Mystery writer Mark De Castrique reads at Blue Ridge Books, Nov. 14

Press release:

Join us on Saturday, November 14 at 3:00 pm as we welcome North Carolina author, Mark De Castrique. Mark will be reading from his newest novel in the Sam Blackman mystery series, A Specter of Justice.

When private detective Sam Blackman agrees to help his partner and lover, Nakayla Robertson, conduct a fundraiser for orphaned twin boys, he does so to ease his conscience. The boys’ parents were killed in a courtroom shootout where Sam was the key witness against the twins’ father. The charity event, a night-time ghost tour of the legendary haunted sites of Asheville, North Carolina, seems harmless enough. Sam only has to tell the story of a grief-stricken woman who hanged herself from an old, arched stone bridge. ‘Helen, come forth,’ he cries. Sam and his tour-goers expect the actress playing Helen’s ghost to walk toward them from the bridge’s dark recesses. Instead, her body tumbles from overhead and dangles at the end of a noose

Blue Ridge Books
152 S. Main St. Waynesville, NC 28786
828-456-6000 www.blueridgebooksnc.com

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About Alli Marshall
Alli Marshall has lived in Asheville for more than 20 years and loves live music, visual art, fiction and friendly dogs. She is the winner of the 2016 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize and the author of the novel "How to Talk to Rockstars," published by Logosophia Books. Follow me @alli_marshall

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