Katherine Wood’s latest thriller is Ladykiller (Bantam/Penguin Random House). The novel is a mystery/page-turner that follows the disappearance of a young woman who vanishes from her remote Greek island estate. Her best friend races to find her, using clues found in the explosive manuscript she left behind.

“Full of sun, sex, money, and greed, not since Gone Girl have unreliable narrators been this fun.”—Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters

Katherine Wood is a native of Mississippi and a graduate of the University of Southern California. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, two children, a naughty pug, and a ferocious kitty.

Her previous novels include The Lion’s Den, The Siren and The Vicious Circle.

My Girl the River is southern songwriter Kris Wilkinson Hughes, a Louisiana native who landed in the UK after a decade of songwriting and performing in Nashville.

Her vocals have been described as “sugared espresso,” and her sound is firmly rooted in the Americana, alt country and folky tradition while maintaining her own unique vibe.

My Girl the River’s latest album is Songs About Space, which includes the singles, Helpless, Information Highway and Solitaire.

Afrissippi is a “world boogie” band that brings together the music of West Africa and North Mississippi.

Guelel Kumba, is a singer-songwriter from the delta of Senegal, West Africa who moved to Oxford in 2002.

In Oxford, he jammed with Eric Deaton, who had played bass with north Mississippi blues legend, Junior Kimbrough. The two discovered the similarities between the hill country blues of North Mississippi and Kumba’s nomadic melodies from the Senegalese savannas.

Afrissippi’s drummer, Kinney Kimbrough, son of the late Junior Kimbrough, brings the group’s other-worldly grooves full circle.