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Bestselling author John Searles will be in conversation about his new thriller, Her Last Affair, with author Lisa Unger at 5:30 p.m. April 3 at Tombolo Books, 2153 First Ave. S, St. Petersburg. Tickets $10 at tombolobooks.com/events.
Bestselling author Brenda Novak will discuss and sign her new novel, Summer on the Island, at 4 p.m. April 9 at Oxford Exchange, 420 W Kennedy Blvd., Tampa. Tickets $5 at oxfordexchange.com/pages/calendar.
Book Talk is a listing of in-person author appearances in the Tampa Bay area in the coming week. To place an item in Book Talk, send author’s name, book title, appearance time, date, venue name and address, admission cost (if any) and a contact phone number to cbancroft@tampabay.com, with “Book Talk” in the subject line. Deadline is 14 days before publication.
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