Tucson Festival of Books

Shades of Mystery


Three very different authors with three very different books will compare notes on how they set the tone in their popular mysteries.


Panelists
May Cobb

May Cobb is the bestselling author of "All The Little Houses," released in January, "The Hollywood Assistant," and "My Summer Darlings," Her thriller, "The Hunting Wives," was adapted into a No.1 Netflix hit show, and her books have received attention from Book of The Month, the Today Show, and O, the Oprah magazine....

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Zoe Wallbrook

Zoe B. Wallbrook is a writer of witty, charming and occasionally snarky mysteries with characters you want to root for. Her novel "History Lessons" was selected for the prestigious mentoring program Pitch Wars....

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Marisa Walz

Marisa Walz is a Federal Reserve executive who also writes novels about people behaving badly. A lifelong writer and an alum of The Writers' Loft in Chicago, Walz's authorly aspirations started at an early age with her painstkingly detailed childhood diaries....

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Books:
All the Little Houses
A Novel
May Cobb
Mystery / Thrillers
Sourcebooks, Incorporated
January 2026
ISBN 9781464245794
480 pages
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It's the mid-1980s in the tiny town of Longview, Texas. Nellie Anderson, the beautiful daughter of the Anderson family dynasty, has burst onto the scene. More/less

History Lessons
Zoe Wallbrook
Mystery / Thrillers
Soho Press Inc
July 2025
ISBN 9781641295529
384 pages
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Good Intentions
A Novel
Marisa Walz
Mystery / Thrillers
St. Martin's Publishing Group
February 2026
ISBN 9781250397409
336 pages
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