Page Turners selects a northern mystery for City Wide Read
Published 4:16 pm Wednesday, February 1, 2023
- From left, Bruce Richardson, Courtney Schmitt, Peggy Benzkofer, Bonnie Rietz, Milly Burroughs, Sue Grove and Lisa Deyo presented the book “Wolf Kill,” by Cary J. Griffith as the subject for the City Wide Reading Event, which will culminate at the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center on April 17 at 7 p.m. Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com
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Frigid winter, conspiracy and murder are the themes behind The Austin Page Turners latest selection for their City Wide Read.
This year’s Minnesota offer is Cary J. Giffith and the selection is his book “Wolf Kill,” it was announced at the Austin Public Library Wednesday morning.
Griffith, who is originally from Iowa, but now lives in Minneapolis, is the 21st author selected by the Page Turners, and will be in Austin at the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center at 7 p.m. on April 27.
Bruce Richardson, a member of the Austin Page Turners, said the process to select a book began at the end of last year’s City Wide Read.
“The process is kind of long,” Richardson said. “We try to gather names of Minnesota authors who we haven’t covered before and there are always new authors coming out. We try to pick something that is worth reading for the public. We deliberate long and hard for this.”
Griffith also wrote a book called “Opening Goliath,” which takes place in the caves of southern Minnesota, but “Wolf Kill” takes place in northern Minnesota, where Sam Rivers is lured back to his hometown and makes a sinister discovery.
“It’s a romance, mystery and a fast-paced thriller,” said Page Turners member Bonnie Reitz. “This is the first in a series, so people may want to read more.”
The book will be available at the Austin Public Library, the Library’s online application and E audio listening versions will also be available. Sweet Reads Books & Candy will also have the book on hand for purchase.
“Come in and get them early, because we like to have you well read,” said Lisa Deyo, owner of Sweet Reads.
This yearly event started in 2002 with Sandra Benitez and her book “A Place Where the Sea Remembers.” Last year’s featured artist was Diane Wilson and her novel “The Seed Keeper.”
Past Authors of the Page Turners Citywide Read
2002 Sandra Benitez: A Place Where the Sea Remembers
2003 Tim O’Brien: The Things They Carried
2004 Erin Hart: Haunted Ground
2005 Patricia Hampl: St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
2006 Larry Engelmann: Daughter of China
2007 Lorna Landvik: A choice of her novels
2008 Will Weaver: Sweet Land: New and Selected Stories
2009 Leif Enger: So Brave, Young and Handsome
2010 William Kent Krueger: Thunder Bay
2011 Kao Kalia Yang: The Latehomecomer
2012 Ron Handberg: Deadly Reunion
2013 Peter Geye: Safe From the Sea
2014 P.S. Duffy: The Cartographer of No Man’s Land
2015 Sarah Stonich: Vacationland
2016 Allen Eskens: The Life We Bury
2017 Faith Sullivan: Good Night Mr. Wodehouse
2018 Amy Thielen: Give a Girl a Knife
2019 Loretta Ellsworth: Stars Over Clear Lake
2021 Alison McGhee: Never Coming Back
2022 Diane Wilson: The Seed Keeper
2023 Cary J. Griffith: Wolf Kill