Fireside Author Chat With Gabbie Hanks and Allie Samberts

Join us at Partners in Crime Bookshop for a cozy fireside chat with Gabbie Hanks and Allie Samberts.

ABOUT THE BOOK

An infamous murder case is blown back open when a crime writer’s sister goes missing—and her bestselling book might be the key to finding her.

Rose Dearling’s life changed forever when her brother was imprisoned for the murder of his high school sweetheart. Now, a decade after the crime ripped her family and Florida hometown apart, Rose is the only one who still believes he didn’t do it. So much so that she wrote a bestselling book about the case to cement his innocence. This may have gained her a bad reputation, but it also bought her a new life in Manhattan, far away from where it all began.

Then Rose gets a call that shatters her world for a second time: her younger sister has gone missing. Back home and under the same roof as her family for the first time in years, Rose begins the search for her sister. But when connections between both past and present cases emerge, Rose realizes that her own book could hold all the answers . . .

Propulsive and razor-sharp, Nasty Little Secrets is a crackling psychological suspense about family secrets and small-town scandal, which grips you until the final, jaw-dropping twist.



ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Gabbie Hanks is a former librarian, who now works for the government. She is an avid psychological suspense reader and loves to write gripping, twisty thrillers.

While she was born and raised in South Florida, Gabbie now lives in Des Moines, Iowa with her fiance and their three cats. When she isn't writing, Gabbie can be found shopping at her local indie bookstores, making BookTok content with her bookish friends, or buying antique furniture she does not need.

NASTY LITTLE SECRETS is her debut novel.

Allie Samberts is a romance writer, book lover, and high school English teacher. She was voted funniest teacher of the year for 2023 and 2025 by her students, which is probably her highest honor to date. She fuels her writing with a ton of coffee, and in her free time she is also a runner, and enjoys knitting and sewing. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband, two kids, and their dog.