One of the oldest professions is… no, not that one… storytelling. Whether it’s cave artwork about a hunt, the “Illiad” by Homer, Charles Dickens‘ Victorian novels dealing with social injustice or 21st century biographies by Walter Isaacson and Doris Kearns Goodwin, storytelling has not just survived, it’s thrived. Today, it is available in oral sharing, print versions, films and online.
And time and time again, a whodunit about a murder is wickedly fun.
That’s why the upcoming Turtle Creek Park Conservancy’s “The Write Stuff: Conversations with Authors and Influencers” is going to be a killer of a night with North Texas’ best-selling Harry Hunsicker. Just the title of his latest novel “The Life And Death Of Rose Doucette” leaves nothing to wonder about the subject matter. But shoot! That’s nothing new to HH. He’s the former executive vice-president of the Mystery Writers of America, the author of eight previous crime thrillers and needless to say a best-selling author.
Even his fellow crime writers admire HH’s work. “Longmire” series author Craig Johnson described HH’s latest work released this past October this way: “Reading ‘The Life and Death of Rose Doucette’ by Harry Hunsicker is like settling onto a stool across from your favorite mixologist—the narrative is strong, smooth, and straight up, the plot twists with a clean finish that will leave you thirsty for more. You’ll know you’re truly in the hands of a master.”
At the event taking place at Arlington Hall on Tuesday, January 28, HH is going to be chatting it up with attorney Steve “The Stodge” Stodghill, who himself knows how to spin a tale or two.
The program gets underway at 6:30 p.m. following a 6 p.m. reception.
Tickets for Turtle Creek Park Conservancy non-members are $25 and members get in free. But RSVP’s are required by Friday, January 24, by emailing Lauren Shilling.
If it’s anything like the last Write Stuff with Rena Pederson on “The King Of Diamonds,” it’s going to be a crime to miss it.
In the meantime, get a copy of “The Life And Death Of Rose Doucette“. With less than 315 pages, it’ll be a quick read.
* Graphic courtesy of Turtle Creek Park Conservancy