out of water among the Lululemon-wearing, tiny-dog-owning, non-New Yorker-reading locals who are clamoring to have their fur babies star on Pawsh, a reality TV show about couture canines. (Sure, Margot loves her dog, but Sid Vicious is far too cool of a mutt for a show like that!) She even feels like an outcast amongst her family, and after she’s caught channeling her inner “Robin Hood” by stealing her neighbors’ pro-Pawsh signs, further cementing her title as the neighborhood pariah, she thinks things can’t possibly get any worse, right?

Wrong. When the local dog walker is killed in a bizarre incident involving an over-the-top Halloween display featuring multiple Home Depot skeletons, all eyes turn to Margot. To clear her name and save her family from falling apart, Margot vows to find the real killer before they strike again—but she can’t do it alone.

Enter Anne, a glamorous septuagenarian widow determined to maintain her reign over the HOA, and Sally-Claire, a "Mom Life" sweatshirt-clad member of the “Mommy Mafia” who might not be as perfect as she seems. Together, the unlikely trio (along with their canine companions) dives into the mystery, navigating the quirky and secretive world of Glenville’s residents. Can they solve the case before it’s too late, or will Margot’s reputation be permanently dog-eared?

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

MIMI MONTGOMERY is a reporter at Axios. She's written for The Washington Post, Washingtonian, Garden & Gun, and Outside Magazine, and her reporting has been featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Inside Edition, and CNN, among others. Mimi attended the University of Virginia and has a master's from Georgetown University. Originally from North Carolina, she lives in D.C. with her husband, son, and several furry dependents. This is her first novel.

MARY HELEN MOORE is a reporter living in Durham. She writes a daily newsletter for Axios Raleigh, and has previously done reporting for WUNC and The New & Observer. Mary Helen grew up in North Carolina in Halifax and Nash counties, then attended UNC-Chapel Hill. She bounced around Florida for a few years reporting for newspapers and enjoying the sunshine. She moved back home in 2021.Outside of work, Mary Helen loves cooking, fishing, taking walks and doing the New York Times crossword.

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