Spend an evening with acclaimed author Vikki VanSickle as she discusses her novel\, The Mystic and the Missing Girl. \;Books will be availabl e for purchase\, and a signing will follow the event.
\nPresented in partnership with Words Worth Books.
\nSmall town secrets\, a reluctant psychic\, a nd the cold case that could expose them all.
\nDrew Benson has a sec ret. She gets visions\, something she hasn&rsquo\;t tapped into since she was a teenager\, when her late aunt\, a TV psychic known as Hannah Mystic\ , became the scapegoat in the unsolved disappearance of a local teenager. Twenty years later\, Drew is happy to ignore her gift\, focusing instead o n keeping the metaphysical shop she inherited from Hannah afloat\, wrangli ng her sole\, astrology-obsessed employee\, and dodging local rake Foster Banks in her picturesque lakeside hometown.
\nBut when Drew's arch-n emesis from high school\, now a big city reporter\, decides to investigate the cold case from all those years ago\, it&rsquo\;s Drew&rsquo\;s abilit y that could finally make a break in the decades old mystery. With bills p iling up\, a disapproving mother laying on the guilt\, and a local vandal who wants Drew and her witchy store gone\, Drew has a lot to lose. But wha t she stands to gain―finding out what happened to the missing teen\ , clearing her aunt&rsquo\;s name\, and a second chance at belonging†•could change everything.
\nIn \;The Mystic and the Missin g Girl\, Vikki VanSickle seamlessly draws readers into an utterly cha rming world in this unputdownable\, small town mystery.
\nVikki VanSickle is the author of a number of acclaim ed novels for children including \;The Lightning Circle\, \;Words That Start With B\; \;Summer Days\, Starry Nights\; the award-winning& nbsp\;The Winnowing\; and picture books \;How to Decorate a Christmas Tree\, If I Had a Gryphon\; \;Teddy Bear of the Year\; \;Anonymous e \;and \;Into the Goblin Market. Vikki started her career as an i ndependent bookseller and worked in children's publishing for twelve years . In addition to writing\, she curates and presents regular book segments for CTV Your Morning. Currently\, she lives and writes in Toronto.
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