Mindy McGinnis, author of Under This Red Rock

in conversation with Demitria Lunetta at Boswell

Wednesday, April 3, 6:30 pm

Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis appears at Boswell Book Company with Under This Red Rock, a mesmerizing new YA psychological thriller about a teen girl accused of killing the coworker she has a crush on. It’s a poignant book about mental health and stigma, great for fans of Courtney Summers and Kathleen Glasgow. McGinnis will be in conversation with Demitria Lunetta, author of the In the After series.

Please click here to register for this event at mindymcginnismke.eventbrite.com. And be sure to order your copy of Under This Red Rock now, too.

With a history of mental illness in her family and the suicide of her older brother heavy on her mind, Neely takes a job as a tour guide in the one place her monsters can’t follow - the caverns. There she can find peace. There she can pretend to be normal. There, she meets Mila. Mila is everything Neely isn’t - beautiful, strong, and confident. As the two become closer, Neely’s innocent crush grows into something more. When a midnight staff party exposes Neely to drugs, she follows Mila’s lead, only to have her hallucinations escalate. When Mila is found brutally murdered in the caverns, Neely has to admit that her memories of that night are vague at best. Neely must figure out who killed Mila and face the possibility that it might have been her.

From the starred Publishers Weekly review: "Striking a careful balance of dry humor and occasionally harrowing depictions of Neely’s mental health challenges, McGinnis delivers a compassionate and gripping read."

Mindy McGinnis is author of several young adult novels, including A Long Stretch of Bad Days, The Female of the Species, and A Madness So Discreet, winner of an Edgar Award.