Stephanie Gayle’s latest book, Idyll Hands, explores two cases of two women missing since the 1970s. At her talk she’ll discuss the inspiration behind the book and how missing persons has been a pivotal plot in the mystery genre. She’ll also discuss the fascinating true mystery of Agatha Christie, who went missing for 11 days in 1926, prompting one of the largest manhunts ever.
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.