The Book Show #1371 - Chrysler Szarlan

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue

Published October 28, 2014 at 3:06 PM EDT

Chrysler Szarlan’s debut novel, The Hawley Book of the Dead, introduces us to Revelation Dyer. Together, she and her husband Jeremy have three daughters, a beautiful home, and a world-famous Las Vegas magic act.

But Reve has many secrets, secrets that have not only shaped her past but now threaten her family.

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