In-person tour dates, a book trailer, and more!
No images? Click here
Happy March, everyone!
For the past few years, I’ve usually celebrated my book releases in the summer, but this year I’m excited to have a new thriller out in the spring: The Only Survivors will officially be out in stores on April 11th!
It’s about a group of former classmates who were the sole survivors of a tragic accident in the past, and who now reunite each year at a house in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, in order to keep one another safe… or so they claim.
This book shares several themes that I love to examine in my work – including how major events from the past can impact individuals, friends and a community – changing life trajectories, while also continuing to bind these people together, across time. It’s also written with an unconventional timeline: the story is narrated over the course of a seven-day reunion in the present, moving forward, but interspersed with the seven hours that changed their lives in the past, moving in reverse.
I hope you enjoy the read!
Here's a trailer that sets the scene for you.
Andy Tang, Stu Smith, me, Clare Maurer, & Marysue Rucci
I recently got to visit NYC and meet up with the wonderful team at Marysue Rucci Books and Scribner, to celebrate the upcoming publication.
While in town, I was so excited to learn that The Only Survivors has been selected as an Indie Next pick for April – a huge thank you to all the independent bookstores for the wonderful support!
Keep reading for more about the book, pre-order links, and my upcoming tour schedule.
THE ONLY SURVIVORS
An April 2023 Indie Next Selection!
From the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and “master of suspense, Megan Miranda” (Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl), a thrilling mystery about a group of former classmates who reunite to mark the 10th anniversary of a tragic accident — only to have one of the survivors disappear, casting fear and suspicion on the original tragedy.
Seven hours in the past. Seven days in the present. Seven survivors remaining. Who would you save?
A decade ago, two vans filled with high school seniors on a school service trip crashed into a Tennessee ravine — a tragedy that claimed the lives of multiple classmates and teachers. The nine students who managed to escape the river that night were irrevocably changed. A year later, after one of the survivors dies by suicide on the anniversary of the crash, the rest of them make a pact: to come together each year to commemorate that terrible night.
To keep one another safe.
To hold one another accountable.
Or both.
Their annual meeting place, a house on the Outer Banks, has long been a refuge. But by the 10th anniversary, Cassidy Bent has worked to distance herself from the tragedy, and from the other survivors. She’s changed her mobile number. She’s blocked the others’ email addresses. This year, she is determined to finally break ties once and for all. But on the day of the reunion, she receives a text with an obituary attached: another survivor is gone. Now they are seven, and Cassidy finds herself hurling back toward the group, wild with grief — and suspicion.
Almost immediately, something feels off this year. Cassidy is the first to notice when Amaya, annual organizer, slips away, overwhelmed. This wouldn’t raise alarm except for the impending storm. Suddenly, they’re facing the threat of closed roads and surging waters…again. Then Amaya stops responding to her phone. After all they’ve been through, she wouldn’t willfully make them worry. Would she?
And — as they promised long ago — each survivor will do whatever he or she can do to save one another. Won’t they?
A propulsive and chilling locked-box mystery filled with the dazzling hairpin twists that are the author’s signature, The Only Survivors is New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda’s best novel yet.
BUY THE BOOK
TOUR SCHEDULE
I’m very excited to share my upcoming, in-person tour schedule. If you’re in the area, I hope you’re able to make it! There’s also one fully virtual event – hosted by Barnes & Noble – with Riley Sager! (Signed books can also be ordered and shipped from many of the tour stops below. Please check the venue links for additional details.)
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 10:10 AM
BookMania! Festival
Suspense/Thriller panel with Mary Kubica and Alex Finlay
Jensen Beach High School Performing Arts Center
2875 Northwest Goldenrod Road, Jensen Beach, FL 34957
More Information
Monday, April 10, 2023, 3:00 PM ET
Virtual Event – Midday Mystery Virtual event, in conversation with Riley Sager
Registration Required
Monday, April 10, 2023, 7:30 PM
M. Judson Booksellers
130 S Main St, Greenville, SC 29601
Books Over Drinks
Ticketed Event
Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 6:00 PM
Book Passage, Corte Madera Store
51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera, CA 94925
More Details
Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 7:00 PM
Vroman’s Bookstore
695 E. Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91101
More Details
Thursday, April 13, 2023, 6:00 PM
Interabang Books
5600 W Lovers Ln Suite 142
Dallas, TX 75209
More Details
Friday, April 14, 2023, 6:30 PM
Murder by the Book
2342 Bissonnet St
Houston, TX 77005
More Details
Saturday, April 15, 2023, 4:00 PM
The Poisoned Pen
4014 N Goldwater Blvd
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
In-person and Live-streamed
More Details
Monday, April 17, 2023, 6:00 PM
Malaprop’s Bookstore, in conversation with Megan Shepherd
55 Haywood St
Asheville, NC 28801
In-person and virtual options
Registration Required
Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 7:00 PM
Main Street Books
Event location: The Hurt Hub@Davidson
210 Delburg St, Davidson, NC
Registration Required
Friday, April 21, 2023, 11:00 AM
Christamore House Guild Book & Author Benefit Luncheon
With Leigh McMullan Abramson, Sadeqa Johnson, Elinor Lipman, and Shelley Read
Indiana Roof Ballroom
Indianapolis, IN
Buy Tickets
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 8:00 PM
Book Club Bar, in conversation with Andrea Bartz
197 East 3rd Street
New York, NY 10009
More Details
COMING SOON IN PAPERBACK:
THE LAST TO VANISH
This month, The Last to Vanish will also be out in paperback!
The paperback edition also has a book club guide AND a sneak peek of The Only Survivors inside – you can find it in stores on March 14th!
New York Times bestselling author Megan Miranda returns with a gripping and propulsive thriller that opens with the disappearance of a journalist who is investigating a string of vanishings in the resort town of Cutter’s Pass. Will its dark secrets finally be revealed?
Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a cozy, upscale resort nestled in the North Carolina mountain town of Cutter’s Pass. Cutter’s Pass is best known for its outdoor offerings — rafting and hiking, with access to the Appalachian trail by way of a gorgeous waterfall — and its mysterious history. As the book begins, the string of unsolved disappearances that has haunted the town is once again thrust into the spotlight when journalist Landon West, who was staying at the inn to investigate the story of the vanishing trail, then disappears himself.
Abby has sometimes felt like an outsider within the community, but she’s come to view Cutter’s Pass as her home. When Landon’s brother Trey shows up looking for answers, Abby can’t help but feel the town closing ranks. And she’s still on the outside. When she finds incriminating evidence that may bring them closer to the truth, Abby soon discovers how little she knows about her coworkers, neighbors and even those closest to her.
Megan Miranda brings her best writing to The Last to Vanish, a riveting thriller filled with taut suspense and shocking twists that will keep you guessing until the very end.
BUY THE BOOK
Happy Reading, and hope to see you on a tour stop in April!
Best,
Megan
