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I Disappeared Them

A serial killer’s desire to protect children fuels a parallel drive to murder other sadistic men in this immersive and literary psychological thriller

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Praise Song for the Butterflies

A young woman must learn to love and trust again after experiencing the brutality of ritual servitude in West Africa.

Bedrock Faith

A deeply engaging debut novel about a morality clash in an insular Chicago neighborhood.

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Meryl Branch-McTiernan — The Book Cellar (Chicago, IL)

6/30/26, 6:30pm

Meryl Branch-McTiernan presents What You Should Worry About, in conversation with Destri Martino.

Meryl Branch-McTiernan — Unnameable Books (Brooklyn, NY)

7/8/26, 7:00pm

Meryl Branch-McTiernan presents What You Should Worry About; also reading Maisy Card; moderated by Ledia Xhoga

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