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Crime/Scene: Dervla McTiernan and Don Winslow on The Murder Rule and City on Fire

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Thursday, 7:00 pm EDT May 12, 2022

Online via Zoom & at
The Center for Fiction*

In-person* tickets include a $10 bookstore voucher, redeemable toward the featured event books on the night of the event. All registrants will receive a link to livestream the event.

We are thrilled to welcome internationally bestselling crime writers Dervla McTiernan and Don Winslow to our stage. After triumph in the internationally bestselling DI Cormac Reilly series, McTiernan is back with her first standalone novel, The Murder Rule. This mother-daughter story shows family at odds with a horrible truth amid gripping, electric prose. In Winslow’s new epic crime saga, City on Fire, eighties grit and swagger meets classic themes of loyalty, betrayal, and corruption. Winslow’s writing is a tour-de-force of electric storytelling, referred to as a ‘contemporary Iliad.’ These two authors blend crime and loyalty, immersing us in a world where everything—not just family—ends in blood.

Join McTiernan and Winslow in a must-hear conversation for lovers of immersive crime stories that leave you breathless and for want-to-be who-done-it authors.


*Proof of vaccination is required to attend this event in person. Mask wearing is also required throughout the building. Accepted vaccination proofs include:

  • CDC vaccination card (or an image of it)
  • Excelsior Pass or Excelsior Pass Plus (or a printout of it)
  • A record of vaccination from the healthcare provider who administered your vaccine

Anyone 5 and older is required to show proof of two vaccine doses or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Anyone 18 and older must also present a government issued photo ID.

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In Conversation

  • Dervla McTiernan headshot credit Julia Dunin - Claire Fennell

    Dervla McTiernan

    Dervla McTiernan

    International #1 bestseller Dervla McTiernan’s first two novels, The Ruin and The Scholar, were critically acclaimed around the world. She has won multiple prizes, including a Ned Kelly Award, Davitt Awards, a Barry Award and an International Thriller Writers Award, and has been shortlisted for numerous others. McTiernan’s third book, The Good Turn, went straight to #1 in the bestseller charts, confirming her place as one of Australia’s best and most popular crime writers.

    Photo Credit: Julia Dunin

  • Don Winslow - The Center for Fiction

    Don Winslow

    Don Winslow

    Don Winslow is the author of twenty-two acclaimed, award-winning international bestsellers, including the New York Times bestsellers The Force and The Border, the #1 international bestseller The Cartel, The Power of the Dog, Savages, and The Winter of Frankie Machine. Savages was made into a feature film by three-time Oscar-winning writer-director Oliver Stone. The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, and The Border sold to FX to air as a major television series, and The Force is soon to be a major motion picture from 20th Century Studios starring Matt Damon and directed by James Mangold (Ford. vs. Ferrari, Copland, Walk the Line). Winslow is the author of three New York Times Critic’s Choice best books of the year. A former investigator, antiterrorist trainer, and trial consultant, Winslow lives in California and Rhode Island.

    Photo Credit: Robert Gallagher